How I Made: Advanced Yo...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver As good as the Panasonic Lumix GH-4 is for still photography, it’s even better for shooting video. I originally went with this system for stills, not intending to shoot video. As a lifelong documentary photographer, I believed there was no need to add motion...

Stabilizing Video After...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I just can’t get used to shooting with a tripod. I prefer using a monopod because it’s easier to move quickly when you’re shooting. Unfortunately, one problem when shooting video with a monopod is that you almost always see some shake in your video clips....

Look at Things in a New...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Every year I photograph the amazing holiday steam trains here in Portland, Oregon. I’ve been doing it for almost seven years and I never get tired of hearing and seeing these trains. This year I went down on the first weekend of the holiday season and as I was...

My iPad: An Important P...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver One item that goes on every location shoot with me isn’t even a camera, a lens, or other accessory. It’s my iPad. Nope, it’s not to keep up with any gaming or web surfing. It’s my digital age version of the old Polaroid attachments used for test shots. What a...

Back to Shooting Video

From ‘The Best of Mark Toal’ Mark was at the NAB Video show last week, so it was appropriate that we would feature one of his recent posts about shooting video. Lately I’ve been feeling bored or maybe I’ve been doing too much still photography lately so when my friend and rat...

Video Is Here to Stay a...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver Would you agree that video is showing up more and more frequently? In fact, I think it’s at epidemic levels. Once again we have the smart phone to blame or thank (depending on your point of view) for this, in similar fashion to the way these devices have...