Tip of the Week – November 10, 2014: When to Adjust ISO
Tired of your camera’s flash popping up when you don’t want it to? Ever wonder if there’s any way to shoot photos in dark environments without a flash? Learn to use ISO!
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Tip of the Week – October 24, 2014: How Shutter Speed and Focal Length Relate
This week’s tip is very straightforward. Do you ever find yourself wondering what the lowest shutter speed is that you can use without having any motion blur while taking a photo without a tripod? There’s a simple rule of thumb in photography called the “reciprocal rule”.
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Sony A7R for Video – First Impressions
I recently spent a weekend shooting video (interviews and b-roll) and I exclusively used the Sony A7R that I just purchased. Topics discussed in this post are video and audio settings, battery life, lessons learned and suggestions on settings and what gear to use.
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Review: Fotodiox Pro EF-NEX Auto Adapter
I recently purchased a Sony A7R, so naturally one of the first things I did was buy a couple of adapters so I could use a variety of lenses. I was excited to be able to use some Canon glass on a much smaller bodied camera. I was all set to plop down $400 for the Metabones IV adapter, but fortunately Fotodiox just released their own, much cheaper alternative – the Fotodiox Pro EF-NEX Auto adapter.
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Tip of the Week – October 9, 2014: Composition – Give it a Place to go!
A simple trick to help any composition is to remember to “give it a place to go”. This means simply keeping an eye on what direction your subject is moving, facing or looking, then composing accordingly.
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Tip of the Week – September 30, 2014: Audio Tips – Noise Reduction in Adobe Audition and More!
How to clean up noisy audio using the Adaptive Noise Reduction effect in Adobe Audition, Adobe’s Media Cache settings, and how you can use Adobe Premiere Pro to split left and right audio (recorded from two different mics) into individual tracks on the timeline.
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