http://parkerdigital.net PowerPage Podcast Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 PowerPage Podcast no http://parkerdigital.net/archives/529 http://parkerdigital.net/archives/529#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:35:35 +0000 rob http://parkerdigital.net/?p=529 http://parkerdigital.net/archives/529/feed 0 <p>I was driving near the rain-swollen Wissiahickon Creek yesterday and couldn’t resist the urge to jump out and grab some HD video with the Canon 7D. I used my Zacuto Z-finder, my trusty Tokina 11-16mm and my rather low-end Canon 18-200mm. I got surprisingly good results with that lens!</p> <p style="text-align: center;">[See post to watch QuickTime movie] I was driving near the rain-swollen Wissiahickon Creek yesterday and couldn’t resist the urge to jump out and grab some HD video with the Canon 7D. I used my Zacuto Z-finder, my trusty Tokina 11-16mm and my rather low-end Canon 18-200mm. I got [...] http://parkerdigital.net/archives/504 http://parkerdigital.net/archives/504#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:16:45 +0000 rob http://parkerdigital.net/?p=504 http://parkerdigital.net/archives/504/feed 4 <p>This was a first for me. I’m used to shooting HD video – heck, just about everything I shoot these days is HD. Today was special because it’s the first time I shot HD on a video DSLR camera without any help from a sound guy or a grip or a production assistant or another DP. Today was a challenge of high order. I had to light, mic and shoot four interview subjects in four different locations on the Canon 7D with no technical help at all.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">[See post to watch QuickTime movie] <p style="text-align: left;">I used a variety of lenses – Canon and Nikon. My favorite interview lens is the Canon 50mm f/1.4, followed closely by my Nikon 135mm f/2.8. The camera shoots really well in low light compared to a regular HD video camera and there’s absolutely nothing like it for the price.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">This stuff was shot “news style” meaning we had very little time to set up and light things. One of the interviews was strictly “available light.” As a result, it falls short of my standard but it’s a testament to the camera that we were able to get something that is very usable.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">These shots were quickly graded using Magic Bullet Looks.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> This was a first for me. I’m used to shooting HD video – heck, just about everything I shoot these days is HD. Today was special because it’s the first time I shot HD on a video DSLR camera without any help from a sound guy or a grip or a [...] http://parkerdigital.net/archives/373 http://parkerdigital.net/archives/373#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:45:02 +0000 rob http://parkerdigital.net/?p=373 http://parkerdigital.net/archives/373/feed 0 <p>I thought I’d take a few minutes to compile some recent interview footage so that people can see how I shoot heads. Many of these are lit with just one or two lights. When I have to work fast, I try to make the most of natural light. When I have more time, I still like to keep it simple and spend the time to get everything set just right. I guess you never have the perfect looking interview. You can always find something that you would change but it’s important to strike a balance and get the work done on time and on budget.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">You’ll need <a href="http://apple.com/quicktime" target="_blank">the free QuickTime player</a> to view this file. If you have iTunes installed then you already have QuickTime.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:02bf25d5-8c17-4b23-bc80-d3488abddc6b" width="420" height="238" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab#version=6,0,2,0"><param name="scale" value="aspect" /><param name="src" value="http://parkerdigital.net/video/interviews090902.mp4" /><embed type="video/quicktime" width="420" height="238" src="http://parkerdigital.net/video/interviews090902.mp4" scale="aspect" autoplay="false"></embed></object></p> I thought I’d take a few minutes to compile some recent interview footage so that people can see how I shoot heads. Many of these are lit with just one or two lights. When I have to work fast, I try to make the most of natural light. When I have [...]