Creativity · Photography · Video Production

Shooting a timelapse of the Moon in Wimbledon, London | Behind the scenes |

Our creative director has been getting… well, creative (!) and taking advantage of the beautiful Summer light in London has been playing a lot with a Canon 7D and a Polaroid intervalometer. Click the link below to learn a bit about the  technique and equipment used [Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BIGjZCcgzal/%5D

Creativity · Video Production

3 Top tips to film with your phone

As explained by a child… for children! It really is very simple, just watch this 90 seconds video and learn how and why you should:

1. Improve lighting
2. Achieve better sound using just the internal mic
3. Never shoot vertical videos!

Video Production

14 Tips on Photographing or filming with Kids

The guys from Slanted Lens have created a video with production tips when working with kids. There is a few ads at the end of the movie but the advice is very-very useful. Enjoy! 14 Tips on Photographing Kids – Photography & Video Tutorial (YouTube), 2013, USA, The Slanted Lens.

Photography · Video Production

ABC Lighting Tutorial

DSLR Lighting Techniques from Eve Hazelton from Realm Pictures on Vimeo. REF: Realm Pictures 2011, ‘DSLR Lighting Techniques from Eve Hazelton’ [online], Vimeo, Available from: https://vimeo.com/33672808 [Accessed: 26.7.2012].

Inspirational · Photography · Tendencies [infographics]

Simple Guide to Photography

REF: Juans, G. 2011, Simple Guide to Photography [online], Snap Blog, 1, Available from: http://blog.snapsort.com/2011/11/11/a-simple-guide-to-photography/ [Accessed: 23.5.2012].

Photography · Video Production

Understanding ¨Depth of Field¨

Tips: depth of field, posted with vodpod BBC is always a reference for those who want to learn about the media industry. Sam Bailey from BBC College of Production gives us some basic but powerful tips to get the most out of your camera. ¨Depth of field relates to how much of your image is… Continue reading Understanding ¨Depth of Field¨

Video Production

Color Correction Tutorial After Effects

Using Photoshop for color correction is really a lot easier than you may think. In this tutorial, the method is very simple and fast – NO rendering multiple frames, NO importing video files into Photoshop, and easy access to making color changes.

DeVowe, D. 2011, Color Correction Tutorial After Effects [The Right Way!] [online], Vimeo, 1, Available from: https://vimeo.com/14396098 [Accessed: 19.4.2012].

Photography

A Simple Explanation of F-Stop

This video explains the f-stop scale used in photography and video. It explains what f-stop actually is and why the f-stop numbers are what they are. I also give an easy trick for remember the entire f-stop scale. Bennet, D. 2012, Vídeo explicativo (y realmente útil) sobre los números f [online], ALTFoto, 1, Available from:… Continue reading A Simple Explanation of F-Stop