Nikon D4 Video Settings
This is based on my experience, and others may have other suggestions that might contradict my comments. I recommend a few settings when shooting a video on your Nikon D4. When this becomes critical, you…
Category: multimedia
How good are you? Ask those you impact.
Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 1600, ƒ/9, 1/100 While in Honduras, we interviewed some of the dignitaries to put later into a larger video package. Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 400, ƒ/6.3, 1/25—Off-camera fill-flash using the…
#1 Complaint in Multimedia/Motion Packages
Context Every time I sit down and start editing a package, I come up short with B-Roll. B-Roll is the supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary. So,…
Storytelling best in the voice of the subject
Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/125 After arriving in the Agalta Valley in Honduras, my first location was at this community chicken coop. The community, with some guidance, formed its community development committee. They…
The Human Voice: Storytelling
Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 100, ƒ/6.3, 1/320 Here is a photo of Jose Mondragon, Director, Rancho el Paraiso in Honduras, talking with Laurie Willing, the Executive Director of HOI in Tucker, GA. No matter how…
#1 mistake made with multimedia/video
Shure FP15/83 Combo Wireless System, H5 Our teaching team for our International Missions Photography Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal, started prioritizing the subjects we teach. Poor sound is the number one technical mistake we see most…
Storytelling using multimedia to tell the story
How many times have you been called to talk to a group, and you have either said or wanted to say, "You just had to be there to know what I am talking about?" When…
Learning Curves and Personal Projects
Learning Curves A few things impact our success as photographers and creatives in general. First, no matter the subject, two things affect our understanding of that subject. First is our book knowledge of the subject,…