Every week, we receive emails from people asking us for advices about how they could improve their photography/videography. Most of these people are already at what I would call ‘serious amateur’ level and want to move to the next step. To these people, my answer is always the same: get an assistant!…
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Talk with customers – don’t be a bad photographer
Do you take pictures of people? Are they really happy with your work and performance? There are too many bad pro photographers out there. How do I know? Simple: I talk to customers who had bad experiences and didn’t like what they had to pay for.…
Read More »Camera captures 1 trillion frames per second
This is just a public interest post, if you are a geek like me, I am sure you will like this video. It over simplify the process and the title is a bit misleading but it is still impressive technology. The question is: when will the 5DMrkII be able to shoot more than 30fps?…
Read More »Protect your Canon 5D mini-HDMI input & cable
One of the problem of shooting with the 5D and other members of its family is the mini-HDMI port. While it is technically usable, when you are in the field, you quickly realize how precarious the wire is plugged into the mini-HDMI slot.…
Read More »Selling (or trading) some stuff (400L & Zacuto rig)
I need retool for my summer gigs so I decided to sell some of my stuff. First on the list is my Zacuto Striker kit. You can see pictures on RigsEnvy, note that I am only selling the Striker, not the rest!…
Read More »2011: setting goals
I read this a while ago on Marc Andre Cournoyer blog (A Montreal based Ruby developer)
Knowing where you’re going greatly increase your chances of getting there.and loved the idea of setting yearly goals. Since posting them on the internet would increase their odds of success, here is my list for 2011:
Double daily traffic on this blog
While this blog has a steady flow of traffic, I would love to see it grow even more.… Read More »The Rebel 550 4K Hack…
In case you did not know, there is a guy pretending that he hacked the Rebel 550 to record 4K clips. More info on Planet5D here. When I initially saw the teaser video, I discarded it has some hoax and did not act on it, given my very bad track record with rumors.…
Read More »2011: products to watch for
Now that 2010 is almost over and 2011 is closing by, I think it would be a good time to step back and take a look at what we should expect for the next year, gear wise.