Video production,

HDR Video The original video was shot as test footage for a location I am scouting. As I will be shooting on the 550D I took some footage to test the dynamic range to figure the best shooting light and time of day.
As the footage was shot with a fairly even dynamic range eg: without too many highlights or dark areas I thought it would be good to test as a HDR video.

Things I have learnt from making this HDR video:
*Shoot with a fast frame rate* as I was shooting at 25fps when there is motion either in the scene or as I pan/tilt you get a flicker on the blurred frames.
*Watch out for even graduations* it appears that if there is a constant graduation noise/compression artifacts are generated.
*Keep the camera steady* the steadier the shot the better the HDR
*Expose within your cameras dynamic range limit* if you have highlights or dark areas you get noise/artifacts.
These are just a few things I noticed from my test.
If anyone has any advice please share. I would love a bean splitter but for most of us it is out of the question.

For a Tutorial on how to process the footage check out: http://youtu.be/Hmwy1M91FCo

Location: Southern NSW Australia

Filmmaking Tips - Lighting INT DAY. In this short video I talk about lighting an INT DAY location scene through the use of red heads & soft box lighting. Also mention color temp & lens choice.

Filmmaking Tips for shooting on Canon 550D DSLRs lighting an INT DAY bedroom scene, lens choice & how to work with what you have got.

Tips for filmmakers shooting on the Canon HDSLR camera. In this behind the scenes I will talk about how we lit an EXT NIGHT street scene, discuss camera settings, lens & ISO choices and tips on blocking.

Shooting & lighting for HDV have wanted to put these little video tutorial up for some time. These videos were shot back in 2008 for a film called "First War for the West". As we were shooting on the Sony Z1, we attempted to get the elusive film look with this 1/3inch chip camera. For this we shot at a low f/stop and lit the sets with low wattage lights, shooting much of it in the telephoto range of the lens to get as much DOF as possible. At this time film makers were after the elusive depth of field and "film look". In these videos I hope to show how we shot a no budget doco-history drama with lighting that you can get from the local hardware store.