Category Archives: Technicalities

Having enough tapes and batteries for a day is crucial. You need sufficient amount of both. Take at least 4 hours worth of tapes and 6 hours worth of batteries. And a battery charger. Get the tapes and the batteries … Continue reading →

Then you have mixed lighting conditions. Lighting is mixed when you have more then one source of light, and you sources have different colour temperatures. Very rarely you happen to shoot in any other conditions than mixed. Strongly speaking, using … Continue reading →

Day light refers to the temperature of the sun light around noon, indoor light usually refers to the light … Continue reading →

Available light, or shooting with available light usually means that a cameraman is not going to use an extra light sources. Available light may be a light from the sky (direct sun light, shade, clouds), a light from the ceiling … Continue reading →

Flattening the shades If you are shooting in the isolated room with one light source on the ceiling, and the person of your interest is located right beneath the light, you’ll get ugly shades: raccoon eyes, the “beard”, terrible video. … Continue reading →

camera won’t be able to create an image without lighting Continue reading →