tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71615297173118326492012-01-13T09:01:56.004-05:00Writing About Producing Stock Video Clips With Canon 5D MKll, Canon EOS 7D, T2i | EOS550, Canon 60D And All AVCHD CamerasNorman Pogsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531798846066850211noreply@blogger.comBlogger1241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161529717311832649.post-76949671004944420752012-01-13T08:24:00.001-05:002012-01-13T09:01:56.014-05:00

  Canon have launched a successor to the very popular Canon G series compact point and shoot cameras, the Canon Powershot G1 X what makes this interesting to stock video shooters will be it's size and that it takes video. Normally you are not allowed to submit footage to most of the stock agencies like Shutterstock and Pond5 from a point and shoot camera. This camera has a larger chip than the

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Announced by Nikon today January 6th 2012 The new flagship camera Nikon D4 is finally official. The D4 is a full frame 16.2 megapixel CMOS sensor, magnesium professional body with full HD 1080p 30 fps broadcast quality video. You can read the full specs here  Along with the announcement was the introduction of a new Nikon 85mm G AF-S f1.8 lens, which will be a good addition for video shooters.

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I have started the New Year buying the Canon 5D MKll even though I have acquired this camera at the end of it's product cycle, the camera will still be good when it is replaced, also being discounted by $900 for the kit lens version was awesome. I'm very serious about producing quality stock footage for sites like Pond5 and Shutterstock and the style I have adopted for now is the more run and gun

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123RF now accepts video clips, they are waiting to build a collection before they go live with video clip sales. If you are a video contributor then it might make sense to upload your portfolio to this up and coming site from a sales point of view. I do have a stills portfolio and have contributed to 123RF for five years. If you want to contribute to them I would appreciate if you use my affilate

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Why Use Nikon Lenses On A Canon DSLR, it seems to go against the laws of the forums! the which camera is better forum Nikon or canon. Perhaps maybe the day aftyer Halloween got me thinking about the Frankenstein effect, or maybe it's just a sugar overload from all the candy. Using a Canon DSLR makes a lot of sense for video, because and even though I am a Nikon still photographer, the truth is

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As producers of video clips we spend a lot of time researching subjects, editing clips and looking at new equipment and some of us spend way to much times on video and photo forums. How much time do you spend researching the true cost of producing video footage. Microstock kicked open the doors of stock photography and now stock video, giving thousands of people the opportunity to get photographs

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I have owned the Panasonic HDC-TM700 for about a year, I have traveled with it around the world and grown to respect the camcorder with time. On the surface the TM700 looks like a point and shoot camcorder made for Mom or Dad to get some home movies or record that special vacation and yes it does that extremely well. Auto everything makes this a high quality easy to use and get great results

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I'm a Photographer and Videographer, not a computer geek even though by osmosis I seem to becoming a geek I still prefer to spend my time behind the camera instead of in front of the computer monitor wrestling with Adobe products. If you are involved like me with stock video or stock photography then you realize it's a volume game, or certainly a balance between volume and quality imagery,

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Fotolia has made changes to their sales and commission structure, announced a couple of days ago via their newsletter. Today the new redesigned website is live, affectionately called v3. The general buzz around the forums centre on the photo side of their business, with contributors complaining about another cut in commission for photo sales. Video contributors on the other hand have been given

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I know this seems like an obvious question I'm about to answer, yet the nuts and bolts involved with each stock video site I contribute to has their quirks, if you know these before hand then your ready for the disappointment's or elation. Lets do a quick overview for any newbie stock video contributors, most of the sites who accept video stock footage will not accept footage from a point and

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A lot of still photographers coming to video from having HD-DSLR cameras are having problems editing their video clips into a format the stock footage libraries will accept. The most common question I see on the forums of sites like Pond5 and Shutterstock is "what free programs can I get to edit and encode my clips". The question on the surface seems quite logical and plausible to quote

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Calibrating your computer monitor is as important if not more than your choice of camera, well maybe that's an exaggeration but monitor calibration is important to your filmmaking workflow. Monitors drift out of color alignment and also gamma, making what you see on your screen maybe not what the rest of the world will see. Gamma is the shadow and highlight areas of your video clips, so we need

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How does shutter speed affect filming and where do these rules come from? The first rule we learn to start using our HD-DSLR cameras for video is double frame rate is the "normal" shutter speed. This comes from the film days of filmmaking when the camera shutters we half round and would expose half the frame at a time. We are using DSLR cameras that have a version of a focal plane shutter and to

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Traveling for vacation or to film stock video / photographs is a great way to add a lot of content to your portfolio, the key to maximize this opportunity is planning and having a shoot list that you can fall back on. I include photographs as much as footage when I do stock images as we have DSLR cameras that can do both. Here are some tips I have developed after traveling quite a bit through

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I recently returned from a trip to film in Scotland and England, for this trip I took my Panasonic TM700 which did get a lot of use, especially for time lapse work. I also take a lot of still photographs for my stock photography portfolio using a Nikon D300, so I decided to get a Nikon G to EOS adapter so I can use my Nikon mount Tokina 11-16 f2.8 lens on my Canon 7D.      The adapter really

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                                                    I have owned the Panasonic HDC-TM700 for sometime now, I upgraded from a Canon HV30 camcorder to get away from tape and also because I was hearing great things about the Panasonic TM700 quality footage. Why am I writing about a camcorder on a DSLR filmmaking blog, well having a small camcorder is a great addition to having a HD-DSLR camera

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Here is a link and explanation from Canon on the new firmware update for the Canon 5D MKll

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If you have come to stock video from a still photography background, you will have experienced a steep learning curve and if you were persistent the rewards have been pretty good. Your skills as a still photographer are very necessary from the composition and understanding exposure point of view, but in the early months of starting to produce stock footage we tend to get overwhelmed with the new

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Here is a post from the popular film and photo blog CheesyCam, it is well worth your while to follow this blog to get great advance notice of budget priced accessories for your DSLR filmmaking cameras. The site is full of tips and techniques and links to new cheap products.  This tutorial is using the fluorescent light kits I have been using for the last couple of years, they are cheap and work

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footage, stock video, b-roll,It's time to take a look at where sales are happening for footage at the moment. I contribute to a small amount of agencies due to the time it takes to upload footage. I'm also motivated to upload to an agency where sales are made quite early on in your relationship with that agency. I am not a prolific shooter, I try and upload variable content and try to keep my

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Panasonic have just announced the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 micro four thirds camera, from the video makers point of view we get AVCHD 1080i60 which the processor converts in camera to 30p or you can get Motionjpeg at 720 30fps, See the Panasonic Press Release Here.

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I came across this podcast of  Dave Klafkowski from The Farm Group explaining why using the Canon 5D MkII camera for broadcast is full of problems. I'm not saying that these apply to stock video and how we work, but I found it a great educational primer for still photographers discovering stock video and being confused to the quality of video output. Not all high definition video is created

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Agefotostock have started offering stock video on their site, known for conceptual stock photography I guess they see stock video as a natural expansion to their photo library. A couple of points that made me question their standards of submissions for video, I did a quick search of a couple of terms I use with all libraries to see what variety they have in areas that I have clips in. I was

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Cisco have just announced that they are dropping the Flip camcorder line, they are doing this under a company wide restructuring plan which takes them back to focus on their core business. The Flip being a casualty of this restructuring, even though there was a cult following for the product. In this day of one trick ponies, the Flip didn't cut it, it needed to be more than a camera, the iPhone

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This might seem obvious, but a quick browse on some stock footage sites like Shutterstock and Pond5 will produce results of some very static footage. If the frame does not move and the subject doesn't move, is it footage or a photograph? Some sites that edit their collection will reject footage that looks like a still photograph, so it is obvious but shoot things that do something! Movement of

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The new Sony CML V55 LCD monitor adds another option for DSLR shooters to make life easier filming, this new monitor is smaller than the Lilliput 7" monitor, the Sony is 5" and is quite a bit more compact, which may not be a bad thing if you want to lighten the weight of your camera bag, it would also be easier to find room in your camera bag for this monitor. The battery options are pretty good,

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Can a single camera be good enough for stock photography and stock video, on top of that can a smaller lighter camera be good enough. Many people bought into the Canon 7D as a one size fits all solution to carrying around still cameras and camcorders and the Canon 7D does a great job, but it's certainly not a light weight solution. The quest for a lighter camera only becomes apparent as you grow

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Pond 5 Expands Into Stock Photo's And Illustrations to expand the depth of their image library. The changes to the site yesterday caught Pond 5 existing contributors by surprise, only when sections for photographs and illustrations appeared in the sites template did we know that this was happening. It has left a sour taste in the mouths of some contributors who are also stock photographers and

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Quality If you are new to selling footage or photographs make sure the quality you are producing is good enough. You should have learnt the basics of photography, the rule of thirds, know how to expose a scene properly. The software that is so important in digital photography and video, you should give yourself time to master it, browse Youtube or join tutorial services like NAPP, The National

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I love remote controls, maybe I'm a T.V. generation kid but I'm totally sold on the idea of remotes especially for garage doors, T.V's, car locks, lets face I sound lazy but really I'm not I just value having longer arms! Controlling my camera fits in perfectly with my love of positioning cameras for dramatic shots, you can't hope to be shooting an ultra wide angle lens getting a close up face of

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Well I have hit the 100th post in my Canon 7D blog, I must admit that I thought I would loose interest long before this milestone. At my 50th post I thought I might have gone as far as I could with my incoherent verbal ramblings, but no here I am. I can even use this 100th post as an example of how to succeed at microstock photography and video, just keep doing photos and clips, even if it's only

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I'm in the middle of a transition from a Nikon still camera system based around a Nikon D300 and a whole bunch of good stuff, to a one camera system for stills and video. I have found the Canon 7D to have similar noise levels to the Nikon D300 and the fact that the Canon 7D has great video it makes sense to finally admit that carrying two complete camera systems is too heavy for me to carry and

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If you are anything like me, buying a camera is a big deal, months can go into the decision making process, second guessing features, hitting all the favourite forums and trying to get other people to make our decision for us. The features I look at are the digital noise, lens choice, video recording specs, autofocus etc. One thing I had not considered are the digital memory cards I would stuff

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7th February 2011 Another new Canon DSLR camera with full HD movie mode, may even have autofocus in video mode and sensor cleaning. Has the 18 megapixel APS-C sensor. Read the specifications at the Canon USA site.

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Nobody around me in a crowd realizes I have super human power and can elevate myself way above the crowds, avoiding those behind the head shots or the I'm filming with $5K of equipment and some bozo 100% guaranteed will walk right in front of me with their cellphone camera. With a little planning we will have you eight feet tall, transformed into "Super Photographer", no cape required. A $30 

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Selling stock footage we have to rely on our video thumbnails to convince a buyer to come into our shop and explore the merchandise, so how do your thumbnails look, have we cleaned them today? Do your clips have a slight color cast, are they just a tiny bit magenta or green? well if you answer yes to this you may have a white balance issue, if you answered no to this, you are in denial. Take a

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The world of video cameras got a mighty kick in the a** when Canon put full HD 1080p into  DSLR cameras with large sensors, giving the choice of full frame 35mm or the cropped APS-C sensor on the Canon 7D which is equal to 90% size of the cinema Super 35 film format. Not only that but they put it in all the advanced amateur cameras at insanely low price points, so an entry level EOS 550 /T2i can

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The new year brings more bombshells in the microstock world, the latest being Fotolia cutting commissions. The poor silver contributors being cut from 31% to 25% and there seems to be an off the cuff comment in their year end statement  that the qualifying levels for each commission level will be readjusted again, because those pesky contributors are achieving higher levels too quickly, which

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Until I got involved as a contributor to microstock agencies, I never gave digital noise a huge amount of worry, it certainly did not influence my camera choice, this was before I knew any better. It sounds rather stupid now that I admit this, but my main problems were with the new technology and making a transition from film to digital. Photoshop occupied vast amounts of time just trying to get

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This post has been inspired by a recent comment to my blog from Paul about the Flip Mino HD. He was asking if the Flip was good for stock video because it shoots High Definition at 720p. Not all 720p and 1080p are created equally, there are a lot more things that go to make quality footage. First is the hardware itself, does the camera have a decent lens, glass or plastic. Has it got image

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Happy New Year, I hope it will be a very productive year for you in stock video. We are still in the early stages of stock video and with the help of sites like Pond5 we are finding markets that are new to us. I have already had a clip licenced to a major Hollywood Studio for a motion picture and I know lots of others are getting downloads for T.V. shows. Here are some thoughts and ideas for

Norman Pogsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531798846066850211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161529717311832649.post-23907409850393811102010-12-27T13:56:00.001-05:002010-12-27T14:01:39.051-05:00

It's no secret that I'm a still photographer and I came to video to fulfill a lifelong ambition to make moving images. Digital filmmaking and especially the introduction of the HD-DSLR made this transition so appealing, so I joined the army of hopeful still photographers to explore this new world. Thankfully the internet is a wealth of knowledge and a kind teacher. I didn't abandon still

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Thank you for following my blog, as we explore the new world of high definition video filming with the new breed of DSLR cameras. I would like to take the time to wish all of you celebrating Christmas a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. At this time of year it's good to look back at the year, especially as I have owned the Canon 7D for just over a year. It has been a wonderful camera to

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I'm more experienced with still photography and one thing I miss more than anything in video shooting is the level of information your camera adds to your photographs. Still photographs carry a wealth of information in the Exchangeable image file format (Exif), this information will remind us of the exposure, lens, time of day etc. Information that cane be useful when we go to edit our

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Sometimes I'm a little slow to jump on the bandwagon, a good case in point is using an external monitor for the Canon 7D HD-DSLR camera. I thought I would use the Canon 7D as a camcorder, stealth like and mobile. So dragging along all these wonderful accessories like Zacuto makes didn't seem what I was looking for. After a year of owning the Canon 7D and doing a bit of studio filming with actors,

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This is a topic that gets lots of forum comments and seems confusing for those of us that stick to one camera brand like Canon Cameras. Why would you want to put a Nikon, Pentax, Ziess or Olympus lens on a Canon 7D, Canon 5D MKll or Canon 60D. We have to start thinking like cinematographers and filming in that creepy area of total manual control. Why manual control, well I'm glad you asked. DSLR

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We have snow on the ground here and "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas", I'm busily putting decorations up outside the house and starting to think about filming homes with over the top Christmas decorations. I did get out last year and using some of my still photography skills, got some passable results which have sold in my Pond5 portfolio, but I know I could do better. I was still new

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 Modification available from Canon USA  for the Canon 7D and Canon 5D MKll Website Here Thank you for using Canon products. Effective December 6, 2010, Canon will start to provide as a chargeable service, a locking mode dial modification for the “EOS 5D MarkII” and “EOS 7D” digital single-lens reflex cameras. This modification is available, for a fee, to owners of these cameras who would

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 The Still Frame Offset We are using our DSLR cameras to make make videos, some of us are licensing video stock footage through sites like Shutterstock, Pond5 and Revostock. One of the often over looked features of stock video sites is the ability to manage how our portfolio looks to a buyer. In past articles I have encouraged you to either color grade and adjust levels to make your footage pop.

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Canon has released a firmware update for the Canon 7D version 1.2.3.  Also a fimware update for the Canon T2i and Canon EOS 550  version 1.0.9  Text from Canon Japan about the Canon EOS 7D firmware update 25th November 2010 and the Canon T2i / Canon EOS 550 Download Site EOS 7D Firmware Update Version 1.2.3Firmware changesFirmware version 1.2.3 incorporates the following fixes. Fixes a

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I wanted to wish all my American friends and Neighbors a very Happy Thanksgiving, I hope you can spend it with the people you care most about. Here's an idea to consider and make some footage for your Pond5 or Shutterstock portfolio. Set up your Canon Camera, or HD DSLR camera of  choice, in fact for this suggestion it can be a still camera with a timelapse option. In a quiet corner of the room

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The market for video camcorders was really turned on it's head when Canon Cameras were made available with high definition movie making capabilities. The Canon 5D MKll even after all this time is the best all round choice for a HD-DSLR camera for filmmaking. The Canon 5D full frame sensor and extremely low noise performance is still the best in class and best value SLR for photography and

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This is inspired by a forum post on DVinfo in the Canon 7D forum, if you are not a regular there I highly recommend you to put DVinfo on your reading list. The poster was asking about exposure on his Canon 7D because he was experiencing a 2 to 3 stop under exposure with his camera in comparison to how the footage looked on his calibrated computer monitor. He would check the footage in the field

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As we get more into stock footage and shooting with your HD_DSLR camera, you will find yourself trying to improve the look of your video clips. Up until now our main concerns were trying to get the right codecs and settings for stock video. We should now be concerned about how our footage looks because straight out of the camera, even though looking at the footage on the cameras rear LCD monitor

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Christmas is on the horizon and for those that celebrate the season, it is never too soon to start leaving hints around the house for Christmas gifts that you really want. Here is a list of accessories I find useful for my Canon 7D DSLR camera, you can use the list as a guide for any HD DSLR camera you have. I have listed them randomly not in order of importance just thoughts that you might

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With modern digital SLR cameras like the Canon 7D, Canon T2i / EOS 550 and Canon 60D,  iso is still a concern. Even though sensors are getting better just by packing so many pixels onto a chip can easily ruin a photograph or video clip. I view the ISO (Gain) as the Kryptonite of photography and video, it should be the last thing we mess with in order to get the best looking footage we can. It's

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This is just a quick little post about what I have found out about Kingston elite pro 16GB 133x compact flash cards and the Canon 7D. I bought new when I got my Canon 7D two compact flash cards that I wanted to use only with the Canon 7D and not my Nikon D300 for stills. The two cards I bought are Kingston elite pro 16GB 133x compact flash cards and I have only ever used them in the Canon 7D. I

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I know a lot of readers to this blog have come from the stills side of stock photography and believe the future of stock video to have great potential. Then the reality of stock video hits home, editing and codecs are nothing like photo editing with Photoshop.A lot of us know from our success with stock photography that the image straight from the camera, while looking good on the cameras LCD are

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Here's a story that has happened to me twice this last month and it illustrates that taking great video or photographs for stock photography is only half the task. I like to take a vacation in the winter to get away from what could be -20° to -30°c and it's a great time to take some tourist inspired photographs and video. I have been to Cuba four times in recent memory and my fellow Canadians

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We have not discussed monitor calibration and stock video clips. It is very important that the color we see on our camera LCD panel is the same we see on our computer editing monitor and that the customer who licenses our work sees the same color. If you are starting to produce volume clips, think about at least running a calibration check of your monitor every week, professionals do it daily

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Divergence is becoming the new popular phrase, it has been kicked around for sometime in the camera world, mainly because of the HD-DSLR's that started appearing a couple of years ago. Do we want divergence and can we stop it? I might be odd but I do not use my Canon 7D for still photography, even though that is the primary design of this camera. The attraction towards a DSLR for video was a

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Who's Working For You?There has been a lot of discussion in the last month about stock sites and the commission levels for selling stock photographs and stock video clips. I want to keep my comments and observations here just to stock video.We share the proceeds of our video sales with an Agent (Stock Site), or Agents if we are non exclusive as a contributor. What are the sites doing with our

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With this Twitter message: "AlamyContribs How many of you shoot stock footage or are starting to do so? We'd like to hear from you. Let us know how to get in touch #togs" And also the interview of Alan Capel by John Lund where Alan Capel in response to a question about Alamy offering stock video in the future said: " Yes we are working on motion and beginning to take video in, there’s a lot to

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I like getting emails from readers of this blog, it helps me gauge the interest level of stock video and about HD-DSLR cameras for video. Recently I got an email from someone asking the question that nobody wants to answer on the different stock video site forums.The question was, "What is the real potential selling stock footage"with a clarifying question also, "Let’s say you have 500 Clips,

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By now you are probably aware of the changes proposed at iStockphoto to the commission structure. If you are non-exclusive your commissions will be cut from January 2011, an exclusive video member who has a lower sales level would seem to be OK. The very successful video contributors will be taking a cut in commission also. The result of these changes may well be the removal of your future growth

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I'm writing this post and blog to help newcomers to the world of shooting video with a DSLR camera, mainly because a year ago I was that new person. Since getting the 7D I have shot a lot with it and the impressions I have picked up along the way might be helpful to you. My first and most basic mistake I made when I got the Canon 7D (please insert your make and model of HD-DSLR), was to presume

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"The decisions we make today will impact our tomorrows". This takes a lot of people by surprise, not just in photography, but in everyday lives of people. Let me explain many of us come from a photography background with years of expierence producing excellent still photographs. We know composition, focal length, effects of aperture on depth of field, shutter speeds on motion, so what the hell

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I have been traveling in Newfoundland for the past week and this time I tried to travel light without a laptop. I have an Apple iTouch which is fantastic to keep up to date with e-mail and my stock video/photo sites, but writing a blog post on an iTouch for me is impossible.So I have not posted anything in over a week and no I have not abandoned by blog, I have been shooting footage and stock

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So you have your camera the Canon 7D, T2i/550 or 5D2 and a camera bag overflowing with lenses and stuff, now what? If you are like most photographers making the transition to video for stock purposes you are probably heading towards a waterfall, wind farm or garden to take some footage to pad out your portfolio. If this is you, stop don't do it, this is what the vast majority of your competition

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No this is not a multi level marketing scheme to get rich quick, on the contrary Stock Video is a good way to work hard for a long time at minimal pay if at all any money for the first 6 months.Knowing this on the way in will, I guarantee that you will never have to post on a stock video forum, "Why am I not selling , can someone look at my portfolio and give feedback".As with most non academic

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The main advantage of a DSLR like the Canon 7D for video, is the ability to put an interchangeable lens video camera in your hands for very little money, in comparison to traditional pro camcorders with interchangeable lenses. On top of that, it puts a large sensor which means shallow depth of field is a breeze with the right lens selection.Buying a Canon 7D is not cheap, it's up there at the top

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I have suggested to do as much in camera as possible for stock video production, adjusting menu settings to get as close to the finished look as possible. I still think this is an important step for you to set up your Canon 7D and be aware of how easy it is to adjust picture styles on the fly.You are not going to be able to get away from post processing your footage in a video editing software,

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I thought it would be useful to add some links and have a list of Canon 7D reviews, so if you are new to the camera and trying to make a decision to buy a Canon EOS 7D here is a reference of reviews. The reviews are in no particular order, I have tried to include the major and influential camera reviewers of our time.Canon CanadaSteve's Digicamsphoto.netdpreview.comGizmodo.comLuminous

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For those of us that have spent sometime doing photography and especially landscape photography, neutral density filters were a handy filter to have. I used to use them for the classic landscape shot to make flowing water look silky and blurry in a still photo.Now with the canon 7D neutral density filters are making a come back, even without the flowing water. So why do you need a neutral density

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Yesterday I planned to do a stock video shoot, it involved a Model and was an interior shoot. I would be using two banks of fluorescent lights balanced to daylight and using a window as a fill light. Sounds good, but........the problem with doing a shoot for most of us is trying to slow the pace down to a controllable pace. Don't get caught up in the moment, slooooooooow down.I have mentioned

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I'm not suggesting one way or another about installing firmware updates to your camera, I merely post this as information for you.Latest Canon 7D firmware update to 1.2.2 is here

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Were you ever a Boy Scout or Girl Guide? those words, "Be Prepared" immortalized by Lord Baden Powell the founder of the Scouting movement, rings true in every aspect of life, especially Stock Video and Photography.Don't tell me your camera gear is stored nicely in it's case or bag in your closet! I have my camera equipment either on a shelf or table close to hand because you never know when

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I'm celebrating a minor milestone for my blog, this is my 50th post which between you and me I thought I would have given up by now. Thanks for the encouragement from everyone and thank you for reading my ramblings.To make things clear for me, as I'm easily confused, my blog objective is to help Photographers transition into video with the DSLR, I happen to use the canon 7D but what I have to say

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It's so easy to loose perspective on photography (pun intended), when technology is making exotic lenses possible and very affordable. I have been looking for a wide angle lens for my 7D for sometime, I do what everyone else does and read the forums and Google search to find the all knowing Oracles of camera wizardry.The "standard" wide angle now seems to be ultra wide angle lenses, such as the

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I'm a believer in using still photography techniques in video production. The smallest things can make a big difference in how your footage looks. We often shoot outdoors, because we don't have a studio and a full compliment of lights, so that means being at the mercy of the sun. The big problem with the sun is that it can be harsh lighting, giving high contrast dark unforgiving shadows.To solve

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I had thought about coming up with a witty title for this blog post, such as a recipe analogy etc, but sometimes I think I'm trying to be too clever. So we have the recipe here for a perfect project and rendering settings for a Canon 7D, Canon T2i/550 and Canon 5D2.It's worth repeating for people new to the stock video, it seems just like a minute ago I was one of those people, desperate for any

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The title of this blog is just about impossible, is there a "right" lens for video. Of course we need a lens to make the DSLR body function, so the manufacturers of cameras through in a lens to get you going, see how kind they are. The kit lens is mostly useless, especially for still photography and stock photography. Images viewed at a 100% are soft, for stock photography that is the biggest

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Years ago when I was doing photography as a hobby, I probably liked the cameras and equipment, more than taking photographs. I know it sounds weird, but it's true, I loved buying camera stuff, it was almost what they call now retail therapy. Why am I telling you this, well you are cheaper than a therapist and you all seem so understanding.No that is not why I'm blogging this point. You buy a new

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If you have flattened your picture style, using one of the recipes on the internet, then you are going to have to colour grade, if you don't your footage is going to look muddy. I use the Canon 7D for stock footage, so I can't spend hours on a clip. I need to be able to create some volume of uploads and there are only so many hours in a day.I have been testing different picture styles from the

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1. Shoot video footage in total manual settings and get comfortable with it. Manual mode Focus iso Exposure2. Push your comfort zone shoot something you haven't done before Timelapse in daylight Timelapse at night Plan a shoot with a real live person and get a model release signed Try a slow motion using 720p 60 fps and export the footage at 30 fps Choose a wrong

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When it comes to photography and filmmaking for stock, I do like to save money. Ebay has become a great source for low cost camera accessories, however I do have a limit to what I'm prepared to save money on. For instance I'm reading too many posts of people having trouble with third party batteries for the canon 7D.My take is this, I have spent $2k on my 7D body why would I economize on vital

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Buying a camera like the Canon 7D or the Canon T2i gives the ability to shoot high definition video from what looks to be a still camera. This has brought a lot of new photographers to the world of video and confusion.The realization that this new camera purchase is only the beginning, in order to reap the video benefits software has to be bought too.Why do you need software to produce video

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Well I have hit a minor milestone on my blog, this is my 40th post. I'm grateful to all of you who have been reading my blog and sending positive comments and questions, I really like hearing from you.Back to business, what does it take to be successful at stock video sales? Lets take for granted like me you battled your way through the technical side. Managed to get the footage onto your

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If you are coming to stock video from the still photography side, you will have either seen or heard about the huge growth of microstock photography over the last five to six years. It is more difficult to become successful with photography in the microstock market because of the number of contributors and the sheer numbers of how many photographs are on sale today.Video on the other hand is like

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The Canon 7D is a great piece of equipment especially for video. I have made the transition from Nikon to Canon, I should clarify, I still use Nikon for still photography and the Canon 7D for video. Sometimes especially at my advancing years, or is the Scotch consumption catching up on me. I forget where things are in the memory settings, why couldn't Nikon and Canon have the same menus? (yeah

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Here is a quicky post I'm going to be doing in between the longer ramblings that I do. The biggest problem I have with photography and video filming, is that I love creating images so much, that sometimes I press the shutter button too soon. I get caught up in the moment, well that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.This tip technique call it what you want, but it will save you many times over

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I love that song from Procol Harum, a whiter shade of pale. In my last blog post I refereed to the holy grail of stock video being the snow white background. The background style that the iPod made famous, a clean fresh look must be easy..............well lets see.If you are a still photographer coming to video, this might be a shocker, especially if you have invested a boat load of cash into

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There are a couple of mind sets regarding stock video, is it worth the bother to shoot footage you are only going to get $3.00 for a download. The other decision is, do I like to film the type of subjects that sell.Of course you wouldn't be reading this if you didn't think I had an opinion, well here goes. I will admit up front I am passionate about photography and video filming, I love it. I

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There comes a time in the life of a young stock contributor when the sense of timelapse comes over him or her, it's the coming of age, the rites of passage, spring fever, OK, OK it's not sex, but it can be just as satisfying Lol.You have a camera and an itchy trigger finger, what the hell are we going to take video of. You have chased the family pet around the garden, crept up on the kids, had

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There are still hot debates going on around the specialized movie making forums about the hype over using DSLR cameras for professional movie production. Most of the criticism revolves around the shape of a DSLR like the Canon 7D or Canon 5D MK2, they then lead onto justify the criticism by pointing out the inadequacies of the sound recording.Should you be using a DSLR or a video camcorder?

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Starting from the basics, I have readers of this blog with different levels of experience in stock video or photography. I don't wish to take for granted the knowledge level, sometimes I don't cover the basics, so here goes.We do not sell videos with stock agencies such as Pond5, Shutterstock or iStock, we sell licenses to use our content to the end user. The license these agencies offer are

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This post has been inspired by an email I received from a reader of this blog, Patrick. He asked how long it takes to start selling video clips once you upload. He was asking from the point of view of buying new equipment to get involved in the microstock video market.A first response to this question might seem easy, but and there always is a but. Do you see stock images in your minds eye, if

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Tony Lorentzen has produced this test of the noise levels on the canon 7D at all the different iso settings. The remarkable thing is that the iso with a multiple of 160 seems incredibly clean in comparison to the other settings. There might be an argument to have 160 iso as your low setting. As Tony and others suggest, you should test for yourself.This test is produced and copyright of Tony

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The Canon 5D MKll brought a lot of still photographers face to face with serious video production for the first time. On top of the amazing video capabilities being shown to still photographers for the first time, Microstock agencies, such as iStock and Shutterstock started offering their version of Royalty Free video to complement their very successful photo libraries.Once the flood gates were

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Canon has released a new firmware update for the Canon 7D, the existing firmware was 1.1.0 The new firmware gives a longer usage time before the overheating warning comes on. You can read about the firmware ver 1.2.1 on the official Canon site.

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