98% operator and 2% equipment
Written by duckrabbit
I’m calling it as I see it. DSLR video is a fad – at least in solo video journalism it is. Plain and simple. There are many who have become enamoured with the so called uber cool extreme shallow depth of field flavor of the moment, equating it to creative license and thus making it their top priority, and in the process, losing sight of the first rule of solo video journalism: It’s the story, not the gear.
Author — duckrabbit
duckrabbit is a production company formed by radio producer/journalist Benjamin Chesterton and photographer David White. We specialize in digital storytelling.
Discussion (3 Comments)
Balls. What am I going to do with the Reds under the bed?
So true. When the 5d first came out and a few photographers produced a video using it, the blogosphere went spastic over the video (won’t name names, you know who i’m talking about). I looked at the video and laughed. It was like a bad modelmayhem shoot, sunglasses at night and utterly pointless visuals.
just because you can shoot video doesn’t mean you should.