Eduardo Angel

Dslr Video Shooter Interview; GH3, NAB, backup solutions and more.

Editor — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:19 +0000

Recently, we sat down with Caleb Pike of DSLR Video Shooter, a blog dedicated to videographers and cinematographers that use HDSLR video for quality storytelling; we encourage you all to check it out here. It was great to chat with Caleb about current trends, events and gear including NAB 2013, the new Panasonic Lumix GH3, G-Tech backup hardware and digital workflow solutions. For photographers and cinematographers alike, there is a lot of great insight on these topics, especially for our followers who have been curious to hear more. Check out the full interview, and as always, please give us Read More »

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How to quickly enhance your photography portfolio.

Eduardo Angel — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:11 +0000

On my previous post (I’d recommend reading it first if you haven’t) I walked you through my personal process to edit a large group of images into a more manageable portfolio. Now is the time to enhance and fine-tune those “final” photos. I’m really lucky; I learned photography shooting 35mm slides, and I started my professional career shooting architecture on 4x5 slides. So, I was trained to properly compose and expose on camera. I also prefer to spend more time behind the camera and less time in front of the computer, so I do very little, if any, retouching Read More »

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On editing photos and telling stories.

Eduardo Angel — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:45:28 +0000

Wow! Our video interview with PhotoShelter hit a nerve! We have received over a 100 emails and tweets with additional questions. That is awesome! For the people requesting the GH3 article, here’s the link, for the ones asking about Custom White Balance for Video, here’s the link, for the ones asking for additional Lightroom 4 Tips and Tricks, here’s the link (which includes 6 more links!), and for the rest, keep reading. I truly believe that one of the most important skills we can learn as photographers is to objectively edit down our images and visualize themes in our work. On Read More »

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Visual Serendipity Week 69. Dreamy Landing.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:17:15 +0000

Another Visual Serendipity image taken with my phone. An interesting aerial view of Las Vegas as I woke up minutes before landing. Nothing special, just pretty.

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Is Canon following Adobe’s steps?

Eduardo Angel — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:20:14 +0000

Canon just released their “EOS Digital Solution Disk V28.1″ software suite. As usual, it contains the “Digital Photo Professional”, “EOS Utility” and “Picture Style Editor” applications. So what’s the big deal? For the first time (as far as I can remember) the Solution Disk has been issued only on CDs, but this time it will be available as a download.No conspiracy theory needed here. The real reason behind the online delivery is that many new computers, including the latest Apple iMac (which is super fast and awesome) no longer come with CD drives, so we are all being forced to move to Read More »

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Visual Serendipity.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:45:38 +0000

Shot and retouched on Google’s Nexus 4 Phone.

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10 (new) Cool Gadgets for Photographers and Filmmakers. Part 2

Eduardo Angel — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:05:02 +0000

6• Convergent Design Odyssey 7 Two super interesting monitor/recorders are the Odyssey7 and Odyssey7Q by Convergent Design. For $1295 and up you get a 7.7” 1280 x 800 OLED external monitor that also doubles as an external recorder capable of receiving 4K RAW data as well as other compressed and uncompressed formats onto two 2.5” SSDs. Here’s the twist; out-of-the-box, these two products are monitors only, with all the usual settings (waveform, histogram, false color, vectorscope, zebras, and focus assist) but without any recording or playback capabilities. Recording options must be purchased or rented (brilliant!) separately from Convergent Design’s Read More »

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Visual Serendipity.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:30:34 +0000

“Los atardeceres caleños, como su brisa, no se parecen a nada, en ninguna parte.“ Shot in Cali, Colombia (with O).

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10 (new) Cool Gadgets for Photographers and Filmmakers. Part 1

Eduardo Angel — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:12 +0000

1• Edelkrone SliderPLUS Edelkrone’s SliderPLUS is a super-compact and very smooth slider that easily fits onto Tenba’s Video Backpack. Unlike other sliders, this one moves with the camera, taking full advantage of rails’ length. With a price tag of $500, this toy is at the top of my shopping list. 2• Redrock Micro’s One Man Crew Parabolic Camera Motion System This amazing gadget consists of a motorized parabolic track slider that “guides the camera on a precision-curved track at any speed while keeping the subject stationary in frame.” The system includes speed control, automatic in and out stops, and Read More »

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Visual Serendipity. Cool Vibe.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:30:46 +0000

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Post-NAB 2013 wrap-up.

Eduardo Angel — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:30:03 +0000

Our Digital Technology Resource is a monthly conversation about news, trends, and events for photographers and filmmakers. On our upcoming issue we highlight the most relevant products and trends we witnessed at NAB, including: • Edelkrone SliderPLUS • Redrock Micro One Man Crew • Blackmagic Pocket and 4K Production Cameras • Atomos Ninja 2 • Convergent Design Odyssey 7 • Tascam DR-60D and Samson Zoom H6 • G-Tech Evolution Series. • Adobe Lightroom 5 and Premiere Pro “6.5″ • Imagine Products ShotPut Pro It is never too late to sign up. Do it now! Did you miss a previous Read More »

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G-Tech’s Evolution Series.

Eduardo Angel — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:59:00 +0000

The media storage announcements last week at NAB were pretty boring, with one single exception: G-Tech’s Evolution Series. There are three flavors: G-DOCK ev, G-DRIVE ev and G-DRIVE ev PLUS. The G-DOCK is a Thunderbolt, two-bay, swappable drive system. Consider it as the “housing” and main component of the Evolution family, and it can be configured as RAID 1 (protected) or RAID 0 (performance). Click here to learn more about RAID Systems. The G-DRIVE ev, are the hard drives (available in 500GB and 1TB both 7,200RPM) that go into the G-DOCK, offering transfer speeds up to 136MB/s, via Read More »

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Visual Serendipity. Pretty Twins.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:56:46 +0000

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Adobe Lightroom Tips and Tricks 007. From Photoshop to Premiere Pro, iMovie or Final Cut.

Eduardo Angel — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:16 +0000

I kinda lied. This is not really a Lightroom tip, but we’ve received so many requests for this post that we are including it in our Tips and Tricks series. Let’s say you want to create a title for your next movie project, and would love to use Photoshop for that. The process is fairly quick and simple: 1. Launch Photoshop 2. Go to Window > Workspace > Motion 3. Go to File > New 4. Under Presets select Film & Video 5. Under Size select HDTV 1080P / 29.97 if you are shooting Full HD, or simply select Read More »

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15 Valuable Lessons Learned on Movie Sets.

Eduardo Angel — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:05:11 +0000

For a while I’ve wanted to share some small (but valuable) lessons I’ve learned while working on movie sets. The following list is in no particular order; however, I will say that the first item of business in any shoot should be deciding where the camera should be placed. Everything else follows this decision. • There’s cable wrangling and data wrangling, and as hierarchy goes, there’s a big difference between the two. • The digital imaging technician (DIT) does a lot more than just data wrangling. He needs a deep knowledge of cameras, color, RAW workflows, monitors, backup strategies, Read More »

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Expanding our International Workshops.

Eduardo Angel — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:20 +0000

We are hoping to expand our Photography and Filmmaking workshops to Hawaii, Thailand, Nigeria, Kuwait and South America. But first, we would love to hear your feedback. Please click here if you have time to answer a few simple questions that will help us a LOT. Thank you in advance.

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Adobe Lightroom 4.4 is out. 25 new cameras supported.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:19:26 +0000

Adobe just released a new Lightroom update making this version 4.4. Lightroom now officially supports over 25 different RAW file formats. Here is the complete list. This version adjusts the White Balance for a number of Nikons, includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the X-Trans sensor, and adds support for new lenses like Canon’s EF 24-70mm f/4 L IS USM and Nikon’s AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR are included. Unfortunately the Panasonic Lumix lenses are still missing. According to Adobe, users are now (finally!) able to add contacts from their Address Book to email (on Mac). I’ll try this ASAP. Read More »

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Visual Serendipity. The Mysterious Library.

Eduardo Angel — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:55:07 +0000

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NAB 2013 is here. Ghost Town goes wild with DSLR Shooters.

Eduardo Angel — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:05:44 +0000

This coming weekend I’ll be working with Jem Schofield and a very talented crew on a unique DSLR Video Field Workshop in Nelson, Nevada. The event, hosted at an awesome Ghost Town and surrounded by incredible landscapes, focuses on the craft of filmmaking, camera movement and lighting controls. Attendees will have four production stations to shoot: • Tripod, Slider & Dolly Station (with actors) We will learn how to properly balance a tripod system, operate a camera on a slider and how to use a proper dolly system (including being a dolly grip). • Rigs Station (with actors) How Read More »

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Shooting with the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3. Field report and impressions.

Eduardo Angel — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:15:15 +0000

The friendly waiter at the Turkish restaurant in Sohar, Oman, saw the camera on the table and asked “Nikon? Canon? Which one is better?” To which I replied, “actually, this is the new Panasonic GH3.” He stared at me, his expression turned from excited to perplexed to confused to annoyed within seconds. After an uncomfortable silence he finally asked, “Are you ready to order?” That was pretty much my reaction when, a few weeks ago, just two days before I started teaching a “Digital Cinema for Photographers” event in Dubai, I found out that Panasonic, a major sponsor of the Read More »

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