One tool I was still lacking and I know how useful this tool is for filmmaking. That is the stabilizer. Whether you are doing wedding, short film or any event, a stabilizer is super useful. Until I think last year, most indie filmmaker were using those mechanical stabilizer. These have been there for decades. They are effective and…
It was my honor to be one of the house videographers for 2015 ATV Miss Asia Pageant East Coast Final. The event took place at Sheraton hotel at Brooklyn on October 31th. I can not share any footage I videotaped to public because of the agreement I have to sign with ATV. But I have to…
I was shooting a video for a flash mob. This video is produced solely by me. It might looks like there are 2 or 3 videographers shooting it. I have total 14 camera angles to edit with. I have wide shot, close up shots and even shots of people’s reaction on the street. I captured…
I like to purchase those luts set. They looks beautiful on their demo video. The problem is when I apply those luts to my footage, it always not perfect. I do not have great skill to color grade my footage using adobe premiere pro, the editing software I use now. It just lack some freedom…
I was proud to be the official videographer to film the Inauguration Ceremony of Eastern US Chapter Tsinghua SEM North America Alumni Association. What a long name!!! It took place at Grand Hyatt New York. The venue is a bit darker for camera. There is no spot lighting and front lighting. If I am using…
I was horned to be one of the official videographer for filming the 2 days teaching from the 17th Karmapa in New York. I am doing the Chinese translation version editing and final DVD now. The English translation version they already put up on youtube. You can find under the official channel “Karmapa“
Happy Lunar New Year, the year of Goat. There was a big scale firework took place at Hudson River in NYC to celebrate the Chinese New York. I was glad to have the opportunity to film the firework. The firework last total 20 mins non-stop. Every second was so beautiful. but I just edit the…
I am totally impressed by the video quality of my new camera Sony a7S. The final result we are able to get from the s-log2 is amazing. Here is a very quick test I did yesterday. Enjoy the nice view of NYC. default PP7 s-log2 profile. Sony 18-105 f4 lens. APS-C crop mode. Graded in premiere…
I bought this Cinevate Cyclops Viewfinder a few month ago. I was looking for a LCD viewfinder for my GH3 to shooting better handheld video. But I actually only used it twice. I find it just not fit my shooting style. This is the kit I bought. The main piece attach to a Universal Accessory Mount using…
Today I have time to organize some of my video works for events. I can not really call it a reel because a reel video is consist of hundreds of different and very short shots. If I showing my event video that way people are not be able to understand what my works about. So I…