Would like some feedback on the colors

Reddit def compressed the quality

I think the aesthetic still works in the vertical format

Is this good? What do you think?

We are doing a shoot where we want to follow a car driving at high speed on a road with a lot of turns and bumps through the fields. We are filming this using the Tilta Hydra Alien Pro Car Mounting System, with a DJI RS3 Pro mounted on it and a Blackmagic PYXIS attached to the gimbal.

After doing a lot of testing, we found that the camera works best when mounted in the position shown in the photo. However, when taking some of the tighter corners, the gimbal has a very hard time keeping up and rotating with the turn through our remote-control system.

We assume that the wind resistance during the sharper turns is causing the gimbal to struggle to rotate back into the turn. We were wondering if anyone has any tips or experience with this kind of setup.

We were also thinking that it might be better to try filming with a Ronin 2 instead, but we are not sure whether that would work with the adapter/mounting piece shown in the second photo.

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

I'm Part 107 certified, and the owner has a major construction project coming up involving a large number of houses. I'd be documenting it from beginning to end for roughly 4 hours a day, 24–26 days this month. About 4 - 5 hours a day, plus two hours of drive-time realistically.

I'd be mapping precise drone coordinates to make before and after shots, capturing multiple angles, filming ground level and close up footage throughout the project, and documenting each stage of the process.

Afterward, I'd still need to organize a month's worth of footage, edit and color grade the final video, script and record a voice-over with the owner, handle audio, music and graphics, and deliver the finished project.

My counteroffer is $4,000 for documenting the project for the month, producing the finished long-form video, and taking any new employee headshots needed. The long video can also be cut into shorter horizontal videos. Separate vertical re-edits would be $150 each due to the additional reframing and editing involved.

Anything substantially beyond that would need to be priced separately.

The scope I was originally given went far beyond this for $3,000, which is why I wanted to hear what other videographers consider a fair rate for this kind of work in Middle Tennessee.

Hey everyone!

I'm a wedding videographer and I've filmed three weddings so far. Honestly though, I'm not satisfied with the results at all because it was just me winging it with half knowledge, you know? Now I really want to learn intensively and systematically all the important areas that a wedding videographer needs to master.

The stuff I still need to learn about:

• Sound design
• Storytelling
• Structure / editing flow
• Those powerful beats that always hit (you know, those certain templates that the pros use)
• Basically everything to create those amazing films like you see on YouTube

My problem: I know some really great YouTube channels, but when I see their thumbnails, my ADHD brain literally freaks out. Then I'm like "bro, do I have to watch EVERY single video from that channel to get good?" and my head just explodes. That doesn't help me if I'm totally overwhelmed.

I know that a lot of it is learning by doing, but you can still prepare yourself systematically and build up the knowledge beforehand, right? Now I finally want a proper system on how to really master wedding videography and create those fire films like the ones you see everywhere on YouTube.

Can you recommend any courses from experienced wedding videographers? Or are there any structured learning paths so I don't feel completely lost?

Thanks guys so much and cheers from Germany! 🇩🇪

Lenny

I recently talked to a company I’ve worked with before about doing some work for them again.

What I specifically said was that I wanted to help create some video content. I mentioned doing interviews with employees and clients. I have an understanding of three point lighting and audio much better than I did before. They said interviews plus some other content would be good, and I also said I could take some photos when needed (headshots, guys around the office, etc,.)

Based on that conversation, I thought I was agreeing to basically be a content creator/videographer: come in, film interviews and other material, shoot some photos, edit the content, and potentially post some of it.

I’ve worked with the company before, and previously I was mainly doing some filming, making videos, editing them, and minimally posting content to Facebook. They had other people who were actually dedicated to social media/marketing.

I’ve already recently made two videos and employee headshots for them. I still haven’t been paid for that work, haven’t received any gas/mileage reimbursement, and now they want me to redo the headshots.

The rate I was offered going forward is $18 an hour in middle TN.

Then I was sent a huge social-media strategy document that describes me as essentially the "Content Owner/Social Media Manager"

According to the plan, I’m apparently expected to:

• Film interviews, jobsite footage, B-roll, before/afters, customer material, employee/personality content, etc.
• Take professional photos.
• Help/direct 2–3 hour batch content shoots.
• Produce roughly 30–50 usable vertical B-roll clips per month.
• Capture 8–12 expert-answer pieces and 10+ personality moments.
• Edit around 3 Reels per week.
• Produce another ~2 feed/proof posts per week.
• Write/prepare captions.
• Schedule and publish content.
• Maintain a two-week content calendar.
• Post Stories daily.
• Check social-media engagement twice per day.
• Respond to comments, DMs and questions.
• Interact with local accounts/partners and do community engagement.
• Run polls/questions and use audience responses for future content.
• Repurpose content across platforms.
• Track reach, retention, shares, saves, followers, profile visits, DMs, inquiries and appointments.
• Determine what content is and isn’t performing.
• Participate in monthly analytics/reporting and recommendations.

There is a marketing person above me who appears to handle the overall strategy and direction, but from what I can tell, I’m being assigned most of the actual day to day execution.

This is where I’m confused. This isn't remotely what I thought I was agreeing to. I agreed to shoot interviews, do drone videos, as well as filming job sites (on my a7iv), make some other videos and take photos. I didn't realize that meant I would effectively be responsible for operating the company's social media presence on top of that.

Before, he had someone doing this role WITHOUT taking any videos, only handling the marketing/social media, at $100K a year.

After that person was let go, someone else managed the social media. The most I did with social media before was uploading videos and photos to facebook.

I also own my professional camera/video equipment and editing setup that I would presumably be using for this work.

I understand that one person can handle video production and social media for a small business, but this seems like several different responsibilities bundled together: videographer, photographer, editor, content creator, social-media manager, community manager, scheduler and some analytics/marketing work.

And again, this is for $18/hour, while I haven't even been paid yet for the two videos and headshots I already completed over the past two weeks, while all I get in response is "I'm going to pay you."

Am I overreacting? Is this a normal scope for an $18/hr content position, or are they asking one person to cover multiple roles for significantly less than this work would normally cost?

I’m not opposed to working with the company. I actually wanted to make content for them. I just feel like what I originally agreed to do and what I’m now apparently being made responsible for are two completely different jobs.

I'd be happy to send someone over the scope that was sent to me. It's about 20 screenshots of roles and responsibilities.

The main point is, before, I was still working extremely hard to keep pace. With editing videos, filming, on job sites, etc,. That alone takes so much time. For $3000 a month basically, plus all these responsibilities on top, this seems unreasonable.

What would your response to the owner be?

i love this camcorder/2000s look! it zooms in and out pretty fast too, what could it be? similar ones too of course. thank you!

They are cheaper ones from K&F and both units behave the same. At 30% the connected LED light turns of. It draws around 95 Watt and is set to 100%.

After I reach the 30% mark I can still power the light at 60% output until the battery iis empty but of course I bought the V-Moutns to power my light at 100%. Basically I have 30% less capacity than expected which makes the costs savings compared to small rig v-mounts pretty small.

Is this normal behavior? (Both batteries are rated for 100 Watt Power Delivery Output)

Thoughts?

Hello, I am going for a long trip and I am looking for a setup for recording ambient sounds while travelling. Basically, I would like to capture the atmosphere of the place. I watched for example Morten Hilmer video, but I am not any wiser.

I am using Nikon Z6 III.

I mainly want to capture things like birds, forests, waterfalls, campfires, restaurants, wind chimes in temples, etc. I'll be moving around a lot, so I'd like to keep the setup compact and practical.

I'm not sure whether I should get a small field recorder and omnidirectional mics like Clippy EM272 or an on-camera microphone.

If on-camera, I'm also unsure whether I should be looking at a stereo mic such as the Sennheiser MKE 440 / RØDE Stereo VideoMic Pro Rycote, or a directional shotgun such as the RØDE VideoMic NTG, or something like Zoom M3 MicTrak (M/S system with mono, 90° and 120° stereo modes).

Budget is around €280 / $330. For a field recorder route, I could stretch it to $430, as I think it is perhaps more future proof.

What would you please recommend for my use case?

I want to light a small stage and I suggested we rent these types of light as I found a reliable source for them and it's a economical option for the day (1 day rent 40 dollars)

There are several options but I found these Dracast lights with a fresnel.

I made a post a few days back asking for ideas and people suggested I get something with a fresnel lens because I need to throw the light far (3 or 4 meters) and the other options (Like a 300C only have the stock refector and people told me I would loose a lot of light)

Is this a better option vs a 300C? Don't get me wrong I would love to have the option of the APP and rgb with a 300c but if it's not enough light then It would suck.

Does it really make a difference for a beginner that just wants to shoot talking head videos?

Would it not make more to save up for something like a Osmo Pocket 3 or 4 if one is on the go or needs stabilization when it comes to movement?

I guess I am missing the point of OSS when there are, what seem to be, in my opinion, better alternatives?

Thanks for all of the help/advice.