Do you shoot video? Shoot with a monitor? If you’re like us and shoot video with a body like the Z7 and use a monitor like the Atmos Ninja V or Elvid StudioVision (our main monitors), then you know the issue you can have with HDMI cables. The ZILR cables landed on my desk and it’s a thing of beauty! I got the 17.7″ (a perfect length) and its secure connectors are sweet. It’s such a little thing but HDMI cables can be an issue. I think you’ll find the ZILR will elevate many of those for you. Check them out!
In this episode “NSB”
What the heck is NSB? Well, you probably suffer from it and don’t know it. Those who have emailed me of late sure do and so this episode.
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In this episode “Hummer Prep”
No, this episode is not about cars. It’s about doing your homework, subject, gear, techniques, prior to being out in the field so you’re ready when you are, out in the field.
Howdy and welcome to the Moose Podcast! Thanks for taking the time from your week to listen! Please be so kind and Tweet and/or sharing on the Podcast on Facebook! I’d be grateful if you would continue doing that, greatly appreciated as we want to share the celebration! Want to hear about a particular topic, send in the suggestion … send them to Moose Podcast. THANKS! (sorry, emails sent to this address will get no direct response).
It’s vacation time, you’ve probably been planning your trip for a half a year or longer. You got the dates off from work, the kids are out of school so you’re lock and loaded. You pack the car or hop on that flight and reach your destination only to find that mother nature simply doesn’t wanna play. It’s very possible that all your hopes are dashed on the rocks, that is if you don’t start finding that silver lining. Such was the case last fall when we arrived in Yosemite to film my KelbyOne Class.
The planning for the class starts nine months before when there were a winter snowpack starting and the cold air eliminated any possibility of fire. There was no way of knowing when the dates were put on the calendar (which is a struggle all on to itself) that the winter would stop short or that the place would be burning down around us. But that was the case and just like you when you’ve planned and arrived at your vacation, we went on enjoying the beauty that was at hand. How do you find that silver lining with your camera though? Well, there is plenty of info out there when things are perfect how to make the most of things, here’s the first class that explains the same thing but when things are at their worse. This is not the first time in my forty years things didn’t go as planned so I do have some experience with kafooey. Give it a watch, you might find answers so no matter what your shoot turns out to be, you’re finding that silver lining!!!
On a lonely MT road with the skies threatening to wash us back to the Pacific, we stand to photograph a lonely barn on a picturesque hillside. I have the 105f1.4 on the Z7 (via the FTZ) as I position myself for the photo. My beautiful bride is standing behind me, the stormy backlight painting across the landscape and highlighting her hair. If I’m not sneaky, I won’t get the shot. I prefocus at the distance I think she’s standing away from me. I set the Z7 to AutoArea AF so the eye detection will lock on fast as I know I only have a moment. I dial in exposure comp, keep looking over my shoulder and when I think I have the shot, I turn quickly, hit the AF Button and rip off five frames before my shy subject knows what I’m up to. Ah ha … I did get one though :-)
