The Black Hills / Custer are a spectacular location in South Dakota for birds and mammals! In this short video, I go through some of the basics of when, where, and why you want to shoot at this location. Enjoy!
In this episode “Let’s Talk Opportunity” pt3
The #1 reason talented photographers tell me they don’t try to get published is because of the lack of time! Most now have not only time on their hands, but there is a real need for you to share your story. In Part 1, we’re going to go over how YOU get your photographs published!
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Hyalite Lake, MT
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Moose Podcast #183 – “Let’s Talk Opportunity” pt1
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“Ready for the Nest”
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Gear Used to Create Podcast
Adobe Audition
Rode Podcaster USB Broadcast Mic
Array 2 Broadcast Arm
Rode PSM1 Podcaster Shockmount
Sure Digital Large-Diaphragm Condenser Mic
Seal Enhanced Studio Monitor Headphones
Preconuns Studio One 3-Pro
iZotope RX Plug-in Pack
I’ve written many, many times about how with still images, we need to use any number of techniques to bring movement to our subject. The most common is simply panning. Well, it seems this holds true for video even though it’s a moving medium. While I’m not trying to become a rockin videographer, I would like those times I do shoot video to do a better than average job. This means upping the game so now I’m looking at bringing movement into this moving medium.
The first and seemingly easiest way of introducing this movement to video is what is called a Slider. So, Brent & I went looking at sliders. Did you know that the good ones are bloody expensive, like in the thousand and thousands of dollars?! Not knowing a thing about them and finding renting not practical, I went looking for a cost effective slider that would be a good tool to learn with. I found the Revo 23″ Camera Track Slider and I’m impressed how well simple works.
As you see, the Slider is in a sense just a long camera rail. But in this case, there is a platform on it that can slide, really smoothly. On the Revo I mounted a RRS plate on the bottom so I could mount it to a tripod (it comes with short legs so it can go right on the ground). I then added a small RRS ballhead to the slider platform so I could attach the Nikon 1 V3 and change its orientation. In the top video, I simply pushed the V3 across the slider in front of the Corsair and you can see that effect. The second video, while I slide the V3 across the slider, I rotated the whole assembly on the tripod using the panning motion of the tripod head. Now the UPS man had only delivered this rig an hour before I shot these so these are just the first tests. Tests to me only count when set up in the real world (yes, I know that’s a model), so I took time to find the location, the lighting and set the angle of view. So for my first tests, I was pleased. Pleased that the Revo did such a great job for only pennies. Bummed I have a long ways to go and now, have another tool to figure out how to get around in my luggage.
Ya, I need the speed which is one of the principle reasons I shoot the D4s. One of the reasons for that need for speed is to be able to let the camera capture “the” moment while I’m concentrating on getting the elements in the frame the place I want them, nice and sharp (image below shot at 1/80). Besides loving the sound of that shutter makes slamming away at 11FPS, there is an actual method to the delight. I comeback with images like this.
Shooting with the D4s / 200-400VR2, I was very excited to add to the arsenal this weekend the new Lexar 256GB (yes, GB!) 1066x card! Why? As I demoed in my D4s video, the FPS and buffer of the D4s just don’t quit. I need a card that does the same and the Lexar 256GB delivers … bigtime! It just don’t quit, here, see what I mean
What you have here are 417 images starting at the time stamp of 2:27:01 and ending at 2:30:24. The action at Planes of Fame airshow is just that intense as they have aircraft after aircraft after aircraft doing racetracks around the crowd. There is no let up for over twenty minutes. Shooting the style that I do, I needed both the body and the card delivering the speed so I can concentrate on just the subject.
And what’s up with the bandaid on my thumb? Well, it was 99degrees in the pit on Saturday. The action in the sky wasn’t the only thing that was hot. The zoom collar on the 200-400 got steaming hot, so hot that I ended up with a waffle iron blister on my thumb. With the Lexar delivering that kind of performance with the D4s driving it, there simply was no cooling off period. The lens was in my hand and up to my eye the whole time. Understand, if you’re shooting a stamp collection, you simply don’t need this kinda speed but if you’re doing any kind of action, this might just be the option for you!
