Berkely Skatepark Daily Reel

samrvogel

samrvogel

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This was my first day of filming with my new T2i, and I absolutely love it. With no stabilization device and only the kit lenses, I was really happy with my products. Some shots which looked focused in the LCD were really not focused, and as I was run-and-gunning alot I didn't have time to really dial in my settings (which I will next time). Also, this was shot on the shortest day of the year, so we only had like 45 minutes to shoot before it started getting dark. I tried my best to color correct so it looked kind of okay but it didn't turn out as amazing as I wanted... all of this was a good lesson for me and it'll look just that much better next time. Also I am hopefully buying a 50mm f/1.8 so that will help a lot with the light. Tell me what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgyQoNGGb_g
 
Hi Sam,

Nice 1st video, I can tell from your posts it was a good learning experience for you! You've learnt already that focusing on the tiny LCDs on the back of the T2i and others is very difficult - perhaps you should look into getting a loupe so that you can see the screen better, it also has the added bonus of stablilising your shots by making another point of contact with your body.

Don't be afraid of going in tighter for some shots, it really helps in your edit to intercut some more interesting angles - it breaks up the relentless onslaught of tricks. I think you should look into getting a small tripod, too. Other things you could consider would be getting the older 50mm 1.8 (not the plastic mark II - the focus ring is very difficult to operate on the new one) you should be able to get one on ebay for the same price as the new model. You can also find cheap fisheyes on ebay that work great, I have the Samyang 8mm f3.5 fisheye I bought on ebay for around £170 and it's a great little lens, great field of view, hardly any chromatic aberration and tack sharp at f5.6 or greater.

Best of luck in your future productions! Keep us posted.

C
 
Nice job, Sam. Your video definitely had a nice, upbeat pace to it - so kudos on the editing (and choice of song). You already talked about the shots being blurry and such, so I won't go into that. It's especially hard to focus when it's dark, because all of the lines and edges of objects/faces you can usually use to focus are too dark to make out. Sometimes I like to pop the ISO up to 6400, focus, then drop it back down below 800 to shoot. Doing this, even if your shots are dark, they should still be relatively in focus. The only problem is if you don't have time to focus before someone does a cool trick or something.

If you get a chance, go out again when it's brighter and see what you can get - then let us know how it turns out. <smile>
 
thanks for the helpful feedback guys - will definitely be going to film earlier now. I'll post my next daily reel ASAP... I'll take what you said into consideration.
 
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