It is becoming more and more common these days to capture video with a HDSLR. If you happen to be one of those people then take a look at this kit from ikan. It includes pretty much everything you need to capture great video in any situation. There’s a HD monitor so your not stuck behind [...]
It wouldn’t do much good to write about making adventure videos if I never actually made any of my own. So here is Starship Monkey’s most recent adventure; Cambodian Motorcycle Adventure. We travel from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap on 100cc Scooters to check out some of the most awesome temple ruins on earth. This is a bit of [...]
Take Zero Productions have put together this interesting comparison between the Canon 7D and the Apple iPhone 4. Undoubtedly the 7D (or even a 550D) is still the better camera in regards to quality, etc., but the iPhone 4 is the next best thing to carry around in your back pocket. For the average Starship Monkey, [...]
Shooting high quality video/photos in remote places is always a challenge. This short behind the scenes documentary follows a young photographer and his team into remote parts of Indonesia. The Mentawai, Behind the Scenes Documentary from Joey L on Vimeo.
Kick start your documentary career by going on assignment into the Amazon with documentary producer Trent O’Donnell (who filmed our Positive Footprints series screened on Nat Geo Adventure Channel). This scholarship is open to anyone over 18 who can do a bit of hiking. All you need to do is compile a 3 minute video [...]
DigitalRev did a quick review of the Sony Bloggie PM5K. They reckon its pretty much a fail and from the test clips I have seen on YouTube, id have to agree.
So you’ve finally saved enough money to get to India and make that awesome travel video you have been planning for ages. You’re there standing in front of the Taj Mahal, you fire up the camera and bam, your video looks like this: But in your mind it was going to be more like this: [...]
In a previous article Robin Esrock talks about keeping your camera gear simple. This commercial for the Olympus PEN E-PL1 is a great example of what can be achieved with simple and small cameras. It should be noted however that this commercial had professional lighting such as that seen 53 seconds into the video.
South African-adian Robin Esrock has been to over 90 countries on 6 continents, pioneering online travel through his blog (www.moderngonzo.com) and as host of the 40-part National Geographic TV show, Word Travels. He has written about online travel videos for newspapers in North America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Robin has been kind enough [...]
I came across this video on Vimeo. It caught my eye because of the great colour and amazing scenery. As I watched it the scenery got better, but the editing took a dive as did some of the shots. The first thing I noticed was the reflection from the windows. If your planning to shoot [...]