Dropping $20K on a camera something that most high school students wouldn’t consider. Hell, dropping $20K on a camera isn’t something most adults would consider, either, for that matter. But budding young filmmaker, Thad Swift, wanted to make a solid commitment to his career. And what better way to do it than buying yourself a RED Scarlet-W cinema camera? And, no, it wasn’t bought for him, nor did he get any no loans....

I was originally inspired to do this because when I had down it with a drone I had a troll complain that the images weren’t clear enough. In my response to this, I surmised a way, with the help of Dan Roberts, to be able to hang my camera from the ceiling and get clear images. In order to to get surreal like images that look like your camera is hanging in the air without a drone and get a clean image this is how you do it!...

Proper color grading is something we often take for granted in movies. Sareesh Sudhakaran from Wolfcrow shares some thoughts about color grading and why colorists are an essential part of the industry. As a matter of fact, this video might make you wonder how come there’s no an Oscar category for colorists yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pGkT0Tnh3c According to Sareesh, a colorist has three major weapons, and all three have a significant influence on the story: continuity, separation and color....

Many of those of us on Instagram are always trying to beat the dreaded algorithm. Introduced in 2016, it did away with the chronological feed and a lot of accounts seemed to suffer as a consequence – and I don’t mean the crazy huge spam “influencer” accounts, I mean regular accounts. Small businesses, like photographers, retouchers and other creatives. A recent tip spotted on Twitter by Creative Bloq, though, suggests that there might be a simple way to get ahead....

If you enjoy traveling, I’m sure you also enjoy taking travel photos. And if you want to make a step further and start shooting videos, you’ll see there are plenty of new things to learn. This is why Filmora.io has another fantastic tutorial for you. In their latest series, they’ve teamed up with filmmaker Justin Brunelle to bring you an extensive and fun video guide for making epic travel videos. In 18 videos, from what you need to pack, different shooting techniques and gear, to even getting paid for your work – this tutorial covers it all....