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$20,000 a Night Luxury Lodge Anyone?
The Client Brief My client wasn’t actually the Lodge owner but a Timber supply company that supplied and installed a lot of the woodwork in the lodge. They wanted some stills and video for their own promotional purposes so they contracted a stills photographer and...
3 Days on Location for 4 Hours Drone Shooting!
A recent drone stills photography job I did about a month ago on a very special piece of New Zealand Coastal property for sale. The Brief The brief from my Realtor client was to get 5-6 hero drone stills of a 813 acre coastal property and luxury lodge. This first shot...
Editing Real Estate Video with FCPX
Link to my upcoming course on editing Real Estate Video with Final Cut Pro X https://youtu.be/qhR_bhPU680
Gimbal vs Slider for Real Estate Video?
Should I buy a hand-held gimbal or a slider for shooting real estate video? Thats a question I have been asked more than once in the last couple of months. My answer.....it depends. Thats a terrible answer I know but it really does depend upon the style and type of...
Kamerar PAN-100 Slider
It can be difficult achieving smooth pans whilst using sliders and the Kamerar Pan-100 slider has a built in pan and slide function. This videos is my experience and thoughts on using it. Kamerar PAN-100 slider on Amazaon https://amzn.to/2ImgBwS ...
Tracking and Removing unwanted objects in FCPX
Removing pesky unwanted or distracting objects within a video is no easy task. Coremelt make a plugin that can help you do this and here's my experiences with it. https://youtu.be/0aDnLrOiUcE My previous video using the Coremelt Drive X plugin. Coremelt...
Real Estate Shooter Spotlight – Jon Ashworth
This is my first blog post of story/interviews with people out there shooting real estate video. My goal with this type of post is to share their wisdom, mistakes and advice so that we all may learn. Let me know in the comments below if you found the article useful or...
Zhiyun Crane 2 for Real Estate Video
I was fortunate to be able to take the new-ish Zhiyun Crane 2 handheld gimbal on a Real Estate Video shoot and made a video with my thoughts. Amazon link to Zhiyun Crane 2 https://amzn.to/2F2eqIl https://youtu.be/KGPSOeM6bME
Panasonic GH5 One Lens for Travel Video?
If I'm shooting travel style videos or perhaps vlogs then I want a small compact camera rig and don't want to be carrying around or changing expensive lenses. I reached out to Panasonic NZ and asked if they could loan me the Panasonic Leica 12-60mm lens for a recent...
Best way to improve your Video Skills?
The obvious answer to the question of "How do I improve my Video Skills?" is just about always "Practise" Thats a very generic and non-specific answer I know. There is practise and there is practise and one of the single best methods I have found in recent years to...