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Feeling the Right Shot!
Some cameras have their video record buttons recessed a bit into the camera body to prevent you from accidentally hitting it. That also makes it hard to find sometimes when you really DO want to hit...
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Balancing LEDs and Roomlight – 9 Lights in One Shot.
Hey all, Crockett here. I wanted to share a video shot with you to show how we are blending LEDs with other lights on a set. This opening shot for my new video was done with an LED in a softbox for...
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Talking Portrait Lighting Using a SPLIT GEL FILL for Warm Skin Tone and...
Talking Portraiture lighting for executives can be tricky, but the simple and powerful Split Gel Fill tip that I use keeps a white business shirt white and yet still leaves my signature “warm” skin...
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Photo “flavor” for video is easier than you think. Talking Portraiture with...
Your portraiture has it’s own lighting style, signature color look, and overall flavor that’s all yours. You may have taken years to perfect it. Now that you are preparing for shooting “Talking...
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Portrait Lighting Video with Bobbi Lane
Nothing beats good quality lighting skills. I like to raise the bar in my ability to produce high quality Talking Portrait video files like this one – no corrections needed in post. But what’s the...
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Dear Larson Softboxes…An Idea From a Fan
Dear Larson Softboxes. I need help! I have pieced together a few light modifiers for my LEDs to use to make kinda high quality “talking portraits” like this video. I finally have the light quality...
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A Smart Slide-In Mic for Much Better Audio for Hybrid Shooters
Slide-in external microphones for hybrid photographers looking to shoot talking portraits can make a BIG boost in audio quality. And they can also be difficult to use, expensive, easy to break, and...
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A $9 CFL Bulb with Pro Level Color Accuracy for Talking Portraits? Yep!
Great news! There’s now a good {not great} color accuracy CFL light bulb for only $9. Best of all, it’s from Home Depot. Thanks to Suzette Allen and Jon Yoshi for asking me to test this smart budget...
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Does your camera store still think DSLR is the only format for a pro? Ask...
Retail camera stores in America are going thru a really rough time right now. Competition from online suppliers is tough, more women are buying photo gear, marketing and advertising methods are...
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What’s the Most Important Element of Hybrid Photography?
Interested in moving your photography business into the era of hybrid imaging as painlessly and as profitably as possible? Us too! I am in direct contact with hundreds of photographers that are adding...
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Making a LED light from the CFL bulbs for Talking Portraitures
I wanted to give you an update on a little experiment that we are doing here at Crockett studios. We are creating our own CFL light for Talking Portraitures. It is a work-in-progress of the home-made...
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Eliminating Color Correction for Talking Portrait Video Files
Most photographers struggle with post-processing color correction on their video files that feature portrait style subjects. Now that we are using video to make talking portraiture eProducts, it’s...
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eProduct Sample for Tuner Car Dudes
CrockettCo intern Louie Malagon nailed this awesome eProduct for a new client over the weekend here in Chicago. Shot on Lumix G5. Nice job kid!~ You may also like: Behind the Scenes: Creating a Hybrid...
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Another Reason to Consider Pro Mirrorless over DSLR?
We’re all about supporting YOU with info on how to shoot and shape and sell photo+video+audio “eProducts” no matter what camera you use. Being prepared for any situation that can pop up during your...
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Adding a Second Hybrid Camera Body: Same or Different? Also GH3 Moire Issues.
Pro Imaging Coach to the Hybrid Heroes on DiscoverMirrorless responds to readers emails thru the Ask Will section of that website, Here’s a response about what the Moire issues on the GH3 look like and...
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On-Location File Backup Made Easy (and Confident too!)
Pro photographers that shoot both photo and video files know how fast you can fill up a card, and how important delivering the files to the client are. There is no, “Sorry, I lost one of the cards… we...
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Promark Vows to Keep Qflash for Lumix / OMD and Omicron Safe
Promark Brands, the parent company to well-known brands of photo gear like Photogenic, Speedotron, Norman and others, has recently acquired almost all of Quantum Industries, the makers of our favorite...
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How do Mirrorless Cameras Handle MIXED LIGHTING Conditions?
Industrial and commercial interior locations are one of the places I like to shoot in a lot! I am constantly mixing flash with roomlight, LED with daylight, Fluorescent with LED and CFL… This is...
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Hybrid Hangout Weekend Event, July 26-28, Torrance, CA Registration OPEN
http://paulsphoto.com/hybrid Join three of the top hybrid photographers in the world — Will Crockett, Rob “Robby D” Domaschuk, and Suzette Allen as we explore the newest hybrid shooting and processing...
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Workaround for Weak Fuji X Series AF?
The Fujifilm X series cameras are one of the mirrorless systems that I use a lot. In this response to a viewer’s email thru the ASK WILL section of discovermirrorless, I wanted to share my ideas on...
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