HDVP Blog
Act Like A Director
Turns out there are good, solid reasons for all that “Lights, Camera, Action” dance you feel utterly silly doing
Live From NAB New York
The East Coast iteration of the most important trade show in video is starting to look like a real thing
Is Your Bit Rate Good Enough?
Dealing with presets in compression software that encode a bit rate that may be too high
Monopod Shooting And Techniques
Monopods allow the run-and-gun videographer to achieve more stable camera movement
Featured Project
Using Your Passion To Create Your Narrative Style
Henry Adebonojo, director of photography for the Oscar®-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro, embraces multiple mediums to create his personal approach to storytelling
More Recent Projects
Days Gone By
Fred Elmes, ASC, delivers a visual meditation on small town life in Jim Jarmusch’s latest feature Paterson
Lighting Legacy
With three decades of work behind the lens, Nancy Schreiber, ASC, continues to inspire the next generation of DPs
Toronto International Film Festival 2016
North America’s biggest film festival generated modest sales, positioned titles for awards season and reaffirmed the growing clout of digital platforms in film acquisition
Gear Spotlight
Nikon D850 Hands-On Field Test
With the usability and image quality the D850 can provide video shooters and Nikon’s intent to deliver a pro mirrorless camera, videographers and cinematographers finally have a great reason to hang on to their Nikkor lenses
Latest Gear
Sony a9 Image Samples And Autofocus Review
We evaluate the images from the Sony a9 and its autofocus performance
Hands-On Video Review: Manfrotto BeFree Live Tripod
A specialized version of the company’s BeFree tripod line, the BeFree Live includes a special dedicated video tripod head
Workflow
Lightroom CC: The Truth Is In The Cloud
An Adobe Lightroom rant, but in praise of it
RAW Video Formats Explained
In the world of video editing, there's a big difference between the quality of different formats and how they affect your work.
Storage Wars Of A Different Kind
Do we invest in our existing archives as a potential revenue source, or keep the material but not spend the hundreds of hours it will take to catalog and keyword all of the footage?
Technique
Are You Sure You Want To Move That Camera?
From using Steadicam to gimbals to drones, it has never been more effortless to move our cameras so fluidly, but be sure to consider your moving shot thoughtfully
September/October Preview: Michael Rubenstein
Coming up in the September/October issue, HDVideoPro interviews video director and advertising photographer Michael Rubenstein