All right, you've mastered the basics of lighting talent: key, fill and back lights, and maybe a splash on the background. But this one-size-fits-all...
Ballets, ball games, concerts, rodeos, auctions, circuses, lectures, weddings. We all attend spectator events and often we want to shoot them. That's great, except...
Professional-level Editing
A complete antithesis of the Sony VAIO PictureBook (which we also review in this issue) is the DPS Velocity V3D-4500DXI-36 editing workstation: a...
Tiny Laptop, Huge Potential
When Sony sent us the VAIO PCG-C1XS PictureBook laptop computer, we were more than a little excited. It includes a built-in...
Studio DV Makes the Grade
As more and more beginning videographers get their first Mini DV or Digital8 camcorders, the market for low-cost IEEE 1394...
On-camera interviews demand just about every production skill going. To organize this sprawling topic we often split it into categories, offering one article on...
Like your car, your camcorder runs best when you maintain it regularly. Although most camcorders are durable, they're not indestructible. Wear and tear is...