Documentary Storytelling Assignment

Gear Head Blogs and Sites

I found Vincent LaForet's blog very interesting. I have read about his process for the AIR series of photos before and it was fascinating to learn about the challenges of aerial photography and how he worked around them. His blog goes into a lot of detail about camera bodies and lenses, and he discusses them both in terms of stills and video. This is especially useful to me as I also do a lot of still photography. I enjoyed his review of the new Canon 1DX Mk. II. It looks like a very impressive piece of hardware and the ability to shoot 4K at 60fps is a nice surprise on a DSLR.

The NoFilmSchool article on the cameras used by Sundance filmmakers showed a wide variety of cameras, ranging from film to DSLRs. A surprisingly large number of films were shot on Canon DSLRs and the C100, which I have used extensively. It was especially interesting to read about Operation Avalanche being shot digitally but converted to film and then back to digital, which is an unusual approach.