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From Still to Motion: A Photographer's Guide to Creating Video With Your DSLR

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Book and accompanying DVD with over six hours of video training—all geared to teach you everything about shooting video with your DSLR

With the arrival of high-definition video-enabled DSLR cameras, photographers are faced with an opportunity for creativity and a competitive edge in their field unlike anything they’ve experienced before. Add to that the expanding demands from a video-hungry audience and it’s no longer a matter of if you are going to add video to your repertoire of skills, it’s when.

Here to guide you in a thorough exploration of the video-making process — from preproduction to post — and to ease your transition from still to motion are four veterans who speak the language of both photography and video fluently. With their clear, instructive approach, they quickly get you up to speed on everything from picking your gear, to properly lighting for motion, to using professional-level audio, color correction, and editing techniques, to media management and outputting, and much more. Here are just a few highlights from this richly illustrated, completely interactive book and
The accompanying DVD contains over 6 hours of video training that delves deeper into each topic, as well as high-definition footage, hands-on project files, and templates to experiment with and follow along.

Share your work and communicate with other readers at www.facebook.com/dslrvideo.

327 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

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James Ball

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James Ball is a director of photography and camera operator who has worked on numerous projects for National Geographic, TLC, PBS, Discovery Channel, VH-1, and more. His work ranges from feature length documentary projects to dramatic features to corporate projects.

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didn’t deserve the price , a lot of info are available online these days , thought it will give me a push for making films .
I think reading book about making films are wasting time ,even money.
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