Technique – Adventure Film School

How to Find Your Niche and Build Your Business

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Defining your niche market and establishing a clear picture of whom it is they are marketing to is critical in the overall health of your business. Defining your niche does not narrow your sales or cut into profit margins, rather, it helps define your client base.…
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How to Setup a 3-axis Move With Second Shooter

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Recently on a scouting trip to Canyonlands National Park, we shot a quick tutorial with Preston Kanak to show how we setup the Kessler Crane Second Shooter to capture 3-axis day-to-night timelapses. Coupled with the Shuttlepod Mini, we’ve found the system to be incredibly compact, flexible, and reliable in backcountry conditions.…
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The Raw Timelapse Tutorial Series

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Like most things, mastering timelapse photography requires practice. While there is no formula for a great shot, there is a lot that you can do to maximize your chances for success. The following videos are part of an extensive raw timelapse tutorial to provide some useful tools for shooting timelapses.…
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Interview Lighting Tips You Need to Know

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An interview starts with finding a subject that has not only a great story, but great on-camera presence with an innate ability to be real and honest. The second part of that, and they go hand-in-hand, is an interviewer who asks the right questions to bring out the soul of the story that makes the audience invest.…
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Understanding the Basic Functions of a DSLR

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One of the challenges you need to overcome when shooting is determining the ideal setting for your camera. In this post, I will walk you through the basic functions of a DSLR. I will also be asking a few questions that will help guide you towards the perfect settings for your given scenario.…
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How To Shoot A Static Timelapse – 7 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself

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One of the challenges you need to overcome when shooting a timelapse is determining the ideal setting for your camera. Out of all the questions that I get, the most common are what F-STOP (APERTURE), SHUTTER and INTERVAL (DELAY) to use. …
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The Raw Timelapse Tutorial – Story, Scheduling & Scouting

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I am happy to announce the release of the latest instalment of the raw time-lapse tutorial. I want to first off apologize for the delay since the last posting. When first announcing the project, I was not expecting to go as in depth as I am in the videos/posts.…
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