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Monday, December 30th, 2019
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1 GB 16-pin PCI Video Card. Seattle Product Photography by We Shoot. The original high-resolution image is available from us on Alamy, ID # 2AGRWYM. Check out our Alamy portfolio at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/652516.html .
Monday, January 7th, 2019
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Here’s a quick YouTube video tip on how to photograph shiny flat objects to minimize glare. Seattle Product Photography by We Shoot.
Monday, June 11th, 2018
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Fluid Video Tripod Head and Quick-Release mounting plate. This type of head is used to make smooth movements when panning and/or tilting a mounted video camera. Drag on either movement is adjustable. Seattle Product Photography by We Shoot.
Monday, June 4th, 2018
The Buzzing of the Saw
Raised with the buzz of the table saw in the garage of my youth, construction is in my blood. I was cutting wood with the circular saw, pounding nails, and leveling ground for the foundation of buildings, alongside my Dad, as far back as I can remember. Eventually, along with my hammer, nails, and plumb bob, a new item appeared in my work belt. A camera. And my transition from carpenter to photographer began. Today, as a professional photographer, a construction photography gene flows through my veins as naturally as rain falls from the Western Washington skies. So when We Shoot was booked for a construction progress shoot this past month, the underlying passion for shooting construction progress coursed again through my veins with the exuberance I felt as a kid working alongside my Dad. Jumping up and down ecstatic!
Driving into Eastern Washington for the shoot, my mind wandered to the many construction progress shoots I’ve enjoyed throughout my career. Construction graveyard-shift shooting at Santa Ana’s John Wayne Airport. Pre-dawn shooting of shotcrete pneumatically sprayed onto the grounds of a construction site in Southern California’s Inland Empire. Commercial video of roads being laid at UC Irvine. And after far too long disconnected from construction progress shooting, our still and video cameras were beckoned by this two-day assignment shooting a cold-storage facility under construction east of the Cascades. And, the excitement for this type of shooting was back!
Forty feet upward the scissor lift transported Gary, me, and the expert pipe welding crew. Up to the roof overlooking the beautiful hills and flatlands of Eastern Washington. Capturing the welders at their craft. Filming the crew in action throughout the cold-storage plant. Shooting the freezer construction in all its engineering majesty. Watching with enraptured eyes the rising of the walls of this new refrigeration facility, soon to be housing the fruit of the nearby farms. Listening with eager ears to the buzz of the circular saws. Oh, it feels great to be back home.
See Gary and me and a little construction in our short video below.
-Dione Benson
We Shoot
A short video from our last industrial construction shoot. Seattle Industrial Photography and Video by We Shoot.
Monday, February 5th, 2018
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Popcorn popped by an air popper. Seattle Video by We Shoot.
Sunday, January 14th, 2018
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A professional fluid video tripod head. Seattle Product Photography by We Shoot.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
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Macro image of SDHC cards for still and video cameras. Seattle Commercial Photography by We Shoot.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Videos are about movement and interest. Editing video is not just clipping and pasting
various clips together with (or without) transitions to tell your story.
An interesting video background can help you tell your video story! Just watch some of
the news programs on TV and see how they use motion graphics to enhance their articles.
Check out the video background at full screen by clicking the box in the lower right hand
corner of the video! Click the ESC key to come back to the blog.
Click here to find out how you can get this one for your video!
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
If your website is 50% more likely to appear on the first page of search engine results if it includes video, would you say, “let’s buy a video camera?” or “let’s call a professional videographer?” Since utilizing video for your website appears to be a sound business investment, either answer is good. But, which one is better?
That depends upon your day-to-day priorities. If you choose the former – buying a video camera (or using one you already have) – can you open up time in your day to create the layout, storyboard the shoot, set up lighting and camera equipment, do the shoot, conduct the interviews, edit the video (including researching music, creating graphics, transitions), and place the video on your website, YouTube, and other online sites? If so, doing it yourself is the way to go.
So, before you do all of the above – and you definitely have the time – be sure you are confident the video will be just what you want from this personal endeavor. Study the process fully, create the exact story you want to tell, and pick up that camera and shoot! Or should I say, “experiment.”
Otherwise, consider the latter – calling a professional videographer. Placing the process into the hands of a professional may well be the very best use of your time – and your budget. Personal experimentation may be just that, an experiment.
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Dione Benson
6.1.2015
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