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Little Digital Video Book, The (2nd Edition)

This is the eBook version of the printed book.
One of the more frustrating aspects of buying a new digital video camera for consumers is trying to discover not only how it works, but how to shoot good movies with it right away. For most of us, we just want to turn on the camera and go, without spending too much time sorting through dense jargon and video editing software manuals. Here to guide the troubled newcomer to the exciting world of digital video is The Little Digital Video Book, 2e. This friendly, approachable guide will teach users the basics of shooting, organizing, and editing their own footage, with short examples so they can practice the techniques as they read through the book. This revised edition of the bestselling book on digital video is now in full color and completely updated for the modern beginning videographer. Users get a thorough grounding in the basics of digital video, but without all the jargon. Michael Rubin explains in under 200 pages all users need to know to get great shots, add sound, organize the footage, and use basic editing techniques. They will learn how to start and actually finish that video project they had in mind--in less than a day.

This is the eBook version of the printed book.
One of the more frustrating aspects of buying a new digital video camera for consumers is trying to discover not only how it works, but how to shoot good movies with it right away. For most of us, we just want to turn on the camera and go, without spending too much time sorting through dense jargon and video editing software manuals. Here to guide the troubled newcomer to the exciting world of digital video is The Little Digital Video Book, 2e. This friendly, approachable guide will teach users the basics of shooting, organizing, and editing their own footage, with short examples so they can practice the techniques as they read through the book. This revised edition of the bestselling book on digital video is now in full color and completely updated for the modern beginning videographer. Users get a thorough grounding in the basics of digital video, but without all the jargon. Michael Rubin explains in under 200 pages all users need to know to get great shots, add sound, organize the footage, and use basic editing techniques. They will learn how to start and actually finish that video project they had in mind--in less than a day.

I captured this just as the sun was setting over Tempe Town Lake and almost twilight. The Mill Ave Bridge is on the left and the Phoenix Light Rail Bridge on the right. Feel free to use just please give me credit and let me know where.

The falling star across the sky is actually a jet taking off from Sky Harbor Airport. I thought the reflection of it on the lake looked like star dust.

The rail bridge actually changes colors as trains roll over. I will be posting a video of this sometime in the future.

No Photoshop this is a Raw image right out of the 5D Mark II camera proccessed using Canon Digital Photo Professional to JPEG.

My only regret with this shot is the power lines running right through the middle, have no idea why the city of Tempe let these be put in there instead of running around or underground. Perhaps one day I will do a Photoshop version and remove the lines.

Best viewed Original size click on All Sizes in the menu above.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera and Canon EF15mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens.

Exposure: 30
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 15 mm

"Twas was my very first professional photo I took before I went and bought my SLR"

I still remember taking it. Bokeh was impossible at the time so I shook the camera with low light while on focus to cause a blur effect with a 3 second timer. Twas a trick I discovered while trying to record a video with my digital camera. I did not have Photoshop nor did I know how to use it at the time, so I used whatever my computer had. I didn't really have to do much cause the effect I needed was there.

Everything is great at its ripest - - regardless of the lack of skill and equipment, you have the passion and creative mind to take the best photo