Filming Still Life: Bring Objects to Life through Light
Shooting the Hero
A course by Sam Hofman , Photographer
About the video: Shooting the Hero
Overview
“It's time to actually film the takes you will need to construct the film. Once you have a good setup that you can adapt for different takes, I'll show you how to get the most out of it! You will shoot the hero or end frame then look at shooting details of the bottle with a macro lens.”
In this video lesson Sam Hofman addresses the topic: Shooting the Hero, which is part of the Domestika online course: Filming Still Life: Bring Objects to Life through Light. Add movement to your still life images and create engaging videos that capture your audience's attention by experimenting with lights and motion.
Partial transcription of the video
“Okay, so in this lesson, we're going to shoot the hero bottle and the hero bottle with flowers, which are the two main hero shots in our mood board. So now we're just going to do last checks. I'm just going to check our position with the lens, check our focus, check our exposure one last time, and check for any mistakes that we might have made by any flags that need to come back in, or just so you do last checks, basically. Okay, so let's do these last checks and frame ups. I'm just going to zoom in just so we lose the bottom of our block. I'm just going to put a grid up on the monitor to h...”
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Course summary for: Filming Still Life: Bring Objects to Life through Light
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Category
Photography & Video -
Areas
Commercial Photography, Product Photography, Studio Photography, Video
Sam Hofman
A course by Sam Hofman
Sam Hofman is a photographer working across still life, social media, and film mediums. His clients include Elemis, Molton Brown, Guinness, Glenlivet, Pantene, and many others. He was drawn to design and imagery as a young boy growing up in the sleepy Cotswolds region of the UK. He found inspiration around him, from his village’s yearly pantomime performance to his mother’s camera. He got his professional start in 2008 after graduating from university in London, starting as an assistant photographer. Through his experiences as a junior, he realized his true calling was still life, which continues to be his specialty. However, as the industry evolved and moving images became ever more important, it became an integral part of his practice as well.
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