Official "Look what I shot!" Thread

First time using Dji RS4 Pro, it’s another learning curve.

I don’t know how to underexpose terrace’s view, it’d have looked much better.

Edit:

I used power windows and tracker. I managed to get underexpose exteriors.

Trailer for my documentary Hatching Eagles.

Few films today attract me because I like, entertainment cinema and cinema that makes you vibrate. . . The story of this human adventure really makes you want to see the film.

Hey everyone,

Just thought I would share my cinematography reel here as 99% of it was made with Blackmagic Cameras:

This reel includes both commissioned and personal work and features a mix of documentary, commercial and travel content.
These are the shots that I am most proud of whether it is for their composition, colour or movement.

As always I feel very lucky to have been involved in so many different projects around the world with amazing people and brands.

Hope you enjoy this selection and let me know if you have a favourite shot .

Let me know if you have any questions .

Cheers,
Flo

Hey everyone,

Just thought I would share my cinematography reel here as 99% of it was made with Blackmagic Cameras:

This reel includes both commissioned and personal work and features a mix of documentary, commercial and travel content.
These are the shots that I am most proud of whether it is for their composition, colour or movement.

As always I feel very lucky to have been involved in so many different projects around the world with amazing people and brands.

Hope you enjoy this selection and let me know if you have a favourite shot .

Let me know if you have any questions .

Cheers,
Flo

Dude! Beautiful! Really lovely images. You inspire me to travel more. However, I’d definitely want to travel with the bigger URSA Mini Pro. How much was that primarily the Pocket cameras? Would hiking to some of those spots be worth lugging an URSA Cine with Vespid Primes? Or, maybe the new DZOFilm Arles Primes? Either way, light and nimble better?

It’s a great reel! Congratulations!


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Flo[/quote]Dude! Beautiful! Really lovely images. You inspire me to travel more. However, I’d definitely want to travel with the bigger URSA Mini Pro. How much was that primarily the Pocket cameras? Would hiking to some of those spots be worth lugging an URSA Cine with Vespid Primes? Or, maybe the new DZOFilm Arles Primes? Either way, light and nimble better?

It’s a great reel! Congratulations!


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Thanks so much for the positive feedback mate!!

90% is the Pockets, I much prefer them for traveling/outdoor. I did take the Ursa on some mountain spots especially with a car but I would always prefer the BMPCC6K for hiking etc. The 6K Pro is the best imo and I always use Canon Zoom lenses for speed and a light setup too.
I would only use the Ursa instead if the sole purpose of traveling was to capture the location and you could plan around that. When I went to Iceland for example I could have had the Ursa 12K instead because you can drive so close to the main locations and it's safe too

Hey everyone,

Just thought I would share my cinematography reel here as 99% of it was made with Blackmagic Cameras:

This reel includes both commissioned and personal work and features a mix of documentary, commercial and travel content.
These are the shots that I am most proud of whether it is for their composition, colour or movement.

As always I feel very lucky to have been involved in so many different projects around the world with amazing people and brands.

Hope you enjoy this selection and let me know if you have a favourite shot .

Let me know if you have any questions .

Cheers,
Flo

Dude! Beautiful! Really lovely images. You inspire me to travel more. However, I’d definitely want to travel with the bigger URSA Mini Pro. How much was that primarily the Pocket cameras? Would hiking to some of those spots be worth lugging an URSA Cine with Vespid Primes? Or, maybe the new DZOFilm Arles Primes? Either way, light and nimble better?

It’s a great reel! Congratulations!


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Thanks so much for the positive feedback mate!!

90% is the Pockets, I much prefer them for traveling/outdoor. I did take the Ursa on some mountain spots especially with a car but I would always prefer the BMPCC6K for hiking etc. The 6K Pro is the best imo and I always use Canon Zoom lenses for speed and a light setup too.
I would only use the Ursa instead if the sole purpose of traveling was to capture the location and you could plan around that. When I went to Iceland for example I could have had the Ursa 12K instead because you can drive so close to the main locations and it's safe too

wanted to test out the davinci for iPad to edit something, so i just cut together a quick teaser for a short I did solo.

For folk who have interest in aviation, here is a link to a presentation I shot for airshow display pilot Bob Grimstead. The camera was the blended Ursa Mini Pro made from two broken cameras.

It has an inbuilt Formatt IRND filter/contrast filter stack so behaves more like a camera with a native ISO of about 320. I therefore had to light the interview and lighting is not my strong suite.

I did the initial assembly with some stills and motion clips supplied by Bob, re-edited with his oversight and the final edit was undertaken by Gavan O'Sullivan of Insight Films.

For folk who have interest in aviation, here is a link to a presentation I shot for airshow display pilot Bob Grimstead.

For anyone with experience flying a light plane or glider, the content of that video is very interesting.

There’s quite a lot of information on the internet about the Fournier RF-4D motor glider.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fournier_RF_4
An article by Bob Grimstead: https://pilotweb.aero/aircraft/flight-t ... d-8311310/

Hello all, a new musical video clip for you. French Disco this time. You can put the Subtitles on to follow the French lyrics if you'd like. Happy Listening.

How does watching this help me to improve my skill at Cinematography using a Blackmagic camera?

If I need inspiration from a non-Blackmagic camera movie, I’ll rent one that won an Academy award.

I suggest that you read the first post on this thread regarding the rules of posting to it. This is a forum for users of Blackmagic cameras that want to improve their experience with them.

Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:57 pm
Sean wrote:

“Instead of creating a new thread for every music video/short film/"test"/etc. shot, lets make this the official "I shot this on my BMCC" thread.
That way, we can do away with all these scattered threads and see them all in one place.”

This looks like a shameless commerce link to profit off of hits to your Facebook account. This isn’t the first time you have exploited this forum for your own gain.

snoopy2006 wrote:

“...I shot it with my OnePlus 11 5G phone…”

Re: Sharing Newbie's music video clips for advice

What’s next, a rash of political and cat videos that are recycled from posers on TikTok?

@dondidnod, I'm so sorry, I completely overlooked that this thread was for "I shot this on my BMCC" only, so I would like to present my apologies.

The reason I've been posting here is further to the following message:

Re: Sharing Newbie's music video clips for advice
Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:58 pm

Ellory Yu wrote:
Folks, there is a thread to show case what you shot. Please put it there. Not only it will keep things organize, people will be able to watch and comment on your work. Please move your post there and thank you for sharing.

snoopy2006 wrote :
Hello Ellory, thank you for your note. Could you be kind enough to post a link to that thread, where people showcase their work. I can't seem to find it.
Kind regards,
T.

Ellory Yu wrote:
Here you go.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4848

So I wont be posting in this thread any longer. Sorry again. Is it still ok to post to my own thread "Re: Sharing Newbie's music video clips for advice"?
Thank you @dondidnod

How does watching this help me to improve my skill at Cinematography using a Blackmagic camera?

If I need inspiration from a non-Blackmagic camera movie, I’ll rent one that won an Academy award.

I suggest that you read the first post on this thread regarding the rules of posting to it. This is a forum for users of Blackmagic cameras that want to improve their experience with them.

Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:57 pm
Sean wrote:

“Instead of creating a new thread for every music video/short film/"test"/etc. shot, lets make this the official "I shot this on my BMCC" thread.
That way, we can do away with all these scattered threads and see them all in one place.”

This looks like a shameless commerce link to profit off of hits to your Facebook account. This isn’t the first time you have exploited this forum for your own gain.

snoopy2006 wrote:

“...I shot it with my OnePlus 11 5G phone…”

Re: Sharing Newbie's music video clips for advice

What’s next, a rash of political and cat videos that are recycled from posers on TikTok?

Ellory Yu wrote:
Folks, there is a thread to show case what you shot. Please put it there. Not only it will keep things organize, people will be able to watch and comment on your work. Please move your post there and thank you for sharing.

snoopy2006 wrote :
Hello Ellory, thank you for your note. Could you be kind enough to post a link to that thread, where people showcase their work. I can't seem to find it.
Kind regards,
T.

Ellory Yu wrote:
Here you go.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4848

Let’s correct this. This is a forum for Blackmagic cameras and related products and this particular thread is for sharing and showcasing our work done with those camera. And as the original poster had, the objective is to keep all of what we shot in a single thread so that we don’t have them splattered all over this forum. When I saw your original post, it was my impression that you were, as a newbie, sharing your pictures taken on a BMD camera to showcase, share technique, or get feedback. Hence I responded with the link to where this thread is. I was not aware or was there any mention that it was taken using some other camera. So, to be clear, read the original poster of this thread as the intended use of Official “Look what I shot” before posting it here. Second, no one can stop you from starting a new post about your pictures but please find the right category for it. If it has very little, or nothing to do with Blackmagic products then (1) you can post it but it probably won’t get much eyeballs as this is not the crowd for it and (2) maybe it should go under the “Other Topic” category.

Well understood Ellory. And sorry again to you all for the confusion.

Ellory Yu wrote:
Folks, there is a thread to show case what you shot. Please put it there. Not only it will keep things organize, people will be able to watch and comment on your work. Please move your post there and thank you for sharing.

snoopy2006 wrote :
Hello Ellory, thank you for your note. Could you be kind enough to post a link to that thread, where people showcase their work. I can't seem to find it.
Kind regards,
T.

Ellory Yu wrote:
Here you go.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4848

Let’s correct this. This is a forum for Blackmagic cameras and related products and this particular thread is for sharing and showcasing our work done with those camera. And as the original poster had, the objective is to keep all of what we shot in a single thread so that we don’t have them splattered all over this forum. When I saw your original post, it was my impression that you were, as a newbie, sharing your pictures taken on a BMD camera to showcase, share technique, or get feedback. Hence I responded with the link to where this thread is. I was not aware or was there any mention that it was taken using some other camera. So, to be clear, read the original poster of this thread as the intended use of Official “Look what I shot” before posting it here. Second, no one can stop you from starting a new post about your pictures but please find the right category for it. If it has very little, or nothing to do with Blackmagic products then (1) you can post it but it probably won’t get much eyeballs as this is not the crowd for it and (2) maybe it should go under the “Other Topic” category.

For the first time I didn’t use color chart so I train my eyes to get colors as realistic as possible. Using ColorSlice was fun along with power windows. Maybe WB is off in some shots?

Trying something new: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_HYiTpsVAa ... 13Z3Y5Nms1

Shooting the Pocket 6K Pro in vertical orientation. Shot with the DZOFilm Vespid 16mm and Pictor 20-55mm. Sound recorded straight into camera via Sennheiser 416 on boom pole.

Edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve. Used the Film Look Creator.


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I've been having fun testing the low-light limits of the original 1080p Pocket Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera. Earlier this summer I got the new Laowa T1 cine primes for Micro Four Thirds (18mm and 25mm), and I shot this short clip of a (very energetic) jazz singer a couple of weeks ago using the 18mm on the OG Pocket, handheld with a shoulder brace for stabilization.

https://vimeo.com/1011471368/124524b762?share=copy

[url] Puerto Del A Cruz - Canary Island - Tenerife

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Shot in 6k open gate and scaled down to 4k HDR (YouTube Pro account needed I think). Davinci Film Look Creator and a couple of tweaks to levels and thats it.

First time really using the Cinema 6k FF so….

Feel free to rip it apart

Puerto Del A Cruz - Canary Island - Tenerife

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“The request contains an invalid URL.”

Did that fix it Rick?

Very nice, thanks.

Same trip but I had cracked my ND filter quite badly here. But……

The pre and after party for the festival of the Madonna El Medano, Tenerife.

A demo of my creative work. Ursa Mini Pro 12k


https://www.saintmediapro.com/visuals?w ... p-kgwykei6

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAmopWHO ... BiNWFlZA==

How do I embed the video?
IG has an embed option, but I dont know what to do when pasting that embedded code on this site.

A montage of clips i shot over the last 2-3 months. Shot on the cinema6k FF - Sigma 24-70...

I am new to video actually this is my first camera over $300, so i will like to hear some feedback on it...
Thanks...

This one is with a color grade i put on it. (Filmlook Creator)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WnwvFRnyJTKkkKckAgze24eGuXsCnuic/view?usp=drive_link

This is without the color grade.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J463z_dZZRRnKlzqkp5bMtC871mNFPzC/view?usp=drive_link

A friend of mine said that I need to improve my color grading. I know drone’s clips are not so accurate because they were shot in different occasions and there are not true Log footage. What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

Little spec ad on the pocket 4k

A friend of mine said that I need to improve my color grading. I know drone’s clips are not so accurate because they were shot in different occasions and there are not true Log footage. What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

I think there too much contrast and lack saturation to start with. Watch Oleg Ustimenko work above for how he has his contrast and sat for ideas on adjustments.

Little spec ad on the pocket 4k

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

A friend of mine said that I need to improve my color grading. I know drone’s clips are not so accurate because they were shot in different occasions and there are not true Log footage. What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

I think there too much contrast and lack saturation to start with. Watch Oleg Ustimenko work above for how he has his contrast and sat for ideas on adjustments.

Ellory, thank you for your constructive comment! I’ll keep that in mind and watch more videos on color grading.

Oleg’s work is pro, nicely done!

What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

It's not an apples to apples comparison to Oleg's video, and shouldn't be.

The root flaw with the interior shots is highlight clipping due to overexposure. The shots otherwise show lots of promising potential. A gram of prevention when shooting is worth a kilo of cure in post. Lens aperture, camera shutter speed or ND filtration when shooting. Use the WFM or histogram when shooting.
By leaving yourself some exposure latitude when shooting, you have better options for adjusting it later in post.

What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

It's not an apples to apples comparison to Oleg's video, and shouldn't be.

The root flaw with the interior shots is highlight clipping due to overexposure. The shots otherwise show lots of promising potential. A gram of prevention when shooting is worth a kilo of cure in post. Lens aperture, camera shutter speed or ND filtration when shooting. Use the WFM or histogram when shooting.
By leaving yourself some exposure latitude when shooting, you have better options for adjusting it later in post.

Tom, I appreciate your honest comment. Since I don’t have external lights to balance luminance inside and outside, I tend to set my exposure to interiors rather than exteriors, hence highlights in exteriors clip. I tried several methods to bring highlights lower using power windows but I always get unpleasant results. If you check 1m16s, in that shot I exposed to exteriors and in-post I increased exposure of the interior. You’ll notice it’s being contrasty.

A friend of mine said that I need to improve my color grading. I know drone’s clips are not so accurate because they were shot in different occasions and there are not true Log footage. What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

I'd say that most of the blown out exteriors on interior shots are forgivable. However, there are a bunch of straight exterior shots that clip unnecessarily. The drone shots could use a little contrast and maybe some saturation to give little pop, they're a little washed out as is.

How are you treating your power windows? Using the HDR wheels global exposure tool is akin to using the raw tab and will likely give better results than the primaries or curves when trying to reign in overexposure.

Good Luck

It's not an apples to apples comparison to Oleg's video, and shouldn't be.

The root flaw with the interior shots is highlight clipping due to overexposure….

Definitely not apples to apples or even close, but you can learn from looking at good work to get ideas.
The suggestions for Omar on how to make his attached video look better is after the fact. Yes, your suggestions on camera settings are very helpful for the next shot.

The drone shots could use a little contrast and maybe some saturation to give little pop, they're a little washed out as is.

Like I thought it would help - contrast and saturation.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

A friend of mine said that I need to improve my color grading. I know drone’s clips are not so accurate because they were shot in different occasions and there are not true Log footage. What matters to me is the interiors; if you spot any flaw, please let me know, I’d appreciate your help and comments.

I don’t think looking at what I’ve made would really help Omar, since these kinds of shoots exist in such a different context. I wasn’t interested in getting a ‘realistic’ color grade, I deliberately tinted the shots with white-ish walls green, Omar couldn’t do that, since that isn’t the point of his productions. Under his circumstances, I would probably not be able to make a very engaging video. Frankly I think most of this looks fine, even if the windows are clipping, since the point of these videos is to sell houses. If you make these kinds of videos, and your client is happy? That’s probably the most you can do. You could spend about 15 minutes extra in the color tab of resolve and get the contrast and color balance a bit closer between the Acam and drone.

Personally I don’t like the framing of a lot of these shots Omar, either get the camera and gimbal higher and get the tilt angle down, or the reverse: get the camera lower, and angle up. I feel like so much of the compositions have empty negative space with their current camera height (i assume slightly under eye height?) and angle (just completely forward facing?)

I'd say that most of the blown out exteriors on interior shots are forgivable. However, there are a bunch of straight exterior shots that clip unnecessarily. The drone shots could use a little contrast and maybe some saturation to give little pop, they're a little washed out as is.

How are you treating your power windows? Using the HDR wheels global exposure tool is akin to using the raw tab and will likely give better results than the primaries or curves when trying to reign in overexposure.

Good Luck

Like I thought it would help - contrast and saturation.

Howard / Ellory. I appreciate your input so much. I'll take your notes in mind for future projects. Moreover, I will redo the color grading same project and post the results.

Howard, I can't recall if I have used HDR wheels for this project, however, I'll try them.

Thank you!

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

I don’t think looking at what I’ve made would really help Omar, since these kinds of shoots exist in such a different context. I wasn’t interested in getting a ‘realistic’ color grade, I deliberately tinted the shots with white-ish walls green, Omar couldn’t do that, since that isn’t the point of his productions. Under his circumstances, I would probably not be able to make a very engaging video. Frankly I think most of this looks fine, even if the windows are clipping, since the point of these videos is to sell houses. If you make these kinds of videos, and your client is happy? That’s probably the most you can do. You could spend about 15 minutes extra in the color tab of resolve and get the contrast and color balance a bit closer between the Acam and drone.

Personally I don’t like the framing of a lot of these shots Omar, either get the camera and gimbal higher and get the tilt angle down, or the reverse: get the camera lower, and angle up. I feel like so much of the compositions have empty negative space with their current camera height (i assume slightly under eye height?) and angle (just completely forward facing?)

Oleg, I'm sure no one has meant to compare my work to yours, apple to apple, they just wanted to draw my attention to the great job on your color grading.

I'm my own client and critic, I'd never offer imperfect work to anyone

Framing note is spot on, I should take care of framing next time. I'll angle up or down, or both depending on the scene next time. Maybe shoot at different focal lengths instead of 12mm all the way.

Many thanks!!

For what interest may suit some folk, here is a link to some coverage of the annual fly-in by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club at Serpentine Airfield Western Australia. It is of rather mundane quality.

Cameras - URSA Mini Pro with Tokina 17-35mm zoom and Ursa Mini 4.6K with Sigma 50-500mm zoom with both cameras containing added IRND filters and contrast filter in camera throat. Camera mics were used.

My main task was to wheel an aircraft out to ground display for a friend who is in the UK. I had some kid-eagers pick off some of the shots for me.

Official and final trailer for my new movie, coming to Amazon and Tubi next month. Shot on the URSA Mini 4K, cut in Resolve.

Congratulations, Chris. Hope all goes well for your film.

Congratulations, Chris. Hope all goes well for your film.

Thanks Rick!

Happy with my very short film «We Are The Bird And The Mountain» who receive his 3rd selection and 2nd price for best photography in festivals.
Watch here →

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Short film without commentary, shot with BMPCC4K and BMCC
Black & white, stereo, format 1:66, 1920 x 1080
Running time: 2 min 37
Naturalist, contemplative, poetic.
Music by: Hazy (Theodor Ryde, Norway)

that's a good one, Eddy. And congratulations to winning a price.

What method did you choose for B/W?