Photo Access with Ken McCoy: Info you can use!!!!

From: "Rangefinder Publishing Inc" <Rangefinder_Publishing_Inc@mail.vresp.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:29 +0000

To: <xipnek@aol.com>

Subject: Infocus News & Views: November, Issue 3

Tip of the Week

From Animoto:

Seamlessly add video to your photo shoots.

Whether you go back and forth between cameras or use a DSLR with video capability like the Canon 5D Mark II, you don't want to miss the perfect shot because you were shooting video. Rod Evans, the world famous photographer behind Evans Portraits studio and founder of rodevans.tv, has come up with a clever solution to the challenge of shooting video without distracting from your photography.

Rod uses a cell-phone sized Flip Mino HD to capture 720p video during his photo shoots. The Flip is small and light enough that Rod can attach it to his camera, hit the record button, and forget that it's even there! While there are great brackets on the market, Rod uses one he constructed out of spare parts.

After the shoot, Rod grabs some short highlights from the video footage to add to an Animoto video. He likes adding video clips to his Animoto shows to tell a deeper story, thereby creating a high-end product clients love. A true testament to the value of adding video clips to your Animoto videos, one wedding photographer we recently spoke with successfully increased the price of his Animoto videos from $150 each to $700 each after he added video! This photographer is now making an extra $13,000/year just by adding a few video clips to his Animoto videos.

Want more details about how Rod captures great video during his photo shoots? Click to watch Rod's 5 minute video tutorial.

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Hello all,

Come one, come all! Enter WPPI's prestigious 16x20 print and album competitions, which open December 1st. Visit www.wppionline.com for the rules.

Also this weekend, check out the new radio podcasts with photographers Tony Hoffer and Nick Thomas. Both are featured in our November issue of Rangefinder. These men are fantastic when it comes to composition and color.

While you're on the Web, visit Ethan G. Salwen's AfterCapture blog. His most recent post involves recovering vintage photographs and giving them a modern edge.