Learn about Video Equipment

Learn about the latest video equipment and gear for your productions. From cameras and lenses to lighting and audio equipment, we've got you covered.
  1. Better Video With Your Smartphone

    Better Video With Your Smartphone

    Course Beginner

    Better Video With Your Smartphone will help you make great-looking video with the amazing little video camera in your pocket. This course explores...

  2. Photo and Video Gear Hacks

    Photo and Video Gear Hacks

    Course Beginner

    No matter how sophisticated your equipment, no kit can handle every sticky situation, hazardous environment, or demanding shoot you put it through. In this...

  3. 15 Essential Apps for Every Photographer's Smartphone

    15 Essential Apps for Every Photographer's Smartphone

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Smartphones can do more for photographers than just take pictures; they can help you plan shoots, add location data to your images or control your camera. In...

  4. Studio Headphones for Recording Live Sound

    Studio Headphones for Recording Live Sound

    Tutorial Beginner

    Many people concentrate on getting the visuals right when filming and forget that audio is just as important. A good pair of studio headphones can make the...

  5. Time-lapse and Long Exposure Control With Your Smartphone

    Time-lapse and Long Exposure Control With Your Smartphone

    Tutorial Beginner

    The TriggerTrap mobile dongle and app let you use your smartphone to control your camera. With them, you can explore the worlds of long exposure and...

  6. Professional Vlogging

    Professional Vlogging

    Course Beginner

    A video blog or video log, sometimes shortened to vlog, is a form of blog for which the medium is video. Many people like to make videos about random...

  7. Building Your Own DIY Camera Stabilizing Rig

    Building Your Own DIY Camera Stabilizing Rig

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we are going to create a cheap and effective steadying rig for shooting video. It is quick and easy to build. I'll cover all the parts and...

  8. Lighting Basics for Video

    Lighting Basics for Video

    Course Beginner

    It can be tricky to get the lighting just right when videoing people. But now, David Bode will show us how to get the lighting perfect for any shot, in...

  9. Getting Started with DSLR Video: Part One

    Getting Started with DSLR Video: Part One

    Tutorial Beginner

    With HD video included in nearly every new DSLR, it's no mystery why consumer cameras are quickly finding their way onto major Hollywood productions. With...

  10. The Current Landscape of Mobile Photography

    The Current Landscape of Mobile Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    The year was 2007, and Apple Inc. was poised to change the cellular and photography world in dramatic ways. They weren't reinventing the phone or even the...

  11. Six Must-Have Smartphone Photo Apps

    Six Must-Have Smartphone Photo Apps

    Tutorial Beginner

    It seems that smartphones are taking over the world of photography. They are certainly helping maintain the popularity of photography as a creative pastime....

  12. Video for Photographers Part 1: Shot Types and Moving the Camera

    Video for Photographers Part 1: Shot Types and Moving the Camera

    Tutorial Beginner

    With the growing number of DSLRs that shoot video, we are launching a three-part series to help you adapt your photography skills to video production. Today,...