Video
The Cameras Used in this Year’s Oscar Winners
The 98th annual Academy Awards were this past weekend. Highlighting some of this past year’s best in film, we had a lot of really great films for the year, and some of the best cinematography in years. As you may have noticed, I’ve become quite a film and TV buff over the past few years, and have…
Hybrid Shooting Lessons From a Photography Background
Whether you’re a photographer, videographer, or “content creator” (a term I personally cringe at), the current expectation is that you can shoot both stills and video. When I began my photography career in 2008, deliverables were much simpler. Instagram hadn’t launched yet, and brands were just…
How Severance Filmed One of the Best Scenes of the Last Decade
A week or so ago, my girlfriend and I sat down to watch the season two premiere of one of our favorite shows, Severance. Upon starting the show, we were met with a ~2-minute montage of Adam Scott’s character running through the narrow corridors of Lumen Industries. My girlfriend, a talented writer…
YouTube Recommendations for Photographers & Videographers
Each January always marks a slow start for me and my business, as everyone becomes a shut-in for a couple of months with the colder weather. But being a shut-in allows me to organize my business a bit for the new year, and take some time to sharpen my skills in the photo and video fields. So as a…
Decoding the Language of Videography Gear: An Equipment Terminology Primer
If you got your start in photography and have dipped your toe into the water of videography, you’ll notice that a lot of photography equipment can be used for video pretty seamlessly. But as you go further into videography, you’ll quickly learn that a lot of the equipment tailored specifically for…
Mobile Editing Using DaVinci Resolve & Premiere Rush
As a person who works remotely the majority of the time, I often need to leave home for my own sanity. Only interacting with a cat all day is NOT GOOD for the human brain, so I try to write my blog articles and send my emails from a coffee shop or library at least a couple of times a week if I can.…
What Netflix’s Approved Camera Attributes Mean and Which of Our Cameras Qualify
As our video services have grown over the last few years, we’ve gotten more and more questions about which of our cameras are “Netflix-approved.” While plenty of companies might have unspoken preferences about the quality and format of media they produce, few have gone as far as Netflix in defining…
Revisiting the Sony FX3
Given that Sony’s recently-released FX30 is in extremely high demand at the moment, I thought it might be a good time to take another look at the FX3. After all, while the FX3 is a little older, it wouldn’t be accurate to call the FX30 an “upgrade.” However, even at half the price of the FX3 and…
Short Film Contest Winner Gongoli Arrives Just in Time for Halloween
At the start of this year, we announced our first-ever [](/blog/2021/02/announcing-the-winner-of-the-lensrentals-pitch-contest/)Short Film Pitch Contest. We encouraged videographers everywhere to send us their pitch deck for a movie they wanted to create, and we’d give one lucky winner a $5,000…
Female-Focused Nexus Looks to Push the Bounds of What to Expect in a Ski Documentary
A few months ago, we were able to sit down with Lensrentals.com customer and filmmaker Shannon Corsi, as she told us about her upcoming project, Nexus – a documentary focusing on five groups of female skiers, as they highlight their love for winter sports and the challenges that come with it. Well,…
The Extensive Lensrentals History into Drone Rentals
It’s wild to think that we’ve been renting drones for nearly five years now, as I recall a time when it was regularly said “We’ll never rent drones” around the office. The reason wasn’t that we didn’t like drones – as a company that truly appreciates tech, we love drones. The reason was always an…
The Most Rented Photo and Video Products of 2021
Each year, we try to share as much information as possible with our community here at Lensrentals.com. Being one of the largest rental houses in the world, we think that our end-of-the-year data can show a pretty broad scope of where the industry is heading and what we can expect into next year and…