8.4.2015 – The weather forecast said it would be a stormy day. I thought I would have a perfect opportunity to shoot some photos down by the seaside. So I went to Kallo, which is a little rocky island by the Pori coastline (location on map). You can drive there through a narrow neck of land.
After I got to the location I thought it would be better to shoot video after all. I ditched the tripod because I wanted to be able to move fast and smoothly when needed. So I attached variable ND filter, pistol grip camera handle for better ergonomics, RØDE VideoMic and wivi VF-3 DSLR view finder thus transforming my 5D mark III to a run and gun video camera.
Of course there will be some shakiness when shooting handheld. Great help is the EF 24-105mm f/4L lens with image stabilizer and the warp stabilizer effect in Adobe PremierePro.
First I went to the wooded part of the tiny island. The wind was not so apparent there, but you could here the roaring sea nearby. I grabbed few shots in the forest, which I thought would work well in the beginning of the video. Then I headed to the shore. Soon the lightly salty baltic sea water started to dribble on the ND-filter. I was afraid it would cause a permanent damage, but luckily it didn’t. In the edited video a few shots are kind of fuzzy because of this.
The last take is a timelapse sequence shot with TB3 and motorized slider. The wind speed was around 20 m/s and I knew it would cause some trouble. I chose to go with the idea I had despite the challenges. I wanted to use shutter speed of 1/6th of a second to get some controlled motion blur. Because the camera and the TB3 combination had such a big wind resistance, I knew there was no way to avoid unwanted shakiness and uncontrolled motion blur. Fortunately the issues could be fixed in post to some extent.
Gear List
Video:
- EOS 5D Mark III (+Magic Lantern)
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
- Haida variable ND filter
- Pistol grip camera handle
- VisionTech -picture style
- RØDE VideoMic with the Windcutter windscreen
Timelapse:
- EOS 5D Mark III (+Magic Lantern)
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
- eMotimo TB3 + Rhino Pro 4FT
- Anker 2nd Gen Astro Pro2 20000mAh battery
- Triopo MT-2205+KJ-1S
Post
- Video edited with Adobe Premiere
- Holy Grain ULTIMATEGRAIN BUNDLE ( http://holygrain.com/ )
- Timelapse edited with LRTimelapse and Adobe Lightroom
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