subject: Photography And Videography In Chicago [print this page] I have been in the film industry for five years now and photography has always been my first love. Photography for me is not just a hobby, beyond technology that captures the exact moment of a scene, its an art. A way of expressing the inner artist in you when you lack the skills of drawing or when words fail you to express the grandiose of the scene enfolding in front of you.
These days, photography is more likely associated with weddings. I remember, two months ago in Chicago, I attended a crash course in advance digital photography. The first question our instructor asked us is why are we all so eager to do digital photography. One of my classmates who happens to be a veteran Indian wedding photographer said that its a very profitable hobby if you happen to be doing wedding business. All you need is just a good unit of digital SLR, a little know how in shutter, aperture and adjusting of lens and voila! You find yourself earning money easily. Truth faced, wedding photography in Chicago is one of the striving industries in the business sector. They offer a variety of services which includes not just photography but also videography. With a very sunny climate and a city feel, one only needs a 3CC consumer type camera to do wedding videography in Chicago.
I once met a wedding videographer in Chicago who records his video with a simple consumer type camera with interchangeable lens. He advised me that I dont need an advance type of camera to capture weddings, after all the scenes are all one take. What I really need is to learn techniques. Videography in Chicago does not need different kinds of light to illuminate an exterior shot. The sun is capable of throwing rim lights around the subjects, all you need is a silver or gold reflector to heighten some effects or lighten dark shadows. Afterwards, render it at editing software with a fast color corrector. Heighten its brightness and contrast and adjust its level. After an hour you have a nice professional looking video that comes close to film-based movie.
After so much thought, I realized that the videographer has a point. It really doesnt matter if the camera you are using is a consumer type or a high end or if its digital or manual. Capturing a scene simply boils down to techniques. One needs to return to the basics of photography. You simply look at your subject, find the right angle, frame it correctly, adjust your aperture and shutter then shoot. Its as simple as that.
