Just another photographer/videographer who blogs

So I have one of the most busy weekends of my videographer life coming up. Today (Friday the 25th of April) I have a shoot for school with my communications and IT class. For this shoot I am working with my trusted assistant who works or no pay (Regi, you awesome) and a couple of friends and our talent is a well known danish rapper called Per Vers. Saturday (26th of April) I have a studio shoot as an runner/grip/assistant (I think) but they didn't tell me anything yet... And then on Sunday I have a shortfilm shoot. This is the biggest narative project I have EVER worked on and I am looking forward to it. For once, I am not both cinematographer, director, grip, sound, runner etc. on the set. I am the cinematographer on this project and I will be working with the Panasonic AG-AC90. So looking forward to this weekend and of course, I will have the Hero 3+ with me on my shoots through out the entire weekend. So until next time, peace out! :)

So gueG S What I just 9Ot? Yes, I tried writing that using the handwriting recognition software... But clearly I'm not that good at it... But anyway, I got the Wacom Intous pen a couple of days ago in a lovely little cardboard box from Amazon UK. I got it for a couple of reasons, mainly Photoshop and design programs for school. But when I took it to school yesterday, I found out what I am gonna use it for most of the time. Storyboarding! Because I always loose my storyboards in a pile of crumbled up papers. Note taking! As you can see, I am not good with the handwriting recognition software, but I use sketchbook express to write notes, Mindmaps etc. Here is my unboxing video: So of course, I am going to write even more about this in the future.  Peace:)  

Every job needs a different set of tools. Tomorrow I am going out to a demonstration in Copenhagen. It is just me and a friend. Here is a picture of (part) of my kit: I am packing the pro fashion bag. Lovely little bag. In the bag I have my 60D, 50 mm, 28-105 and my fisheye. I'm picking up a mic tomorrow, mine is having issues. I have a friend with me who is carrying my tripod and he has the hero3 on the UK pole. I'm also bringing a strap, my iPad and gear go strap my self down, if we need to go on one of the boats at the demonstration. And of course sunglasses. 

I am a student at a technical high school here in Copenhagen and we do a lot of projects. Usually we do written logs, which is a long, depressing process where we often forget to write things down, which leads to mistakes in our reports (yes, we have big crafting and production projects at a high school level, one of the awesome things here in Denmark). Anyway, I started to do a little something to help us document the process and look back after, timelapse. I have done 4-5 of these at my high school and it is awesome. The way I shoot these timelapses is a little clunky. I have my 60D (sometimes also a GoPro and t2i). The 60D goes into my computer to the EOS utility. I shoot a picture ever either 5-15- or 30th second, depending. I started up by using my 28-105, but today I wanted to change it up, so I used my fisheye. I didn't like the look as much, but it was a very very tight space. Here are a couple of pictures of the setup: This is from todays setup. My 60D, DLC light

Today, something great started. I and a group of lovely people met up to talk about doing a lot of projects. These guys are amazing! People who are dedicated to their art and finds the time to do it when they are not working. Meeting up to collaborate with people about an common interest is awesome and you will be able to follow out journey on this blog. With the crew - ©Victor Mark Kruse

When I go shooting, I have different setups for different types of situation. I have tested out what I need for most everyday situations.  For an example, tonight I was shooting a little video. I had to shoot a train getting in to the station. It was dark and I knew I did not have any way to set up lights. Fortunately the station was lit up by ambient light.  I placed my self a couple of hundred meters (yes, I'm european, I use meters) away from the station and started setting up. My set up was a borrowed Manfrotto Grupo tripod from the 90's, my Koolertron slider, 60D, 28-105 and 50 mm lens. Here is a picture of the setup:  I apoligize for the quality of the photo, it was taken with my nokia. But anyway, I used my slider with my vanguard as a jib. NOT AN EASY MOVE! But I managed. Another type of set up I have, is a journalism set up. This set up is basic. My 60D, 28-105, Røde mic and shoulder rig. This is extremely run and gun, but it really gets the job done.