Just another photographer/videographer who blogs

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 ...

Being a photographer and videographer, I have a bit of gear. I do not have to top notch gear, but I have what I need to get by on my shoots. This is my current setup:  Canon 60D - Got it used with only 12.000 clicks on the shutter for like 600 USD (which is cheap here in Denmark where it is almost 1700 USD new) Canon 550D - My beloved first camera. I used it until January 2014 and still use it as a backup / second camera.  Canon 28-105 USM - I needed a new lens back in the summer. My beloved 18-55 broke down and I did not have a lot of money. So I got that lens for about 200 USD and have been loving it since. Of course I want to upgrade to some L og cine glas, but I get by.  Canon 50 mm 1.8 - Because.... IT IS GREAT! For no money you get a sharp sharp lens and it is just great for photography. 'nuff said! Samyang 8 mm 3.5 fisheye - Got it back in 2012. It now has scratches on the glas, but when I use it right, you wont notice.  Sigma 70-300 4.5-5.6 - Got ...

Hi internet! Welcome to my blog! I am a young photographer and videographer. I do all sorts of photography and video and on this blog, you can follow my projects, see bts and reed random stories about the life. So I started out doing short films years ago. I think I was about 9-10 years old when I picked up my dads little Sony Cybershot and did videos with a friend and my little brother. I was staring, doing the camera work and editing. We got most of our ideas from GTA and movies. A couple of years later, I started as a junior reporter at my dads firm. It was just a way for my dad to keep me busy, but it was a lot of fun. After a couple of months, we went to the NAMM show in LA with a couple of his co-workers. I started getting in to doing photography on that trip with a old Canon 20D. When I got home, the reporting stopped and I didn't hold a camera for a couple of months, but then one morning a friend of mine called me. He had started plane spotting and wanted me to join...