Want to know what goes into creating a few seconds of a Domino’s Pizza commercial? How often do you screw your pizza into the table? By the way, I think their hand model may be a serial killer when she isn’t pulling cheese.
Doug Howell just submitted his BTSV for the contest. This video is short but it packs in the technical details! It’s great to see the making of a real advertisement from start to finish. Please remember to give Doug some feedback below.
Benjamin “Von Wong” just submitted his BTS contest entry that was shot by Eric Bindman. This is our first large production entry and is defiantly an inspiring watch. The pictures can be seen here and I must say, they are quite stunning. I think Benjamin may have easily won this contest if he had given more technical detail about the shoot itself but hey, I am not going to be the judge. Please remember to give Ben some feedback by commenting below, he made this video to help all of us.
The BTSV for this music video isn’t very technical and normally I wouldn’t post it but the final product is so good that I made an exception. Watch the music video below first and then try to guess how they filmed it, then check out the BTS in the full post. I was shocked when I saw the simplicity of the shoot.
Jeff Calbom just sent this amazing video over to us. This group of guys decides to travel across the US in 14 days while creating one of the most complicated stop motion videos I’ve ever seen. Nothing will ever be more complicated than this stop motion video though. You can view the BTSV below and the final product in the full post.
As you all know The iPhone Fashion Shoot created a heated debate on the internet. I responded to all of the haters but according to my scientific tests, 95% of internet trolls are illiterate so they never read it.
I have been getting tons of emails from people who want me to do the shoot again with only lights from Lowes but I am not really interested. The shoot was fun to do once, I proved my point, and I don’t want to be known as “the iPhone photographer” so I am going back to only using my camera phone to take pictures of my drunk friends. Thankfully there are others out there that have my back. Zach Andrews and Corinne Alexandra created a quick video in which they take a beautiful portrait with a lamp, a window, a sheet, and a point and shoot. Once again talent trumps gear.
Photoshoot for DIY-ers from Zach Andrews on Vimeo.
Nathan Smith and Chris David had a shoot lined up with the Rydell Belles, a local roller Derby team. Nathan didn’t have a video camera or professional editing software but he managed to create a BTS video anyway. The final images may not blow your mind but the video should be a huge inspiration because Nathan created this with his iPhone 3gs and iMovie. Half way through this thing I realized that I was captivated by a totally informative video with no audio and terrible video quality. This is a great example of how good editing can make up for a lack of gear. Great job guys.
This BTS video was created to show how Director Jonny Kelly created his 38 second animation. View the full post to see the finished product.
Mike Sisk of FX Studios just sent this video over to us. He used falling paper to make his background a bit more interesting and appeared to tether his camera to his iPad to review his shots. Cool idea!
Flying Papers – BTS from Fx Studios on Vimeo.
Here’s a great profile of photographer Alex Lim shot by Plax Photo.
Photographer Profile: Alex Lim from PlaxPhoto on Vimeo.
We are currently in the middle of a contest where we are giving away a Canon 7D or Nikon D300s to the creator of the best behind the scenes video. So far we have not had very many submissions but I keep talking to people who tell me that they are still editing their video but it will be in by the deadline (August 1). How many people are waiting until the last minute? You now have exactly 2 weeks to finish. If you are planning to submit a contest entry please leave a comment below with a little info about the type of video you are creating.
Watch Arri Alexa and Larry McConkey prep for Scorsese’s next movie. No this is not a movie prop, what you are looking at is real.
Most photographers get sick to their stomach when they hear the term “wedding photography” but I actually perk up when I hear someone speaking about it. Contrary to popular belief, I am not a iPhone fashion photographer, I am actually a full time wedding photographer. In fact, Patrick Hall (the other founder of Fstoppers) is as well. Of course we both shoot commercial work too, but our true expertise is weddings.
To get Fstoppers.com rolling we knew that we would have to create a lot of the videos ourselves but we didn’t want to start off with weddings because we figured that most photographers wouldn’t be very interested. Now that Fstoppers has grown considerably it is time for me to ask; Do you want to see behind the scenes wedding videos? We will definitely make these videos eventually but we want Fstoppers.com to have a solid community of wedding photographers first. If you are a wedding photographer please post your website/work in this forum post so that we can all learn from each other.
It’s rare that I watch a BTS video that gets me all excited but Cole Barash has done it. This video reminds me of what Fstoppers is all about because I am once again inspired. When you think that it has all been done before it’s nice to be reminded how wrong you are. Check out the final shots from this fantastic shoot here. Please remember to comment below and give this photographer some love.
Take a look at what a real underwater shoot looks like. This video is great but it isn’t half as impressive as Zena’s full portfolio.
