How to Capture Surreal-Looking Footage

It feels as if some videographers seem to just be able to capture surreal-looking footage consistently, while the majority of people only manage it on rare occasions. Well, one of those consistent creators of the surreal and the beautiful, Aidin Robbins, discusses how he manages it.

Naturally, as an editor at Fstoppers, I consume an inordinate amount of content around the photography industry. I watch the niche, highly nerdy content about specialties in the field, and I watch the broader content aimed at the vast majority. There are lots of content creators that stand out to me for various reasons, but only a select few that stand out by virtue of how consistently incredible their work is, and one of them is Aidin Robbins.

Although this video is for Adorama, Aidin Robbins channel is a goldmine of beauty; I could watch his videos on mute and still enjoy them. I wouldn't have chosen the adjective "surreal" to describe his work, but it's accurate. As someone who lives in a rather boring part of a country that is largely geographically boring, watching a talented videography saunter around the Blue Ridge mountains all year is awe-inspiring in itself. However, his videography has a magical quality and in this video, he walks through a lot of methodology behind it.