Natural light cinematography carries its own variety of risks and rewards. You must work with or against the sun, a light source unlike any other, and techniques and experience you have developed in the safe confines of the studio must be relearned in an unforgiving and ever changing environment.
1st AC Tips: Professionalism on Set
1st AC protocols for using and handling lenses in a professional environment. Whether you’re new to set or want to brief new hires on 1st AC tips.
Creating an Independent Series with a Small Team
Charles Haine, creator of Salty Pirate, explains creating an Amazon Prime worthy web series.
SIGMA Cine Lenses with Cinematographer Sarah Cawley
Sarah Cawley, Cinematographer on Ugly Betty, Manifest, and Salem, explores the SIGMA Cine lenses.
Video: SIGMA fp – Understanding Shooting Modes
Filmmaker Rubidium Wu illustrates the different shooting modes on the SIGMA fp while discussing bit depth, resolution and compression.
Video: SIGMA fp – High-Quality Streaming Setup
Filmmaker Rubidium Wu demonstrates how to use the SIGMA fp as your ideal live streaming setup.
Video: SIGMA fp – Director’s Viewfinder Mode
SIGMA Cine Ambassador Graham Sheldon explains the importance of using the SIGMA fp as a director’s viewfinder in coordination with a variety of cine cameras.
Rise of the Mini Cinema Camera
Mini Cameras have really become a new standard in the film industry, and it’s a trend that is only set to continue.
Sigma Cine Lenses on The Tick & Sneaky Pete with William Rexer
DP William Rexer’s experience using the Sigma Cine lenses on Amazon’s Sneaky Pete and The Tick.
Documentary Shooting with Sigma Cine Primes
Producer and DP, Graham Sheldon, discusses his early resistance to shooting a doc series on prime lenses due to fear of a rough terrain and a tight schedule, but how inevitably the elevation in image quality from the SIGMA primes…