I started shooting a some new footage for the next Digital Photography One on One video. In this video I’m going to be showing you how to use PocketWizards to control your camera. I thought it would be a blast to shoot Luka (our dog) from a very low point of view so we could see the world through his eyes.

Shooting mobile just a few inches from the ground required me to create a rig that would allow me to run while holding Luka and my camera and also let me take pictures. The PocketWizards worked great. Here’s a sneak peek at the next video and some of the shots from today.

Luka-Cam from Mark Wallace on Vimeo.

Luka checking out a tree.

Luka “getting some sniffs”.

More sniffs.

Jeff shooting the video.

A shot from our second setup when we had the camera mounted outside of my truck. I was able to shoot pictures of Luka while driving.

We just finished filming Episode 10 of Digital Photography 1 on 1.  In this episode we are dealing with lighting ratios and showing you some neat metering tricks.  Look for the new video to be published later this week!

Yesterday the video team got together and we shot Digital Photography Episode 9.  It was terrific to have all the extra hands to make the new video.  We finished all the production work in 6.5 hours – that is one of the shortest video shoots we’ve ever had.  And that included set-up, travel time, location shooting, b-roll, and voice-over.

Here are a few shots the gang took during the shoot.

Mark showing Drew a few things on the camera.  The big wooden thing is our homemade teleprompter. The camera is behind the glass.

Daniel, Drew, and Diane. Daniel was running the camera, Drew was operating the teleprompter, and Diane was directing. Daniel and Diane also helped demo the bags in the video.  These guys has skillz.

Yasmin waiting for her cue.  Yasmin kept track of all of the takes, made sure we got all of the scenes in the camera, and was responsible for continuity (making sure all the b-roll was properly captured).  Oh – she also helped demo the bags in the video.

Mark shooting Diane as she demonstrates the LowePro slingshot bag.

Mark shooting Yasmin as she demonstrates the features of the LowePro Apex 140 camera bag.

Look for the new episode to be posted later this week!

Daniel, Jeff, Drew, Craig, Mark, and Yasmin posing for the iPhone shot.

Tonight a few of us got together to plan future episodes of Digital Photography 1 on 1. This is the team of volunteers who work hard to put these videos together. Drew and Yasmin are new to the team; Drew will be helping with the technical crew and Yasmin will be helping to keep everybody on track.  Daniel and Craig are regular assistants at the studio and have helped with past videos.  Jeff is also a regular at the studio and is going to be leading us all to technical excellence.  He’s a professional cameraman and video editor.  I learn new things from him all the time.

Our team is going to be meeting and working regularly with the mission of creating a new video every two weeks.  It’s a lot of work and we’re not positive we’ll be able to meet the schedule, but we’ll try.

Our next shoot is Sunday.  We’ll keep you posted on our progress.

Filming started yesterday on a new batch of Digital Photography One on One episodes. I’ll be filming new episodes over the next few weeks. Topics in our upcoming episodes:

• Using Sekonic light meters to balance flash and ambient light.
• Understanding aperture values
• Understanding stops
• Metering for light ratios
• A review of my favorite camera bags

The videos will be posted as soon as they are finished.  Our video crew is all volunteer (models included) so we’ll have to juggle some schedules, but we’ll finish as soon as possible.  Stay tuned…

I found some still from a couple of years ago that showed the progress of our set build out.  I thought it would be fun to put them together in a video for a behind the scenes look.  I hope you enjoy it.

Valentines Day Set Build Out: 2005 from Mark Wallace on Vimeo.