Foreword

From Still to Motion was written just for me. Okay, not really, but it might as well have been. About a year ago, long-standing clients of my photography business started asking for—no, actually demanding—video from me. My oldest client called me one day and said with sorrow in his voice that he may have to make a change because the print side of his company was giving way to web video.

Faced with being disintermediated, I decided to learn all I could about filmmaking. Fortunately, video-enhanced DSLRs became available at the same time. But just buying a Canon 5D MKII or similar camera wasn’t going to be good enough. When you move to shooting video, it’s a whole new ball game.

After delving deeper, I realized that it all made sense. ...

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