Here’s a quick video showing some of our recent work. While offices have been closed over the past year and more, we’ve been editing content for our clients remotely to help them stay engaged. What have we been doing? Editing Zoom/Teams calls, putting together clips fom self-shot footage for corporate and social audiences, creating graphics… Read More
How can we help?
We can still help you create content during these socially distanced and remote working times. You can still get your message out there, it just needs to be created safely. Costs are lower when we work remotely and so if any of these options would be useful to you, get in touch. WHAT OPTIONS ARE… Read More
THE LIFE OF A LOGO
As part of the new website launch, our logo has had a little tweak to bring it more in line with the new clean and modern look. While working on this I thought it would be interested to see how the logo has developed since Plainview Media was started back in 2013. So here they… Read More
WARNING: NIKON D610 C1.02 FIRMWARE UPDATE
Nikon has recently released an updated firmware for the D610 and while there’s no mention of any major features being added or improved, I went ahead and installed it. Maybe there are some under-the-hood performance improvements. Installation went fine and a brief check of the camera after the update showed no problems. All was well. At… Read More
WHAT TO DO WHEN A CLIENT DOESN’T PAY
As freelancers, we often work on trust – we agree a cost, we do the work and we trust that we’ll be paid for that work. Thankfully, in my experience it’s always worked out like that, but last year I worked on one job that was the exception to the rule – the client refused… Read More
THE BEST CAMERA FOR YOUR POCKET
As mentioned in the last newsletter (hey, sign up, why don’t you?) I recently added a Sony RX100 III to my ever-growing equipment bag. Now while it’s certainly not a ‘professional’ camera, and not one that I’ll be using for very much of my day-to-day work, it’s worth mentioning here because it really is exceptional. In work, I can see… Read More
SORRY SIR, YOUR LUGGAGE IS STILL IN LONDON
On a recent trip to Edinburgh to film a couple of interviews, I had to put half my kit in the hold to meet the hand luggage rules. I didn’t have a huge amount to take – camera, lenses, a light and stand, audio kit and a tripod – but it was too much to… Read More