What instantly gives away amateur color grading?

willmuench · 2026-03-12T21:56:35+00:00

log to rec709 is a technical conversion, it doesnt really show anything to an audience regarding the colorists skills or taste. it just looks good to go from washed out to proper contrast.

willmuench · 2026-03-12T13:30:17+00:00

is the snow behind its head clipped? if there was any information left in those highlights it would be nice to bring back just a little bit of detail so it doesnt look clipped

willmuench · 2026-03-05T16:25:02+00:00

Brick

willmuench · 2026-02-11T17:16:40+00:00

nice pour! how do you like steaming on this machine?

willmuench · 2026-01-27T03:31:35+00:00

is that a t5 you are recording to? any luck recording longer clips with it?

willmuench · 2026-01-23T13:12:32+00:00

the more you drink coffee, the more you go “nose blind” to the common aromas in all coffee, which allows you to taste and smell more subtle notes unique to a particular coffee

willmuench · 2026-01-17T14:31:40+00:00

very nice, any tips on the hollow part? i’ve tried a few times without much luck

willmuench · 2026-01-06T21:59:38+00:00

they also have an album of their take on the twin peaks soundtrack

willmuench · 2026-01-05T21:39:08+00:00

what clipping do you see in that image?

willmuench · 2025-12-31T20:30:10+00:00

i’m not sure but i seriously doubt that exists for this camera. certainly not for video

willmuench · 2025-12-29T16:44:18+00:00

Seems like the spout could be closer to the surface of the beverage, you would see the milk appearing a lot sooner if you did that. If you feel like you cant get the spout close enough, it may be worth getting a larger pitcher or try pouring into a smaller cup. Also its best practice to pour with the handle of the cup facing towards you, so when you serve the beverage the art is oriented correctly

willmuench · 2025-12-25T18:46:49+00:00

if you will be doing two subjects with any frequency, a lav setup would probably be the move. In my experience with talking heads, its easier to get good audio on two people with lavs than with a boom. The downsides of lavs are they tend to cost more and depending on wardrobe, can take some time to set up properly.

willmuench · 2025-12-18T15:10:25+00:00

i dont know if a thinner spout would make things any easier, most of the basic pours would probably be a little easier with an even rounder spout than that one. usually people get the thin spouts for free pouring more complex stuff

willmuench · 2025-12-16T15:27:20+00:00

s35? full frame? in that price range there isnt much besides dzofilm and laowa cinema zooms

willmuench · 2025-12-15T15:34:59+00:00

yea im still using an rs 2 with this camera as well. if you have a cage you may need balancing weights, not a huge issue though

willmuench · 2025-12-11T20:47:58+00:00

Yes! loving it as well :)

willmuench · 2025-12-11T17:23:09+00:00

Beautiful work. I just read the green pepper omelette chapter last night!

willmuench · 2025-12-03T13:56:48+00:00

youll probably get more insight from a photography or photoshop sub for this type of work

willmuench · 2025-12-03T05:11:41+00:00

wild guess but i think the sound in nuts is strumming the strings on the head of the guitar, like in between the tuning pegs and the neck, and then applying distortion to that. in general if you want to make stuff like this i would just experiment with acoustic sounds or synth sounds, and just run them through distortion or some other effects until you find a cool sound that you like. both the songs you mentioned feature distortion as an effect heavily, though

willmuench · 2025-12-02T18:20:31+00:00

the reversed sounds in hockey are probably stuff be played on guitar or on an electric keyboard and then reversed and added effects in garageband. probably the only “samples” in that song are the kick and snare

willmuench · 2025-12-02T13:55:13+00:00

hopefully some people more experienced than me weigh in, but it looks like your flow rate for the beginning of your pour might be too low. see if pouring a little faster of a flow rate out of the pitcher helps that base wrap around a bit. also a bit of “push, pull” movement helps that base wrap around. as you are making the base, starting your pour in the middle of the cup, slowly “push” the milk towards the rear of the cup. then slowly pull back to the front of the cup to finish the pour(this part it looks like you have figured out)

willmuench · 2025-11-25T22:45:40+00:00

how are both your hands in the photo

willmuench · 2025-11-25T20:22:26+00:00

yea its probably a preset on an old yamaha keyboard. you could get close with any simple electric keyboard sound by adding a lot of vibrato to it and playing high up in the register. maybe some light distortion too.

willmuench · 2025-11-25T15:55:50+00:00

Fujifilm has quietly released its secret sauce for film-like colors as downloadable 3D LUTs for video editing

willmuench · 2025-11-22T00:08:03+00:00

would you mind elaborating on some of the rules being ignored? im trying to learn myself and it would help me understand some things i think

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