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Real Estate Videography with the DJI Ronin

Feb 4, 2020 by Riverbank Products 0 Comments #Real Estate Photography, #Real Estate Video

Last week, we did a real estate walk through video project for Netasha Williamson with Jan’s Realty. I used the DJI ronin M to shoot the video with my Sony A7Rii.

I don’t use this thing a lot because it just doesn’t fit well with the type of video I’ve been shooting the most. When filming a deer hunt or jumping on frogs and alligators, there is no time to setup a gimbal and I’m not carrying that thing to most of the muddy, nasty places we end up going with T.P. Outdoors Adventures. I’ve almost sold it a couple of times because of this alone.

But when I do use it, it’s usually for a commercial or some other type of shoot where I have a clean, environment as well as plenty of time to set it up. In those times, its pretty slick. I’m always amazed at the impossible shots that become possible with the Ronin.

Most Recent Project

In the most recent project I used it to film the majority of the walk through in one continuous flowing motion in one take. I wanted to create this shot to give viewers the ability to see the home almost as if they were there walking with us.

We did shoot a few other shots that were spliced in, and there were some still shots included in the video instead of video at the request of the clients, but those shots could have been done just as easily with the Ronin. The ability to make such a flowing shot as essential a one man band is so awesome.

You can view the video here as well as some still photos shot for this listing.

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Whether for print, TV, or Web, we’d love to help you boost your sales presence with quality images and video content Contact Us to day

For more info about this listing, contact Netasha Williamson with Jan’s Realty.

Photography, Video-Photography

Barrel Racing Photos for Social Media – Common practices that are not ok

Aug 21, 2019 by Riverbank Products 0 Comments #Barrel Racing, #Copyright, #Event Photography, #Rodeo, #social media
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I get asked a lot about digital versions of my photos for facebook use. I also see a lot of people taking photos of their printed photos or photos of my computer screen at the runs for facebook. Or even screenshots of images from a website or facebook.

I hate having to address this type of thing because I’m a very giving kinda guy, and this is not directed at any one person but this is just not cool y’all. Although this seems common for barrel racing photos, these same issues affect all of my photos and other photographers as well. Some photographers may have different views on the use of their copyrighted images so if in doubt always check with the photographer.

We live in a social media world. I understand the desire for social media photos. I understand the culture we live in and that we want to share our lives with our friends as soon as possible. But lets face it, these photos of photos always look terrible compared to the actual photo. I know you love your horse and are proud of your run. Taking action photos in these settings is very difficult anyway and a photo of a photo of you run is not the best way to share the success of you run with your friends that you can be proud of. So help me help you!!!

Purchasing Images for Use

Digital versions of my photos are available for purchase online as well as prints. I offer several different digital options and licensing options of photos. This ranges from small easily sharable photos all the way up to the original image. I also offer personal licensing and commercial licensing options if you’d like to use my images when you get ready to sell a horse or if you have a sponsored product that you need help marketing. If you contact me, I can even do custom editing or graphics to help you better market your events or products.

Online digital orders such as these, do not contain a watermark and you are free to share those photos anywhere you like provided you comply with the personal vs commercial use licensing agreement.

How to Share an Image

As an added service, most of the time, If you order photos online I try to pick the best image ordered and post it to facebook or instagram so when you order from me, you are getting a digital version as well that I don’t mind you sharing directly from my facebook page.

The images that I post do have a small watermark at the bottom and if you save the photos and create your own post, please don’t edit this out but you are welcome to share that image so long as you tag me or my page in your post.

The preferred method is to just share directly to your page from my original post. This gets the image on your page and still contains a link back to my page which helps us both.

  • Run For The Roses Barrel Run
  • Run For The Roses Barrel Run
This image shows a recently purchased photo that was shared to facebook on the Riverbank Products page and shared to my personal facebook page

I appreciate the work you put into your horse and I appreciate the power and intensity of the sport. If you appreciate the images I take, the best way to show that is to share the love by purchasing the images. I work hard to get the best profesional images I can but if it’s not profitable, then I can’t shoot barrel racing events. I’ll be more than happy to help you in anyway I can if you’ll just ask.