Short, practical articles on white balance, exposure, frame rates, focus and keeping several cameras in line.
Notes collects short working articles from our instructors, published about once a day. Each one takes a single setup problem, such as a colour cast or a drifting frame rate, and explains how to check it.
Focus Checks
A step-by-step method for confirming sharp focus with peaking, magnification and a simple test target, so soft frames are caught at the camera rather than in the edit.
Megan Hollis
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Exposure Checklist
A practical list of questions to work through before you commit to exposure and light control training, from the cameras you run to the portrait lighting you repeat every week.
Daniel Brandt
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Handover Notes
Most trouble on a multi-camera day traces back to a rushed review, a skipped test session or vague handover notes. Here are the mistakes we see most and how to avoid each.
Megan Hollis
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Camera Matching
A plain account of what drives the cost of bringing two or more different camera models into line, from model count and lighting to test time and written handover notes.
Daniel Brandt
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Customer Case
A portrait studio owner called Dana kept fighting orange skin tones under mixed light. This short case shows how a grey card and a repeatable routine settled it.
Priya Natarajan
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Frame Rate
Priya Natarajan explains how to choose frame rates and shutter settings for the darker months of indoor events and studio work, and how to keep every camera on the same plan.
Priya Natarajan
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Focus Checks
Focus peaking paints coloured edges on whatever is sharp. Daniel Brandt explains in plain words what it measures, where it misleads, and how to pair it with magnification.
Daniel Brandt
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Exposure
A side-by-side look at reading exposure with a histogram and with a waveform, where each one helps in a portrait studio, and which one we recommend learners rely on first.
Daniel Brandt
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Behind the scenes
A look at how we actually run a setup review, the test session that follows it and the handover notes we write so the whole team can repeat the result.
Daniel Brandt
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Camera Matching
The question we hear most: why does footage from two camera models look different even with the same settings? Daniel Brandt answers it step by step, from skin tones to contrast.
Daniel Brandt
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Course News
A look at how the white balance module is taught in these weeks: the grey card routine, the mixed-light exercises and the checks learners take back to their own studios and events.
Daniel Brandt
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Methods
The tools and methods we rely on to settle frame rate and shutter angle for a delivery format, then lock them identically on every camera so the footage cuts together.
Megan Hollis
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Focus Checks
Before a shoot is confirmed, run through these checks on peaking, magnification and test targets, so every camera holds sharp focus from the first frame to the last.
Daniel Brandt
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Exposure
Priya Natarajan walks through the exposure and light-control errors she sees most often in test sessions, and the plain checks that stop them from reaching a real shoot.
Priya Natarajan
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Pricing
A plain breakdown of what drives the price of a setup review, a test session and written handover notes, so a small studio can plan its budget before booking anything.
Megan Hollis
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Case Story
Dana ran two different camera models in her portrait studio and could not get faces to look alike. This case follows how side-by-side comparison brought both cameras into line.
Priya Natarajan
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Colour Basics
Shorter days and warmer indoor lamps change how white balance behaves. Daniel Brandt shares a seasonal routine for grey cards, mixed sources and keeping every camera in step.
Daniel Brandt
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Frame Rate
A plain-words look at the 180-degree shutter rule, how it links frame rate to shutter speed, and why matching it keeps footage from several cameras cutting together cleanly.
Megan Hollis
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Focus Checks
Focus peaking and punched-in magnification both catch soft focus, but they answer different questions.
Daniel Brandt
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Exposure
A look behind the scenes at how we read histograms and waveforms, fix exposure and hold portrait lighting steady across a whole session, from the first test frame to the last.
Megan Hollis
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Setup Review
The question we hear most is what a review, a test session and handover notes involve from start to finish. Here is a plain account of each step and what you bring.
Priya Natarajan
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Course news
A look at how the matching module now runs in the studio: side-by-side footage from different camera models, with skin tones and contrast brought into line before the handover notes.
Megan Hollis
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Methods
A look at the simple, repeatable tools we use to set and check white balance across mixed studio and event lighting, and why each one earns its place in the kit bag.
Daniel Brandt
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Frame Rate
A step-by-step method for settling frame rate and shutter angle before a shoot, so two or more cameras record footage that cuts together without flicker or motion mismatch.
Priya Natarajan
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Focus Checks
Soft frames usually trace back to a few repeatable habits on set. Priya walks through five common focus mistakes and the checks that stop each one before the day's footage is lost.
Priya Natarajan
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