Music videos

Any good photographer needs to offer more than just photos luckily most DSLR's and Mirrorless cameras do video and film in 1080p. High definition or HD for short. The newer models are filming in 4k, or UHD.  The more you spend on a camera the better the results. High-end, full frame, 4k cameras can cost a lot. If you're not looking to spend a lot you can get a low budget camera that will give you good results, not the best but way better than the miniDV cameras they use to produce.  I've had the chance to film a few music videos for some musical acts. Most of my video I go for the comedy angle. Stupid and silly, with good music as the key. I've seen far too many videos of bands playing on top of cliffs or in the woods. If you want people to view your videos you have to keep them entertained. That's my opinion and yes there are many good music videos with woods and cliff but I'd mainly stay for the music. I find laughter the way forward. 

Here are some of the videos I've filmed and edited 

Diesel King covering Phil Collins classic 'Easy Lover' Recorded by Steve Sears at Titan Studios, Watford. Video by Lawrence Walters - http://www.lawrencewalters.co.uk/ All music and lyrics by Phil Collins!

Diesel King - Hold The Line Recorded by Steve Sears at Titan Studios, Watford. Video by Lawrence Walters - http://www.lawrencewalters.co.uk/ All music and lyrics by Toto!

Directed by Lawrence Walters Lawrencewalters.co.uk Story by Crystal Deth, Black Mist, Nails, Honey Badger FREE ALBUM - THEHELL.BANDCAMP.COM VIDEOS SHIT JUST GOT REAL - http://youtu.be/bnAoY_UeXSI IT'S THE MOTHERFUCKING HELL YOU DICK -http://youtu.be/Utx8-26jTF4

THEHELLYOUDICK.COM www.facebook.com/thehellthehellthehell THEHELL.BANDCAMP.COM @thehellyoudick Filmed and edited by Lawrence Walters Lawrencewalters.co.uk

official lyric Video for "it's for the motherf*****g KIDS you d**k" FREE ALBUM thehell.bandcamp.com twitter.com/thehellyoudick facebook.com/thehellthehellthehell VIDEOS http://youtu.be/bnAoY_UeXSI - shit just got real http://youtu.be/TrSaxyj_a3I - Step it up

A track we recorded for 'You're Listening To The Hell' on the day that metal hero Jeff Hanneman passed away.

If you're looking for a cheap, simple, funny and fun video for your musical group let me know. 

Watch photography

Now-a-days if you want to tell the time you'd look at your phone. The smart phone has changed everything from taking photos, filming videos, browsing the internet and telling the time and so on. Well, people still wear watches, and people still pay crazy sums of money for them. As a person who doesn't wear a watch but is still fascinated by the repair process, Jewellery and Watch photography are on the same line. They are both small products that need good eye catching images to sell. The more detail in a photo of a watch can definitely increase the potential of selling the item. 

The best way to shoot a watch is on a photography table, having a main light and then a few other lights to pull out the detail. Always find out what background the client wants first. In each shot you need to highlight the brand, making sure it is visible and if you need an extra bit of light and don't have any more lights, then you can use a reflector and if you don't have reflectors a white card will work nearly just as well. All product photographers have white card. It's something you'll use for the first time and think why wasn't I using this all the time. Like all products you photograph you should always focus stack the images. You can use Helicon focus or photoshop. I recommend Helicon Focus. 

I took some shots of a watch repairer, or horologist, to use the proper term. 

Peak Design

Coming from Kickstarter the crowdfunding website to pretty much global domination in the camera accessory department and doing it with such high quality is quite a feat and in such little time. I believe they raised over $4.6 million on there last campaign which is incredible. 

Peak Design have made your camera easy to grab, to hold and easy to pack away. 

The Capture Pro is a belt or strap clip on device. Which is strong enough to hold your DSLR with a large lens. Clip it's to your bag and attach the base plate to the bottom of your camer and away you go. Fully locked in place but with a click your camera is in your hand and ready to go. Well as long as the battery isn't dead and you have a card or film in your camera. 

The Capture Pro

They also and probably my favourite item is The Slide. A camera strap that is made to Peak Design's high quality standard and so easy to use. The simple latch part makes changing your camera strap length so easy your dog could do it. With the standard clip on attachments that all Peak Design stuff come with it is so easy to take the strap off and attach one of there other products like The Cuff, which would clip on and boom a wrist strap. 

The slide with base plate and clips 

Last year they released  The Everyday Messenger on Kickstarter making it one of the biggest campaigns for a camera accessory. A camera bag that has pretty much all of Peak Design's already great ideas built in and then some amazing new ones. Now I do not have the bag, have never actually seen it in the flesh but from what I can tell it's something I need. I have 3 bags a rucksack that carries nearly everything, a large Think Tank and a medium Think Tank A slingshot 20. I use the medium Think Tank the most as I like things to be small but still have what I need. It's great, tho it doesn't hold my camera grip, my flash and my 70-200mm lens with my standard kit. The Everyday Messenger will do this, it will also change size when you have less to carry. A magnet locking system which is another great idea. This bag could move me from 3 to just 1. The slight problem is the price from £179 to £230 in shops. Should have got in on the Kickstarter from the beginning. Time to start saving.  

The Everyday Messenger click image to see more 

 I have in no way been asked to talk about Peak Design and have not received anything from them tho they have liked some of my Instagram post.