OV&P Videography

Male Golden Retriever

How To Capture Pets

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The simple beauty of being in the moment belongs to our pets, as celebrated in the book Guardians of Being, which features spiritual wisdom from dogs and cats, combining words by Eckhart Tolle with illustrations by MUTTS cartoonist Patrick McDonnell. Since our Golden Retriever Storm (pictured above) turns three this month, we reckon now is the time to celebrate him and his brother Quest, our German Shepherd. They often inspire us to capture their antics on camera – purely for the fun of it and also to share with others. Because let’s face it, few things bring such easy smiles to our faces than beautiful or funny photographs and footage of dogs and cats. To illustrate, here’s a GoPro video of our boys in the park. Don’t smile, we dare you 🙂 Continue reading “How To Capture Pets” →

Nomadik Stretch Tents Team

Nomadik Tents Training Video

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A powerful way to add value and offer support to your clients is by providing quality training material, particularly through the medium of superbly shot and edited video. We thoroughly enjoyed participating in this process recently, in collaboration with our clients at Nomadik Tents. South African pioneers and world leaders in the stretch tent industry, this company not only sets the benchmark with regard to specialist stretch tent rigging and training, but also plays a visionary role in terms of social upliftment and development of entrepreneurs. Since starting out in 2002 servicing the events industry, the business has expanded locally and internationally to include semi-permanent installations, branded solutions and the shade and awnings market. Continue reading “Nomadik Tents Training Video” →

Videographer Reinhardt Vermeulen with Sony Camera

The Magic of Super Slow-Mo

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We have all seen the magical super slow-mo shots during sporting shows on TV, but not too many of us understand the technology that permits such smooth and seamless results in video productions. In South Africa, we have subscribed to the PAL TV standard, which means, amongst other things, that the standard frame rate in video is 25 frames per second. To achieve slow motion video, we have to increase the frame rate of the camera in a linear manner to achieve the required degree of slow motion movement required. Continue reading “The Magic of Super Slow-Mo” →