This week, for my personal project I worked on all the shots needed to complete my project. I wanted my book cover to be like a traditional travel catalogue. I looked up places to shoot near Bedford, the town where I live, but was unable to find anything that caught my eye. With some research, I came across a tulip field, which opens for 2 weeks, once a year, and this looked like something which would work for me, even though it was a 2-hour drive from where I live. It was certainly worth the drive- these are a few shots.
All these shots are screenshots of videos I shot. For the shoot, I used a Canon 6D with Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 for wide and 50mm f1.8. for close-up. I am not happy with the quality of the shots I shot at 1080p with 60 fps. I wanted to get a better camera like 5D Mark III or even 6D Mark II, and I also wanted a gimbal these were not available to rent out till next week, and I had tickets to enter for a specific date, as this tulip field was quite in demand at the time. I got the DJI OSMO for mobile phones to take some tracking shoots, but the one they gave me was not working and I had to give it back. They didn’t have any spares to replace it, so I had to shoot the whole thing by hand.
By the looks of it, I will need to do some cleanup of the plate, there are few food tracks and people walking around. I also have to stabilize the shot so it looks more natural and smooth.
For the book shot, I used the same equipment. To track the video I used a sticky note and pasted it on the corner of the book, so I can track it in 3D equalizer.