On the road with my videographer job

In May of last year, I was getting ready for another videographer job in Europe to film travel videos for tour companies based in Germany. To prepare for the trip, I went on the companies’ websites and noted all of the locations and attractions that tour participants...

A day in the life of a travel videographer

Being on the road as a travel videographer is exciting and fulfilling. Really, it’s just like being a tourist — the only difference is that I’m getting paid for my experiences. Naturally that also comes with some responsibility. If I’m visiting a city with a...

2015 Video Equipment Guide

If you already take photos when you travel, creating short video clips is an easy way to earn more money from the same trip without a lot of extra work. You need a camera that has a video feature… and you need a tripod (a microphone is recommended, too).  But if...

Using Shallow Depth of Field in Videos

As a travel videographer, you’ll always aspire to making your videos look more like a short movie.  So naturally, the movies shown at the cinema are a great source of inspiration. One of the things you’ll always see in a movie on a big screen, is shallow depth of...

Why I love making travel videos

According to Janis Joplin, freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. Even though there is some truth in that, I see it a quite differently. For me, freedom is the ability to do what I love and go wherever I want to go at any time. I used to think that in...

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