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Photo by Caleb Greene

Greetings! My name is Aaron Greene and I’m a photographer based in Greenville, South Carolina. I recently shot an hour long documentary for Derek Webb, a musician based out of Nashville, TN. The film documents Derek and collaborator Josh Moore while making Derek’s latest record, Stockholm Syndrome, which released Sept 1st on INO/Columbia Records.

My goal is to share a bit about what I’ve learned working with video dSLRs. I shot the whole film on a Nikon D90. Additionally, Derek and Josh shot some footage with their Flip Minos that made the cut. About 90% of the final edit came from the D90, and there were a couple shots from the Canon 5d MkII that made the edit as well. That additional footage was shot by someone else in Nashville during a time in which I had previous commitments. All in all, everything came from either a dSLR or the Mino.

Here are the technical details in brief:

- One hour film
- Shot primarily on the Nikon D90 (with some additional footage from the Flip Mino, and Canon 5D Mk II)
- Shot on one camera (at a time)
- Shot available light
- Filmed on location in 4.5 days of shooting.

Here is the trailer so you can see the look and feel of the film…

When entering into a project like this there are many unknowns. No matter how much pre-production and planning you do, it’s tough to know what sort of situations you’ll face.

Here are some of the things I learned while shooting this project and others like it. Some of these might be new to you and help if you ever choose to take on a project of this nature. This list seems fairly obvious to me, but hopefully some of my experience will confirm and explain some of these essentials.

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