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  • November6th

    CliffCam
    Okay, so what do you do when the script calls for a re-enactment of a person being thrown off a cliff?  Well, the the traditional way is to  dress up a dummy, set up multiple camera angles to capture the action.   throw the dummy over the edge of the cliff and shoot it while it falls.  But seriously, that’s been done before hundreds of times and quite honestly it never looks that good.  Another option, is to recreate it in post, however unless you have an infinite budget the results are cheesy video game quality.  So, what do you do?  Ron Hill the owner of RHI didn’t think twice before coming up with the solution. You simply chuck a camera off a cliff, control it’s decent and make sure it flies straight.  This is exactly what we did and we will show you how to do it. But if you don’t want to throw your camera off a cliff, call us and we will throw off one of ours.

    IMG_9361First off you will need to gather some materials:

    1 HD Action Sports Camera ( has to be HD, SD is so yesterday)
    1 Roll of gaffers Tape (preferable Black)
    1 Lawn Dart (preferably blue with tip removed)
    1 Model Rocket Parachute (Not to big, The camera needs to drop fast in order to look real)

    Now, all you have to do is tape the camera to the dart, the dart to the parachute, have hired help
    carefully approach the  edge of  the cliff and…and let it fly….oh and don’t forget to hit record, you may only get one chance at this.

  • September4th

    Welcome to the new Ronhillimagery.com.  To start let’s take a look at the site’s features and functionality.
    Site Features:

    Search-ability: Located on the top right of the navigation bar is our search query that will locate anything on our site.

    Navigation: There are 4 types of navigation.

    #1- The aforementioned “Search Query”.

    #2- The orthodox navigation bar located at the top of each page.

    #3- Our “News and Resources” menu located on the right-hand side, about halfway down the page.  Our intention with this site is to continue to add content through our blog on a weekly to bi-weekly schedule.  Information about the video production industry, equipment manuals, new equipment, demos, tips and tutorials will all be archived here.

    #4- Links incorporated on each page or article.  (i.e. If  “services” are mentioned within the content of a page, it doubles as a link to the Services page.)

    Twitter widget: In adhering to the new world standards of communication through social media, Ron Hill Imagery is coming of age… or perhaps digressing.  Either way, the purpose of this is to bring relevant information to you from anywhere on the planet. No, we will not tell you what we are having for lunch, unless it is awesome. But, if we are looking for personnel for a shoot or have an upcoming event or promotion, we’ll send a tweet.  Later, I will post an article in our blog on how to use your Google alerts to notify you anytime we tweet.

    Follow us on Twitter

    RSS feed: For those not familiar with RSS, I will give a brief overview.  Essentially RSS (really simple syndication) allows a user to subscribe to a site’s content.  Anytime a site is updated, that information will then be available to the user through his RSS client. The one I use is News Net Wire (for mac) and Feed Demon (for PC).   It keeps all my subscriptions up to date. (and yes i like PCs)  You can also subscribe and have the content emailed to you. The benefit of an RSS client is that if you have more than one subscription, it helps keep them organized. Then, with a few clicks you can see all new content from all your favorite sites in one spot.

    Book Crew: On the right side of our homepage,  just below the slideshow is the “Book Crew” link.  Click it.  It is easy and quick to get your crew booked.  Fill out the form, hit “send” and within an hour you will receive confirmation of your request.

    Gallery: Although the Gallery is not complete, we felt that launching ronhillimagery.com was “priority one”.  Stay tuned to the blog and we will let you know once we get it up and running. We are going to include not only our work, but Equipment Demos, Behind the Scenes, Tutorials and other useful categories.

    Blog: I have pretty much covered the blog. Like I said, our goal is to update it at least every other week.

    More invaluable features are coming. If there is any feature or improvement that you would like to see, or if you just want to say “hey”, do so by leaving a comment.


  • August25th

    Panasonic™

    Panasonic Varicam AJ HDC27F
    Panasonic DVX 100B
    Panasonic AJ-SDX900
    Panasonic HVX200 P2

    Sony™

    Sony PMW-EX3
    Sony PDW 700
    Sony HVR-A1U

    RED ONE™

    Build 17
    Build 18
    Build 20

    Ikegami™

    IKEGAMI HL-V55 BETA SP

    Canon™

    Canon Vixia HF11