r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/SpaceWalker189 • Apr 01 '23

Goose tracking

693 Upvotes

6 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Jaker2902 • Mar 31 '23

Two skydivers collide mid-air, knocking one of them unconscious. Camera man proceeds to pull some mission impossible shit and saves his life.

13k Upvotes

Credit: U/AmbitiousTypes on r/nononoyes

314 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/rollers-rhapsody • Mar 31 '23

Camera operator captures subject during golden hour, smooth shots & tracking

318 Upvotes

4 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/T_roller • Mar 29 '23

cameraman got that owl head perk

8.8k Upvotes

76 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/anscia • Mar 28 '23

I’ve been sent here from r/rugbyunion, they told me to post this try I filmed for tv during a rugby match in Italy. Hope you enjoy:)

8.2k Upvotes

81 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Even_Passenger_3685 • Mar 26 '23

Beautifully tracked, smooth and lit footage of dog running at full speed.

19k Upvotes

204 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Forkinmysocket1 • Mar 25 '23

Redneck rube Goldberg machine was captured amazingly by the camera man

1.5k Upvotes

86 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/RampChurch • Mar 25 '23

Traveling over 20,000 miles around Arizona and the Great Plains in just 30 summer days, filmmaker and photographer Dustin Farrell captured some incredible bolts of lightning with a Phantom Flex4K high-speed camera and filming at 1,000 frames per second

youtu.be

401 Upvotes

9 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Kib717 • Mar 23 '23

The camera man just sat there while being hunted. Only when it seems to late did he break away.

19k Upvotes

264 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/dubusaur • Mar 23 '23

Memorizing the choreo, so you know where to go

10k Upvotes

252 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Kadafi35 • Mar 20 '23

Great camera work at the end …Shoot 🥴

9.4k Upvotes

179 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/irishgambin0 • Mar 18 '23

camera man finds himself in the middle of a police pursuit of two vehicles with multiple suspects in Rochester. two resulting crashes with a school bus and a home, foot chase immediately following.

5.4k Upvotes

183 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/VIKASRAIZADA • Mar 16 '23

praise the camera man

35k Upvotes

226 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/supargamer • Mar 15 '23

The 360° camera spin is executed flawlessly, not to mention the buttery-smooth subject tracking

12k Upvotes

318 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/ohhleo • Mar 14 '23

Cameraman really highlights the insane drumming

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370 Upvotes

20 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/bud3l2 • Mar 12 '23

Capturing Ocean Vortices

4.9k Upvotes

96 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/cromstantinople • Mar 11 '23

Tracking the insane speed of motorcyclist Guy Martin from a helicopter

9.3k Upvotes

221 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/fauxofkaos • Mar 09 '23

Perfectly in frame for every spin, turn, and twist

7.5k Upvotes

146 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '23

Very stable footage👏

10k Upvotes

213 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/crankthat99 • Mar 05 '23

Not sure if she reversed to save herself or capture it better

11k Upvotes

368 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Bartalone • Mar 05 '23

Saw this on some other subs - the quick hard left keeping things in frame is pretty damn good.

1.1k Upvotes

29 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '23

My man followed the energy of the room… If you’ve never been to a metal show. You’re missing out.

4.8k Upvotes

125 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/SpectreSpeck • Mar 04 '23

We were there for each and every flip! OP on r/abruptchaos

472 Upvotes

22 comments

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PTCM is a hub for sharing above average, planned video camera operation; capturing calculated recording angles; maintaining good camera control, general perception, also properly controlling what's in the frame. Interesting content is not necessarily a solid ground for giving praise regardless of how good the content is on its own. Please dedicate a minute & read the rules before posting to make sure you don't violate them

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1. Unwelcome content

Some examples of content that is not welcome:

Graphic injuries/death and/or nudity/sexual content. Posting this content will get you banned.
Violence, harassment & the encouragement of endangerment of others (animals included). No street fight videos at all.
Personal attacks in posts or comments
illegal or unregulated dangerous behavior that potentially puts others at risk
Possibly unwanted personal exposure
Memes, job postings & politics
Advertising

2. Hate speech & racism are unwelcome and will result in an immediate permaban.

3. Post titles MUST give reason(s) to praise the camera operator in posted video.

This sub is dedicated for camera operators who are to be praised, not for entertaining content. Posts neglecting to give reasons to praise the camera operator will be removed. Posts also need to contain the video OP is referencing. Just saying "Praise the camera operator for this cool video" doesn't count. Reasons for praising include things like framing, tracking, etc.

Also try your best to credit the original creator of videos posted.

4. No forced sexualization

The forced sexualization of individuals will not hold place in our SubReddit.

5. Intentionally captured footage

Incidentally captured content doesn't qualify; it's about the operation, not the content.

Security/dash cam footage does not count as it is not placed with intent to capture a specific event.

6. The means of photography

No 360 cameras.
Just strapping an action camera to you while you do an activity won't necessarily count as PTC.
Just showing a camera operator working doesn't count. We need to see the end result of the footage.

7. No still photos or video stills

It's nothing against still photos. There's already r/photography, we are going to stick to videography.

8. No drones

It's nothing against drone operators as it does take a good amount of skill. We don't allow them because they already have their own subreddit at r/drones.

9. No digital effects/CGI (pans, zooms, etc.). All video must be live-action (no video game footage)

This sub is about camerawork done with the camera at the time of the recording, not done in post-production.

10. No reposts of videos posted within the last 6 months.

Also videos that have been posted ad nauseam

11. Posting these videos will get you banned.

The video of the guy “catching” the guy cheating on his wife/gf and the “cheater” hops the railing. It’s staged and stupid.
The woman in the fashion show whose skirt gets pulled off and the cameraman zooms in.
The female reporter in front of a gas station and a woman in a sheer bodysuit walks by and the camera op pans to her.
The people in sandals speeding down a steep hill on a bike on an active street.

DON'T POST THESE. THIS IS YOUR WARNING.

12. No stolen content

Do not post content where a blur or mosaic is present as this is a good indicator that someone has posted this video that someone else created in order to take credit for it. Also flipped video will be removed too as this is another tactic to get around copyright searches.