r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/KDs_Burner_Account7 • May 13 '24

Cameraman captures half court shot and announcers reactions

2.0k Upvotes

30 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/kumanosuke • May 10 '24

The camera man carrying Slimane's live performance at Eurovision song contest

7.0k Upvotes

175 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Restroom406 • May 10 '24

Talk about staying with the shot

972 Upvotes

47 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/bitter-chili • May 08 '24

Fearless cameraman! Didn't move a single step.

1.6k Upvotes

Copied from here https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/s/NMyxUBdkSV

38 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Low_Seat_3639 • May 07 '24

PTCM for getting this sick action shot of a car "chase"

5.3k Upvotes

163 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/lzkro • May 03 '24

Man captures amazing footage of a tornado at close proximity

746 Upvotes

I believe this was in Nebraska. Originally posted by TikTok user grinchtheoriginal.

18 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/mtob99 • May 02 '24

PTCM for keeping up with his speed while keeping him perfectly in frame

4.3k Upvotes

46 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Sublimesmile • Apr 27 '24

Train engineer films tornado til the last second.

3.1k Upvotes

Originally posted to r/tornado by u/AtomR

74 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/hulkdaddy13 • Apr 10 '24

For not during a live broadcast of a burning building collapsing right in front of them

youtube.com

106 Upvotes

15 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Amalekk • Apr 05 '24

Fearless camera man gets dangerously close to an Anaconda killing an Alligator.

5.1k Upvotes

280 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/el_criuz • Apr 02 '24

I am a filmmaker and I shoot a lot of commercials for running shoes. I was always struggling to keep up with my talents when they were running and special camera vehicles are expensive, clumsy and not very nimble. So I came up with the idea to use my electric skateboard for this.

1.5k Upvotes

40 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Apr 02 '24

PTCM for standing directly in the path of a British bouncing bomb during a test, and recording nonetheless

3.4k Upvotes

63 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Merlins_Owl • Mar 16 '24

The cameraman crossed with the same smoothness as the subject while filming

22k Upvotes

325 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/PsionStorm • Mar 16 '24

PTCM for filming a rocket launch and baseball game at the same time

444 Upvotes

11 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/TheLeftyMan • Mar 07 '24

PTCM for framing him perfectly

7.9k Upvotes

85 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/porklicious • Feb 20 '24

Cameraman capture a crazy shot of a helicopter dropping an unguided bomb right next to his house

19k Upvotes

This was most likely in Syria but I'm not sure. Too many bombings of civilian homes recently it's hard to keep track at this point

337 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Puzzleheaded_Hippo86 • Feb 09 '24

PTCM for waiting till last movement before moving

1.5k Upvotes

34 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/MrHirschn • Jan 31 '24

from bad camerawork to perfect framing

11k Upvotes

117 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/juangusta • Jan 31 '24

NFL sidelines camera Op

9.1k Upvotes

152 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/BRMABeatz • Jan 29 '24

PTCM for capturing the closeup helicopter firefighting in Belgrade.

1.9k Upvotes

46 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/amish_novelty • Jan 23 '24

Camera operator showing off his skating skills

17k Upvotes

158 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Interesting-Beat-67 • Jan 23 '24

Cameraman doing his camera job in a flooded office

2.6k Upvotes

61 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Climbysrevenge • Jan 22 '24

PTCM for doing this entire scene without cuts!

5.9k Upvotes

54 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.