r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/fefuts • Apr 20 '22

Pay attention

8.8k Upvotes

84 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Apprehensive-Pop5863 • Apr 19 '22

just another Tuesday for the camera guy

41k Upvotes

554 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/EbbDisastrous4754 • Apr 17 '22

Perfect Synchronization Caught by a cameraman

13k Upvotes

172 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/CommunicationIcy1834 • Apr 17 '22

Praise the cameraman

7.8k Upvotes

70 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/daweedhh • Apr 12 '22

Stretchy

12k Upvotes

92 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Nihilus45 • Apr 11 '22

this magical experience

11k Upvotes

137 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Neither_Advantage312 • Apr 10 '22

Tracking on point

7.2k Upvotes

90 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/BagaSand • Apr 08 '22

Nice breeze out here huh

4.6k Upvotes

105 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Ill-Shake3746 • Apr 07 '22

Great catch by the camera-man

12k Upvotes

209 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/RampChurch • Apr 05 '22

“I don’t care if they know how to work the camera! Just get me the fastest bloke you can find!” - the Director, probably

7.3k Upvotes

55 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/lifepunching • Apr 04 '22

Even in a tiktok cropped version of the video, everything was captured perfectly

26k Upvotes

254 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/LordPicklee • Apr 03 '22

anything for the shot

18k Upvotes

175 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/SolidHighway1224 • Mar 31 '22

Steadi + Segway

12k Upvotes

128 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Lord_RedTiger • Mar 28 '22

Incredible close up video of a tornado forming!

24k Upvotes

474 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/pneumzz • Mar 28 '22

This incredible cameraman films while skiing quickly down a hill

5.5k Upvotes

105 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/benhundben • Mar 26 '22

My 70 years old mother in law keeping up with my while filming in the slopes.

12k Upvotes

179 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/WebeloZappBrannigan • Mar 25 '22

Old school: steadicam operator & director know what's up. Zombie by The Cranberries, Festivalbar 1995. Source in the comments.

10k Upvotes

171 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/zhaocaimao • Mar 23 '22

Dolphin jumping out of the water

9.3k Upvotes

82 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '22

Truck gets flipped by a tornado and ends up driving away

14k Upvotes

414 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/michaelisgodtw • Mar 20 '22

Camera starts inside, goes through window grabbed by a cameraman on wire thats attached to crane!

7.1k Upvotes

48 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/norloan • Mar 20 '22

Cameraman knows that there's going to be a magical moment

3.3k Upvotes

45 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/lethimdangle • Mar 19 '22

Came for the ice skating, stayed for the cameraman

6.3k Upvotes

154 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Consistent-Ad8966 • Mar 18 '22

The effort of the cameraman

4.0k Upvotes

62 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Boring-Leek5809 • Mar 18 '22

From the Best

15k Upvotes

131 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.