Benjamin Carter

Finding the best drawing tablet for Clip Studio Paint can completely change your digital art workflow. I spent the last three months testing twelve tablets with real CSP projects — from line art and inking to comic pages and watercolor-style coloring. Clip Studio Paint works with virtually any modern drawing tablet that delivers pen input, … Read more

I have been using iPads on film sets for the better part of a decade, and the gap between a casual iPad-as-script-holder and a true production powerhouse has never been clearer than it is right now in . When our team set out to find the best iPads for filmmakers and directors, we did not … Read more

I have spent the last three months shooting short films on 10 different smartphones, and the gap between a phone that records video and a phone that records cinematic video has never been wider. The best phones for Log and HDR video in now offer Apple Log 2, Samsung APV codec, ProRes RAW, Dolby Vision … Read more

Mobile filmmaking has exploded in the last few years. From TikTok creators shooting vertical Reels to indie directors capturing entire short films on an iPhone 17 Pro, the smartphone has become a legitimate cinema camera. But here is the thing: a bare phone in your hand is never going to produce stable, professional footage. You … Read more

Mobile filmmaking has exploded over the last few years, and a good phone cage is now the single upgrade that does the most for your footage. After spending the last 60 days testing the 8 best phone cages for mobile filmmaking on real short film sets, indie documentary shoots, and travel vlog runs, I can … Read more

I learned the hard way that ProRes chews through iPhone storage like nothing else. During a 6-hour wedding shoot last summer, my iPhone 15 Pro Max ran out of space three times before I figured out the real fix: external SSDs for iPhone ProRes recording. Now I never start a session without one plugged in. … Read more

I spent the last three months shooting with twelve different mobile filmmaking kits to figure out which ones actually move the needle on image quality, audio, and workflow. My team recorded more than 40 hours of footage across indoor interviews, outdoor b-roll, and run-and-gun vlogging to compare every cage, gimbal, mic, and tripod side by … Read more

Picking the best phones for social media video creators in is harder than it looks. I spent the last three months rotating between eight phones for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and short film work, and the gap between a good phone and a great one shows up immediately in your watch time. Our team at … Read more

Slow motion turns ordinary moments into cinematic gold, and choosing the best phones for slow motion video has never been more important for content creators. Water splashes, dogs catching treats, skateboard kickflips, and even coffee being poured all become mesmerizing when captured at 240fps or higher. I spent the last three months shooting side-by-side samples … Read more

On-location shoots used to mean either dragging heavy battery packs across a field or shooting in the shadow of a wall outlet. I tested the best battery-powered strobes for on-location shoots over the past three months, running eight monolights through portrait, wedding, and outdoor scenarios. The results surprised me — some budget options outperformed premium … Read more