As a former camera assistant (now DP) I can't tell you how much I appreciate seeing someone on youtube who actually takes the time to properly label and organize their gear! Those shelves could roll right onto a 5 ton camera truck and fit right in.
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Thank you for always putting out quality info without the over-the-top persona that lots of RU-vidrs feel the need to use. Just straight to the point with great info 🙌
Very nice set up. Well organized. I appreciate you sharing this with us. It's always good to see what other professionals are doing. I work for a small Marketing and Advertising company and I am the entire video production department (and I'm almost 70 years old, really!). I keep most our our gear in Pelican type cases, also on big metal shelves in a large storage room in our office. Everything is labeled. Unfortunately, we have a very old and somewhat small van. So, I load up all the camera gear on our two-shelf Krane 750 cart (I did a video about this amazing cart and it's on RU-vid), then take it out to the van where I store everything in it's assigned area in the van. Then, I break down the cart and put it in the back. When I get to the job, I rebuild the cart and load it up with everything I'll need including lights and some grip equipment. Some stands we roll in on their own wheels or sometimes our grip brings his cart if we know we're going to need a lot of light gear. This is a small city so we have to have all of our lighting and grip equipment because there is no one with a truck full of rentable gear until you get to Dallas, 125+ miles away. If you can get a bunch of soundproofing foam squares and rectangles, plus a nice big rug, I'll bet you can make your new studio much quieter. I worked with a production company that needed a lot of soundproofing foam for their new studio, so they went to the factory where it was made and offered to take all the scraps off their hands. The company was glad to get rid of it, so it was free! They patched it together gluing it on the walls of their studio. They was all different sized and colors so it looked weird but they covered it with a thick, black drape that looked good and added further soundproofing. Good luck on that and in the future.
Rob this is fantastic, really insightful! It's a topic I have so many questions about and there's not a lot of valuable content out there, so thank you for the effort you put into making this!
Congrats on the new space, its huge! Your current storage is so clean and organized, its clear that it took steps to get to that point. I use Ptouch to label everything as well, but I also use different colors of camera/gaffers tape to "code" my peli cases. Everything is still labeled, but Audio for example, has a stripe of blue, lighting has red. This gives me a clear visual when I'm too far away to read the label. This technique is derived from the Filipino method of finding your brightly ribbon'ed luggage from airport baggage claims.
I also have three of those Husky racks in my garage and love the organization. Can pack and load the van directly inside the garage. Also have a Storage unit down the street for the much bigger grip gear that doesn't get used as much. Great to see a fellow gear head like me.
Could watch detailed videos about what is in all the cases and models of everything for hours (because we know you spent hours thinking about the best gear to use in your workflow). Loved this!
How do you go about security? Seems the garage door isn’t enough. I’d be afraid of break ins. If it were me I’d put bars along the garage doors perhaps. Amazing set up though! Keep it safe! :)
God damn Rob, I'm so jealous of that camera aisle. 😄 The entirety of my gear can easily fit in the two foot gap between my wall and my sofa, so... yeah. Excited to see what you come up with in that new studio space! 👍🏼
Thanks for this video - it has given me some ideas on how to organise my growing collection of gear. Just retired and going to take up video making/editing properly now that I have the time to do it correctly.
awesome video bro! watching these kind of videos always makes me want to organise all my gear, which compared to the amount of stuff you have is very, very small.
I thought I'm obsessed with gear, you sir take it to another level. So cool though, can't wait to be able to get this kind of setup for my company. ❤ All the best.
In an effort to be more organized, I've switched from using smaller 1510s to using larger Nanuk cases. I'm able to fit my entire RED kit in one case, including filters, mattebox, a bit of audio, and a Teradek kit. Another case I have set up to hold my flight kit with a couple of lights that I find myself always renting. Same with batteries and monitors. Most of my work is coming from traveling jobs, and it costs the same to check a small pelican as it does a larger pelican, so it's more cost effective to carry more in fewer cases. I'm finding 1510s get gate checked pretty regularly on smaller planes, so I rarely fly with them, and anything that's delicate or a battery is carried on in a large backpack.
Interesting, that we are doing the same thing in light, camera & storage space. Same as you, I'm trying to buy fewer light's at the moment cuz as you mentioned, other people are bringing them in trucks. Also same as you, I started focusing in camera department more therefore, I decided not to go with the new aputure infinibar & go for P+S Technik skater Scope & atlas mercury lens kit. also I'm looking for a bigger storage to keep my car crane build......got the motocrane radical while ago & a new car to use it with. the build will be completed by end of May but can't find a cheap warehouse to store it. I blv we will be mounting & dismounting the crane whenever it's needed until I find one. no tips for me to add, just make sure you fully rig your new place with CCTV 👌🏻
This is my first time in your channel; just subscribed. Great video! Can't wait to see what you're going to do with your new space. It looks awesome! If you allow me one basic question please. Wha't is your favorite brand of C-stands? Thanks in advance Have a Productive and Healthy Day!
Excellent video. Lots of great insight. Just wanted to give you a bit of feedback, I noticed you use a lot of filler words like “um“ and “kind of“. Just letting you know that does get distracting, otherwise, great video!
Love this video and it has given me a lot of great ideas for organizing. I have one question and that is what is that stand that's holding all you C-stands?
Im not sure if this has been answered yet but how do you guys keep a tab of everything digitally? Is there a list of all equipment and a process that you have where you can check what equipment is out on jobs, etc... Thanks!
Did you used to be a LD in Puerto Rico? I came across this video and your name sounded familiar, so I looked you up in my contacts. We may have worked together a long time ago.
Always well done Robert! I'm currently using tons of wire shelving and we want to switch to something like you have which looks very sturdy. Where did you get that shelving system?
I've had pest control visits monthly since before we moved in so I haven't experienced any! And if we do find anything, they'll come out again with no extra charge.
It's only like a pro, if you get paid for the organization 😉 Pro is a title that comes when you start to earn money from your work/hobby. And remember the fact about the world's geniuses. Messy table = genius. Clean table = messy head.
Are you using two half-bowl mounts on one post for the inovative camera-transport - or are you using it for dual-cam Interviews with diffrent lenses at the same time?
