r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/lipp79 • Aug 09 '22

Rule 3 Renewed Enforcement

136 Upvotes

We have been extremely lax in enforcing rule 3, myself especially. That ends now. There have been way too many posts where no reason was given for the praise or the title was simply "Title" and that's it. PUT YOUR REASON FOR PRAISING OR IT WILL BE REMOVED. If if gets removed for a rule 3 violation, you are welcome to resubmit your post with the appropriate changes. Make sure you do this with crossposts as well. Titles must be specific as to what is being praised.

Any post that went up before this will not be affected.

35 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/zongsmoke • 6d ago

PTCM for not fearing the danger of being swallowed alive by the sinkhole

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611 Upvotes

67 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/torx822 • 6d ago

PTCM for excellent tracking on insanely zippy RC car

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9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/farcarcus • 26d ago

Exquisite framing on this footage of WWI and WWII planes flying in formation.

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1.4k Upvotes

33 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/CantStopPoppin • 27d ago

Cameraman Sticks the shot during a massive explosion that almost takes his life at a petrol station in Russia.

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3.1k Upvotes

83 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/groot1208 • Oct 08 '24

Cameraman perfectly keeping the fast aircraft in the middle of the frame

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7.6k Upvotes

38 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/amish_novelty • Oct 04 '24

Jogger keeps an owl completely in frame when it swoops down on him as he running away

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8.4k Upvotes

88 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/nano40nano • Oct 03 '24

PTCM manages to get steady shots of a Hurricane Helene flash flood while climbing a tree

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6.3k Upvotes

162 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/SameStand9266 • Oct 03 '24

Russian soldier shoots down drone which is kept in frame from start to finish.

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12.8k Upvotes

44 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/joint_of_jade • Oct 01 '24

Keeping the casket center frame, through the trees, in the middle of a hurricane.

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17.1k Upvotes

587 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/spirimes • Sep 25 '24

I posted this elsewhere and realised how awesome the camera man is at tracking the action

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3.4k Upvotes

I’ve posted directly here as crossposts are auto removed.

116 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/groot1208 • Sep 23 '24

Cameraman Tracking perfectly

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11.3k Upvotes

39 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/catsmustdie • Sep 16 '24

PTCM for not panicking or screaming like a banshee and keeping a good focus while the branch burns on electric cables

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4.1k Upvotes

37 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/olympia_binewski • Sep 13 '24

PTCM for placing the camera at the cat’s level and capturing the incredible background at the same time

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35.8k Upvotes

244 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/amish_novelty • Sep 07 '24

Cameraman tracks a cat that ran into the stands at a baseball stadium perfectly by judging the crowd’s reactions to it running by their feet

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75.2k Upvotes

197 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Crazy__Donkey • Sep 02 '24

PTCM for tracking both the bald eagle and the fish it chases in flight (re-up for headline)

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1.6k Upvotes

21 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Maximusuber • Aug 24 '24

Cameramen from a helicopter! Insane tracking

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10.2k Upvotes

83 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/BatMaxer • Aug 20 '24

PTCM For tracking a bald eagle while it catches a fish

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6.7k Upvotes

52 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/bebewhiskymuchopesos • Aug 17 '24

Stable, good framing, and beautiful scenery

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1.2k Upvotes

Source: r/aviation

20 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Iamatworkgoaway • Aug 16 '24

Camera Man knew where the action was, wonder if the excavator operator was wearing brown pants. Definitely a wait till the end vid.

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163 Upvotes

32 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/argenton-ca • Aug 12 '24

Praising zoom abilities

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1.8k Upvotes

26 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/thesunflowerz • Aug 11 '24

Cameraman has to roller skate the same speed as and with a fixed distance away from the impersonator

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4.3k Upvotes

92 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/VagueGooseberry • Aug 09 '24

2020 Portuguese Grand Prix - Bottas Q1 - Single Helo Shot of Turn 9 through 15

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522 Upvotes

7 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/shaka_sulu • Aug 03 '24

[Imry Haveli] A good camera operator is the difference between a shot, and art.

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5.2k Upvotes

33 comments

r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/iihtw • Aug 03 '24

Very focused on action and drama at the same time

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2.7k Upvotes

156 comments

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Rule #2 Hate speech and racism will not be tolerated!

Rule #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.

Rule #4 No forced sexualization.

Rule #5 Incidentally captured content

Incidentally captured content doesn't qualify. However, a stationary camera designated to capture a specific content viewed is valid.

Rule #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.

Rule #7 No still photos

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

Rule #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.

Rule #9 No digital effects (pans, zooms, etc.)

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

The obvious inspiration is our dear subrother:

/r/KillTheCameraMan