Michael Chow Media

Michael Chow Media Long Island Video Production, Photography and Digital Media Services. Studio and Equipment Rentals in Cinematographer and Photographer from New York.

08/26/2026

For legal reasons, I’m a photographer 😅📸

A family pilgrimage to the temple of excess. Behold the 21-page manuscript they call a menu. My children, still small, s...
08/02/2026

A family pilgrimage to the temple of excess. Behold the 21-page manuscript they call a menu. My children, still small, studied it with the quiet reverence of scholars, as if they already understood what most spend a lifetime searching for.

Renewing my subscription another year.
07/29/2026

Renewing my subscription another year.

07/28/2026

Been testing AI video generation a lot lately and seeing how far we can push it. Still not quite there yet but impressive how much better it’s getting.

06/26/2026

The niche is whatever you need it to be. Real estate, fitness, restaurants, products — different industries, same standard. Every week looks different and that’s exactly how we like it.

If your brand needs content that actually works, let’s talk.

Nice day to take flight over Northport harbor 👨🏼‍✈️
06/25/2026

Nice day to take flight over Northport harbor 👨🏼‍✈️

This is my church.High ceilings, perfectly controlled light, a space that just opens up and says anything is possible he...
06/08/2026

This is my church.

High ceilings, perfectly controlled light, a space that just opens up and says anything is possible here. 18 years in and I still feel it the moment I walk into a setup like this. This is what I was built for. Not just the gear, not just the technical stuff — the feeling of being completely in your element, doing the thing you were put on this earth to do. I don’t take a single second of it for granted.

This is what it looks like when someone actually loves what they do. Imagine what that brings to your project.

06/04/2026

3 things that separate a good on-camera interview from a great one.

🎥 Start rolling before you start. Small talk with the camera already running gets you their natural voice before they even realize you’re capturing. The best moments happen when people forget the camera’s on.

🗣️ Give them the topic, not the question. Tell them what you’re going to talk about — not the exact wording. They stay loose and conversational instead of rehearsed. The best soundbites sound spontaneous because they are.

👀 Direct their eyeline intentionally. Looking just off-lens at the interviewer reads far more natural than looking straight down the barrel. Small adjustment, huge difference on screen.

🎬 Bonus: shoot two angles (one wide, one tight). And add movement. A slider like a gives you that slow, steady push that makes talking-head footage feel cinematic. It’s a small addition to your setup that makes a massive difference in the final cut.

🤝 Bonus bonus: learn how to disarm your talent before you even hit record. Crack a joke, be human, make them feel like it’s just a conversation. Still working on this one myself, but when it clicks, everything else falls into place.

This was from a recent shoot at . Same principles, every client.

If your brand needs content that actually works, let’s talk.

05/31/2026

Come shoot with me at 🎥

Great space, incredible energy, and when the client feeds you wagyu bruschetta and dry aged short rib ragu between setups, it’s hard to call it work.

This is the part of the job I’ll never complain about. 🍽️

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05/07/2026

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