Archive for August, 2008
Prepping for Gustav
With Hurricane Gustav on the horizon, many shooters are getting in position to cover the storm. It’s been a few years since I covered a hurricane, and I can’t say that I miss them. One of my more illustrious storm was Hurricane Dennis almost 9 years to the day in 1999. The story of my [...]
Blocking the Media?
“Comrades, WE OWN THE MEDIA NOW !”
That’s how the colorado indymedia blog begins an entry from last week.
Basically protesters in both Denver and Minneapolis are being taught how to block out the transmission of sat trucks in attendance. You should read the blog for more information, but they want you to sandwich layers of aluminum [...]
b-roll.net in NPPA’s News Photographer
Seth Gitner, the Multimedia Editor for The Roanoke Times in Virginia, and a columnist for NPPA’s News Photographer Magazine, has just published an article about b-roll.net.
The column delves into the future of our craft, as we, both video and print photographers, migrate to the web. It’s not just what we produce, but how we interact [...]
The Ultimate Merging of Stills and Video
From Gizmodo.com
Ok, this isn’t practical for news production by any means, but it’s still cool technology.
Basically, some very smart people at the University of Washington, are experimenting with using high-quality still images to improved the resolution, contrast and dynamic range of poor quality video.
Even more amazing is how easily a moving images can be patched [...]
Narrow “Focus” Minded
When I was a kid, I discovered my mother’s Yashica Twin Reflex camera in the attic. I had no film for it, but it was still the coolest toy. The lens projected a moving image on its huge focus screen, and the image had a special quality that made it look like film. Before VCR’s [...]
Camera Hiking
This almost makes me want to go hiking…
Petrol introduces the Broadcast Trailer Professional Backpack – a rugged new camera carrier especially designed to transport full-size broadcast cameras like the Sony F900R and Panasonic AG-HPX500.
Ideal for traveling or hiking into hard to reach locations, the Broadcast Trailer is ergonomically equipped with padded shoulder straps and adjustable [...]
Amazing Video from Georgia Fighting
These are some extremely brave crews who definitely know the rule “KEEP ROLLING.”
Mal James with Fox News
Keep tabs on Mal James in his blog - Unholyland News
Reporter Grazed by Bullet during Live Shot
Turkish News Crew Shot
My hats off to all of the crews putting themselves in danger to tell the story.
Stay safe everyone.
Inventor of the Rewind Dies
From: Gizmodo.com
“Bert Praetorius wasn’t a famous inventor, but many of you will recognize and appreciate his contributions to a simple function we’ve all used at some time or another—rewinding.”
Seems kinda obvious, but someone had to figure it out.
Apple Shows Us How to Edit for News
Joe Torelli, the man who literally wrote the book on how to edit news and sports on Final Cut Pro, has put together a 1 hour video to complement the book.
Being that I’m a visual guy, who doesn’t like to read (that should be obvious by my writing), this is a much faster [...]
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