November 2009
Would you Purchase a b-roll.net Fleece?
I’m pondering putting in an order for these b-roll.net embroidered fleeces. They’d be $25 plus $4 for domestic shipping – or $29. 6oz micro-fleece in black with the b-roll.net logo on your left. If I get enough interest – I’ll place an order – and they’ll be ready in time Read More →
Les Baker Reviews the Kata OMB-75
From: Les Baker As professional video equipment gets smaller and smaller, it seems like we’re carrying around a lot more of it. Tapes are out, cards and disks are in. BNCs and XLRs are working in conjunction with USBs and firewires. The laptop is competing with the sat truck. Big Read More →
The Water Tower Bounce
There’s not a TV Photographer out there who hasn’t positioned a Live truck knowing it’s only going to tune in to a certain recieve site….and then with a deadline approaching, the engineer back at the shop says those 5 dreaded words…"Another truck is on that site", followed by, "Let’s try the other sites"Yeah…that happened to me today. I needed a certain neighborhood for my Live shot and I
Read More →The Water Tower Bounce
There’s not a TV Photographer out there who hasn’t positioned a Live truck knowing it’s only going to tune in to a certain recieve site….and then with a deadline approaching, the engineer back at the shop says those 5 dreaded words…"Another truck is on that site", followed by, "Let’s try the other sites"Yeah…that happened to me today. I needed a certain neighborhood for my Live shot and I
Read More →Film Looks at Trauma Behind the Lens
Mike Walter, a DC based reporter has covered all types of TV news stories, but the Pentagon on 9/11/01 changed the way he looked at it all. His latest work, Breaking News, Breaking Down, is a film that looks into how covering tragedy doesn’t prevent us from being affected by Read More →
Win a b-roll.net T-Shirt using Twitter
I’ve got a couple of our latest b-roll.net PERFORMANCE T-SHIRTS that I want to give away. Why not do a contest on Twitter? For a chance to win, simply follow b-roll.net on TWITTER and re-post the following “tweet.” “I follow http://b-roll.net – THE source for TV, Video, Shooting and Editing Read More →
Post Daylight Saving Help with the Golden Hour Calculator
Now that folks here in the States have switched back to Standard Time (away from Daylight Saving Time) is time to readjust your evening live shot lighting. Amanda Emily has created a beautiful interface that she’s shared with us – the b-roll.net Golden Hour Calculator. They system figures out where Read More →