Kevin

How to Setup, Light, & Shoot Great Looking Interviews

From: Kevin Johnson Training DVD 60 minutes Retail: $40.00 vortexmedia.com You can’t teach an old dog new tricks… or so they say. Even though career wise, I’m not an “old dog” (more like a mid-life crisis dog), I’ve been doing this enough that I feel like I have my bag Read More →

Cruisin’ with the Windows Down

From: Mark VanDike Chief Photog, WMBB News 13, Panama City, FL Here in Florida with hurricanes and torrential rain, our reporters would have problems coming out of the rainy weather into an air conditioned building. As every photog knows the tape will humidify, and when one starts to edit, the Read More →

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

From: Peter Warren CSC, Freelance Videographer, Ottawa, Canada Here is a great trick for shooting in tight spaces. How many times have you shot some one working on a computer that is right up against the wall. It makes it very difficult to get a face shot. To solve this, Read More →

Pen Tape Dispenser

From: Zach Love, WLFI Lafayette, IN In an effort to save space in my gear bag I take an old pen and slowly wrap gaffer tape around the pen in loops until I get to about a 2″ diameter. I find if I ever need some tape quickly it is Read More →

Lend Me Some Shade

From: Francis J Juarez Everybody talks about the cold weather, gloves, cold, cold, cold… I film a documentary on Israel, the temperature at 2pm was around 115 and there is no Shadow any where. The cameras start malfunctioning, LCD start melting, so here is my FREE and USEFUL tip: A Read More →

Saran Wrap It

From: Dave Oglevie, Seattle While doing the dishes the other evening I came across an odd piece of semi-clear plastic with a springy wrap that my wife was using to cover a bowl of leftovers. I have always carried a disposable shower cap (taken from various hotels) as a cheap Read More →

Plug It In

From: Mike Venable, Chief Photographer, WLFL How many times have you gone into an old house or office and could not find a plug in? Especially a plug in with 3 holes (1-for the ground). My solution, I went to Home Depot and bought a “light bulb fixture” screw in Read More →