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Don’t Get Blown Away

From: Mike Sellers, KPLC-TV I don’t have a windscreen for my lav, but a photog from KLFY showed me a trick once that works just as well, if not better. If your subject is wearing a shirt that has a button front (regular button-down or polo), clip the lav with Read More →

It Takes Two Buildings to Tango

From: Jim Robinson News Reporter / Photographer WLUC TV 6 (NBC) Escanaba, MI Want a creative way to make tall buildings really have personality? Get as close the building as you can, like 5 feet or less. Take your camera and point it straight up and down. Place the camera, Read More →

Water Cooler Talk

From: J.D Dworkin WPIX-11 NY Need a little bit of extra nat sound but your station doesn’t have good mic equipment? Try this trick and see what happens. Go to your nearest water cooler and take a few of those cone cups. Cut the cone tip off the bottom of Read More →

Build it Yourself

From: Terry Toller I have seen several posts asking how to add more lighting to outdoor shoots. Here is my answer… I purchased a set of three bookshelf lights at Home Depot. They are 12 volt lights and work fine with BP90s, Gelcells and even off of your car battery. Read More →

It’s a Jungle Out There

From: John DuMontelle, www.latincam.net How many times do we find ourselves shooting an interview in a situation where we don’t have access to electricity. All of a sudden we’re stuck with our camera light. Working in Nicaragua I end up having to shoot a lot of these interviews on remote Read More →

Shootin’ From the Hip

From: Kim Fatica Most of us wear the familiar Porta-Brace “saddle bags” around our waists, which we use for all our little gadgets like microphone stands, spare tapes, spare batteries, small cables, a lens cloth, gum, snacks; you name it, we have it. Those hip packs are also useful for Read More →

Keep It Smooth

From: From: Stephen Press, Cameragod How to do a smoother pan on a tripod on a long lens. Thinking back to my high school physics that secret to doing a smoother pan is all to do with levers. The panhandle sticking out at the back of the tripod head is Read More →