There’s way too frustration in my life right now. I’m taking a deep breath and really trying to not let any of my relatively minor problems get in the way of me sharing some words and pictures. So, the big news is that I may or may not be leaving thi…

Robert F. “Bob” Donahue of Pathe News appearing in a 1941 Camel cigarettes advertisement cartoon. (image is clickable to view a larger readable size)

I teamed up with ESPN again last week to shoot some live hits for the NASCAR Now show. I met our live truck and talent Andy Petree at Andy’s shop in Huntersville NC.  I quickly evaluated the lighting options and began setting up. The shop had lots of windows so I went with my Kinos’s […]

Chicago hosted this year’s Ryder Cup.  I headed north, armed with a HDX 900 and Nano Flash.  I love working in Chicago.  Oh hey, by the way, did you know we have a Chicago cameraman now?  Well, now you know.  He was there too working for Mercedes.  Focus, Roggg, focus. I was there for three […]

Ever wonder what it’s like to be an ‘Executive Chef’? Me neither, but when the suits insisted that I find out, I ran from the newsroom before they could changed their minds. After all, they could have said ‘Toenail Curator’,  or ‘Llama Jockey’ or …

Ever wonder what it’s like to be an ‘Executive Chef’? Me neither, but when the suits insisted that I find out, I ran from the newsroom before they could changed their minds. After all, they could have said ‘Toenail Curator’,  or ‘Llama Jockey’ or …

Below is an article published in the July 1933 edition of International Photographer of an interview with a television engineer and his thoughts of the nascent industry and what it’s future means for the motion picture industry (especially the newsreels). Twenty years later, most newsreel cameramen would be filming for […]