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Grimace Imminent…
Forget that More You Know crap, I need a PSA Campaign that’ll hit touch TV news shooters in a way they won’t forget… Enter Lenslinger Emeritus Ron Johnson, who (almost) went out of his way to get an important message out. You know, Roid-Raging Rent-A…
Read More →“Knight of the Tripod”
Selection from a larger 1933 article written by an Earl Theisen in which he is waxing poetic about the news cameraman. Of course Mr. Theisen neglected to mention that those photogs he lauded spent more of their time either getting to their story location or just plain waiting around on subjects than actual shooting… “…An […]
Read More →You’ve got a great big responsibility
Who says journalism ethics is all seriousness and no light? Not the folks at Columbia University’s SPJ chapter, who somehow managed to turn the Society of Professional Journalists ethics code into a song. The title: “You’ve got a great big responsibility.” My favorite lyric: Sometimes you won’t be popular Some folks will get annoyed But […]
Read More →Jean-Noël’s date with destiny
In early 1912, Pathé Weekly newsreel cameraman Jean-Noël Malachard was reassigned from Paris to Canada to run the Canadian branch of the still rather newish newsreel as well as first to head for New York to film the arrival of the passenger liner S. S. France. En-route to his new position, the twenty-six year old […]
Read More →A New Hope?
Sure, I’M crustier than that slice of bread you left in the toaster last month, but there is hope for the photog nation. Proof: JD Angel. (JD Angel? Didn’t they open for Whitesnake in ’89?) With his youthful exuberance and authoritative lanyards, this …
Read More →A New Hope?
Sure, I’M crustier than that slice of bread you left in the toaster last month, but there is hope for the photog nation. Proof: JD Angel. (JD Angel? Didn’t they open for Whitesnake in ’89?) With his youthful exuberance and authoritative lanyards, this …
Read More →Charlotte Crew Shoots for American Honda Motors, Inc.
We love corporate shoots, so you can imagine our excitement to shoot with American Honda Motors, Inc. Our goal was to shoot an interview with the Director of Waste Management for Hendrick Automotive Group. My audio op and I spent a few minutes scouting the inside of the facility and before we knew it, the […]
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