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Kryptonite Not Included
Faster than a producer’s countdown! More powerful than a weatherman’s Corvette! Able to leap Clerk of Court countertops in a most ungraceful bound! “Look! In the conference room! It’s a Shooter! It’s a Hair-do! It’s … That Guy from the Other Station!…
Read More →A Nearly Pants-less Photog…
September 5, 1936 was the first day of the National Air Races in Los Angeles and Sam Greenwald of Paramount was one of the newsreel cameramen assigned to cover the race. Well an airplane crashed during the race and Sam swung his camera around to filmed it. But a Department of Commerce employee had other […]
Read More →Tips from a prize-winning solo video journalist
Working alone in the field can be a challenge, but it’s a challenge that Michelle Michael has mastered. Since 2003, she’s been shooting, writing and editing her own stories for the US Armed Forces Network. This year, she won the NPPA Solo Video Journalist of the Year award. What’s her advice to other one-man-bands? “If […]
Nashville Crew Turns Up the Heat with “Heat Seekers”
The last time I shot for Heat Seekers I was in Charleston, SC. This time the show was shooting right in my back yard. It was great to work the talent and crew again. It was like we never missed a beat. I spent three days working on this show. Each day we found ourselves […]
Read More →Signs of Light
Top Ten Signs You’re Using Too Many Lights on Your Live Shot…10.) Rival street gangs show up and declare a dance-off.9.) Talent begins experiencing college dorm era mushroom-induced flashback. (After all, college was THREE years ago!)8.) Grotesque s…
Read More →Signs of Light
Top Ten Signs You’re Using Too Many Lights on Your Live Shot…10.) Rival street gangs show up and declare a dance-off.9.) Talent begins experiencing college dorm era mushroom-induced flashback. (After all, college was THREE years ago!)8.) Grotesque s…
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