photog blogs
Shooter Sites
Eyes Without a Face
Sure, they look relaxed, but at the first sight of their quarry these mild-mannered camera handlers will pounce, forming a tight knot of glass around whatever felon, suspect or superstar is deemed newsworthy that day. On this day, it was none other tha…
Read More →Eyes Without a Face
Sure, they look relaxed, but at the first sight of their quarry these mild-mannered camera handlers will pounce, forming a tight knot of glass around whatever felon, suspect or superstar is deemed newsworthy that day. On this day, it was none other tha…
Read More →…and so it began…
Back in the beginning it appears newreel cameramen evolved from newspaper still guys…later moving into a new medium (TV). They are converging again (on the Internet).
Always wondered where the scuffle between brothers began.
(Thanks Amanda Emily…
A sassiety photog bites back
Newsreel and still photographers generally got along quite well out in the field – especially since many newsreelers in the early days started out as still photogs. However, there was the occasional print reporter who liked to stir up trouble with the newsreelers… On July 5, 1931, an article was published in the Chicago Tribune […]
Read More →Shreveport, LA
It wasn’t a vacation.My mother was experiencing some health issues that were not seeming to get better. In fact, quite the opposite. Her health seemed to be getting worse.That’s why I spent the better part of this week visiting my folks in …
Read More →Shreveport, LA
It wasn’t a vacation.My mother was experiencing some health issues that were not seeming to get better. In fact, quite the opposite. Her health seemed to be getting worse.That’s why I spent the better part of this week visiting my folks in …
Read More →North to Alaska and assignement desk editors
One surviving story that William Hudson of Pathe News shot is footage of Sir Hubert Wilkins 1926 flights into the Arctic. Hudson ended up covering the story since Pathe assignment editors in New York wasn’t too thrilled with Wilkins’ choice of a freelance cameraman to go with and sent the Seattle-based Hudson along with Wilkins […]
Read More →