photog blogs
Shooter Sites
Chicago Crew goes big in Texas for Xtreme Water Parks
I recently got a really fun assignment to work for our friends at High Noon at one of America’s best water parks! The only catch was, the water park was in Galveston, Texas an hour south of Houston. So I boarded a plane with my Canon C300 in hand and several cases of gear in […]
Read More →Shooting better interviews as a solo journalist
Mitch Pittman hates excuses. Think a multimedia journalist can’t do the job as well as a two-person crew? Baloney, says Pittman, and he’s out to prove it. Take the common complaint that people interviewed by solo journalists’ face the same screen direction. That’s because most MMJs are afraid of standing on the “blind” side of the …
Continue reading ‘Shooting better interviews as a solo journalist’ »
Read More →DC Crew: Keepin’ it reel
Normally, these posts begin with your ambiguous traveling tag line, “I packed up my *insert expensive piece of equipment* and hit the road to *insert exotic location*”. Well, I’ve been everywhere, man…on the east coast. Or at least it feels like it. Boston to Orlando and everything in between. The past 3 months, GTTDC has […]
Read More →Nashville Crew Lands in Memphis with the Mississippi Delta Blues
GTT’s Nashville Crew was dispatched to Memphis for an Unsung episode devoted to music legend Ike Turner, who is the creator of what is widely recognized as the first rock & roll song: “Rocket 88.” Whereas interviews were shot in Memphis, the shoot included a trip to Ike’s hometown (and birthplace of the Blues) of […]
Read More →Avoid the pack
When you’re just starting out as a TV journalist, one of the hardest things to do when you’re on assignment is to strike out on your own. If you hang around with the other reporters, the thinking goes, you’ll learn from what they do and you won’t miss the big story. Or will you? Matt …
Continue reading ‘Avoid the pack’ »
Read More →NYC Crew Gets Extreme @ The Water Park
GTT NYC recently slid over to Action Park in Vernon, NJ to feature the park on an episode on Extreme Water Park. The park is the source of many urban legends back in the 80′s for having some down right dangerous attractions. The safety has been upped since, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t still have extreme rides. Using […]
Read More →NYC crew Gets Schooled On Hoops With Stephen A
While the rest of the country is prepping for college and pro football, GTT’s NYC crew recently sat down with Stephen A Smith to talk basketball. Smith is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to knowing everything from Dr. J, Magic Johnson, the greatest college rivalries, the rise of Michael Jordan, and so on. […]
Read More →