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What Doesn’t IKEA Sell?
From: Phil Fraboni, E.N.G. Camera / Editor — CHtv Hamilton, ON aka HamCam I came across this lamp dimmer while doing a "Get your closets organized" story at IKEA. It could be used nicely to dim a table lamp that we all love to set in the background of our Read More →
Trapper Keeper Rules!
From: Jeff Cools Here’s a great way to safe some time with your light gels. I cut them down to approx 9×12 and punched holes in the one side using a paper hole punch. Then I gathered them all together and put them in a school binder. I seperated the Read More →
Don’t Get Blown Away
From: Mike Sellers, KPLC-TV I don’t have a windscreen for my lav, but a photog from KLFY showed me a trick once that works just as well, if not better. If your subject is wearing a shirt that has a button front (regular button-down or polo), clip the lav with Read More →
It Takes Two Buildings to Tango
From: Jim Robinson News Reporter / Photographer WLUC TV 6 (NBC) Escanaba, MI Want a creative way to make tall buildings really have personality? Get as close the building as you can, like 5 feet or less. Take your camera and point it straight up and down. Place the camera, Read More →
Water Cooler Talk
From: J.D Dworkin WPIX-11 NY Need a little bit of extra nat sound but your station doesn’t have good mic equipment? Try this trick and see what happens. Go to your nearest water cooler and take a few of those cone cups. Cut the cone tip off the bottom of Read More →
It’s a Jungle Out There
From: John DuMontelle, www.latincam.net How many times do we find ourselves shooting an interview in a situation where we don’t have access to electricity. All of a sudden we’re stuck with our camera light. Working in Nicaragua I end up having to shoot a lot of these interviews on remote Read More →
Shootin’ From the Hip
From: Kim Fatica Most of us wear the familiar Porta-Brace “saddle bags” around our waists, which we use for all our little gadgets like microphone stands, spare tapes, spare batteries, small cables, a lens cloth, gum, snacks; you name it, we have it. Those hip packs are also useful for Read More →