Recent content by grinner

Have you noticed this? You can turn a bad day or situation into comedy pretty easily if ya grab your camera and just go with it. Such was the case when I threw a rod in the ole Cruisin' Vessel: http://www.b-roll.net/tv/view_video.php?viewkey=3421ff4066020e2d89ee :rolleyes: What would make some...

We've all vented here about clients in some way or another. In all fairness, I'd like to compliment my new favorite client. Dude came to me a month ago. He was talking about his theory of how the pyramids were built, wants to do four docuemntaries about it but wants to kick it off with a sizzle...

I will be shooting between Mozambique and Meputo for a couple of weeks. I wondering about electricty. Are there places to utilize A plugs at all? Do you just travel with C adapters? I'm thinking about going this route and just bringing a boat load of pre-charged batteries. If you have...

I'm a lucky man. Often hearing other guys vent about that old battle axe of a mother-in-law of theirs, I've never had a reason to vent. She's placed me on a pedestal since the day we met. She started showing signs of Alzheimer's about ten years ago. In the early stages, I delt with it by giving...

So like, I come into the studio just before 4am only to find a dead APC int he edit suite. bummer. I little rearranging of some cables and I'm up and going at a snail's pace. I head back out to the van and grab a case of bottled water. As I wrestle with a my card getting back in the building, I...

It seems I can post more than 2 times every 1200 minutes. What's up with that? I also can't add a signature. Is this just due to the red beans the fussy few gave me?

Havin' a lot of supercell activity tonight. I was shooting lighting when my fully charged battery died. I threw in my charged spare and it was DOA. This is the first time I've seen this. Any simular experiences?

maaan, I've been enjoying this place the past couple of days. Everyone here rocks and today, my daughter is my assistant. Lovin' it: http://grinnerhester.com/NewDigs.html

Surely we all got into video cuz it's fun. I think sometimes we can forget that in our daily grind. This project had not other motive than to have a great freakin' time. My two favorite lil freelancers and I went out in the boonies and they directed a fun short that should have been free to...

this edit suite into this wagon? why yes. yes you can. :rolleyes:

...the camera. Capable of preserving a moment to treasure forever. I'm a lucky man. I had a heads up that my Dad was about to venture to the next life so I sat him down for 20 questions and a lifetime of stories: http://vimeo.com/9456566 golden. This is why I love video so much. I've dinged the...

Obviously we all work in video because we absolutely love it. Many of us do very different things though and many of us love very different things about what we do. So lay it on us... what's your favorite part of your job?

Budweiser is debuting Kasey Kahne's Pit Stop spot during the race today. I got to make the behind the scenes piece for it and hope it brings appreciation to the spot when you see it: http://www.b-roll.net/tv/view_video.php?viewkey=6fffbeb2d39ab038d1cd&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

I'm kind of stoked about this move. A production company downtown has a very artsy building, a little too much space, and lots of overflow work. They've asked me to move in with em at a price I just can't beat. The company is not consuming mine and it's not a partnership... just a sub lease deal...

so like, I was on a chroma key shoot in Chicago yesterday. My cheap stands that hold my green screen are only six feet tall but it's never really been a problem. I'm close enough with my clients that I can work around it, have em sit, or even ask em to bend their knees but still stand straight...