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So in an effort to help jumpstart all the hard work that was done by Kevin I thought I’d throw out a bunch of photos from some work this year. It’s slowed down for sure up north here in Canada but my American and international clients have been good to fill the gap a bit. Here’s a few...

I’m sure this took a lot of time and effort. I hope that we can get it back to the useful and engaging resource it was. Thanks for doing this Kevin. Keep well.

https://www.intersportnet.com AKA Intersport. Anyone worked for them before? Waiting for payment, and getting the usual sound of crickets. Seems they can't return a email. It was all sunshine and roses before and during the shoot, "we will process you with in two weeks". Just curious...

Looking for anyone who has had the pleasure of shooting in Argentina. I'm doing the usual research via google, the local embassy here in Canada, but would like to hear from anyone who has been down the road before. I'm heading there in March of 2016. It's a freelance gig, not news. Fly...

As I spend part of my day today sending out over due notices, I began wondering about moving to a credit card system and taking payment at the end of the day. I'm sure we can spend hours telling stories about not getting paid on time, but I'm hoping to hear from anyone who has moved in this...

I've been asked to look in to using Skype for getting the odd clip. Its a case of my reporter saw it somewhere else and wants to be able to do the same. Anyone out there doing it? I have a mac fcp setup and skype, but short of just shooting the screen and taking the audio in from the laptop...

Anyone shot one? Hope to do the one in July that will occur over Asia and was wandering if anyone has shot one before and might share some info. Will have the #14 wielders glass, but as I understand with the digital world we are in there isn't a need to worry about wrecking your camera if it...

So was working away on a nice little feature using my Sony XD 355. I swapped disks, and got the following error. "Read err". Powered on and off, changed batteries, not many options left being "digital" and all. I'm assuming it is the laser and it can't read the disk. When I power up without a...

Anyone in New York Looking for work.... China State Media is look for some people.... http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/17/content_7996756.htm Xinhua News Agency (North America) Seeks Native English Reporters and Writers Xinhua News Agency (North America), based in New York...

Well I'm just about ready to take off on a new gig. I along with correspondent Ben O'Hara, we are opening a new bureau for Global National in Beijing China. It is the last of 4 that they have started. Have my visa, my ticket and a stack of new gear. Leaving the Great White North, (along with my...

Canadian Journalist released in Afghanistan. CBC Reporter Melissa Fung, released after being held for 4 weeks. Full story http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/11/08/journalist-released.html

For you XD users... Wondering what deck you would pick for travel when equipped with a Sony HD XD 355? Looks like it will be my new camera and the powers that be "forgot" that I would need a deck. What are some of the road warriors out there traveling with? Thanks, acton

If anyone has recent experience working at any of the major network's China Bureau's could they send me a private message. I'm looking at a possible job in Beijing and would like to get a little insight as to how different Networks run their operations and what the relationship with the local is...

Got this off CBC's web site... http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/08/22/soldier-killed.html Two Canadian soldiers and an interpreter were killed Wednesday after an intense battle in southern Afghanistan. The incident also injured a journalist from Radio-Canada, as well as a third soldier...

Happy 4th of July America. Hope you all get the day off, or are getting double time if your not. acton

Anyone ever do setups for the lens files for HDX/SDX cameras? Was looking through the Goodman's Guide, it doesn't look that hard. What kind of difference does it make for you? Can you actually see it? I use 2 different SDXs and an HDX with 4 lenses that get moved around from camera to camera...

Anyone other than me in Germany for the G8? Acton

How have the new formats changed your work flow? Do you come back from a shoot and hand off your cards/disk? Do you handle the ingest yourself? How is the stuff logged? What does the company do about archiving? How many disks do you have/carry? What are people taking into the field? Card...

Alright fellow b-rollers I'm hitting the road to Kandahar Afghanistan tomorrow morning. I wrapped up a one week Hazardous Environment training course with Centurion today. Well worth the cost. It's been a while since I've been on an assignment like this one, (Haiti during the 95 election). So...

http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/index.html Scroll down to "Handler grabs reporter" on the left side of the page. About as exciting as a Canadian election gets. Acton