Archive | July, 2009
b-roll-oldtv

WIN by Creating a Commercial for b-roll.net

We have some prizes to give away, and we want to give them to YOU. The folks at ENGcage want to give you a FREE in-truck camera cage. ($850 value) But wait! There’s MORE! The folks at ProSource want to give you a FREE VOCAS MB-210 Matte Box. ($600 value) What would you give for [...]

Read more
p2cards

Why P2 Cards Eventually Die

Amanda Emily (photog, historian and technical genius) posted a brilliant explanation of P2 cards on her site, AmandaEmily.com. With the new E-Series P2 cards coming out, the question arose about why a P2 card “goes bad.” Amanda takes a stab at it, and explains it well with nice and simple charts and graphs. Think of [...]

Read more

Summer of Fire

We returned from our Kelowna deployment late Tuesday. Now we again find ourselves preparing Chopper 9 to go into yet another fire. Yes the fire season is firmly upon us. This time we are preparing to fly to the town of Lilooet British Columbia. A small…

Read more

Summer of Fire

We returned from our Kelowna deployment late Tuesday. Now we again find ourselves preparing Chopper 9 to go into yet another fire. Yes the fire season is firmly upon us. This time we are preparing to fly to the town of Lilooet British Columbia. A small…

Read more

If life was in bubble wrap

So many stories we cover, remain at arms length. A shroud of protection, usually in the form of a ‘could care less’ manner sweeps across them, allow us to go home at the end of our shifts and lead an ordinary life. But sometimes those stories that …

Read more

If life was in bubble wrap

So many stories we cover, remain at arms length. A shroud of protection, usually in the form of a ‘could care less’ manner sweeps across them, allow us to go home at the end of our shifts and lead an ordinary life. But sometimes those stories that …

Read more

We’re In!

Chopper 9 waits on the flightline with other helicopters at the Kelowna AirportThe call came shortly after 2PM. “Murman, standby to copy frequency and code information” The sound of the two-way startled me out of a daydream of happier times. I looked o…

Read more