September 2009
SNL DP Uses Canon 5d and 7d for Open
From: Philip Bloom According to Alex Buono, DP for SNL, the new show open for Saturday Night Live was shot on the Canon 5d and 7d. In addition, some of the commercials and shorts normally shot on film were accomplished with the dSLRs. Normally these segments would be shot on Read More →
CNN Highlights War Photog’s Career
Back in the late 90’s, I was fortunate enough to travel overseas to places like Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Persian Gulf. On a number of these brief trips we would run into crews from CNN and other networks. We’d sit in a hotel bar – after a days shoot – Read More →
Photog Documents Battle with Cancer
We are all storytellers after all. Michael Levine, a South Florida based shooter and active member of the b-roll.net family, shares advice and great wisdom with “b-rollers” around the world as A Step Above Productions. It seems that now the advice he’s sharing is how to be incredibly strong in Read More →
What RTNDA Focus Groups Hate about TV News
From: RTNDA Communicator RTNDA Chairman, Stacey Woelfel; Poynter Online Guru, Al Tompkins; and talented photographer, Lynn French, among others, posed questions to a focus group of TV news viewers and discovered a few things they like and hate about us. Some of their reactions are completely predictable, but you’ll find Read More →
Mike Leyland
Pioneering Australian documentary filmmaker and one half of the Leyland Brothers, Mike Leyland, has died aged 68 from Parkinson’s disease-related complications.The Leyland Brothers rose to fame as explorers and documentary filmmakers, best known for th…
Read More →Mike Leyland
Pioneering Australian documentary filmmaker and one half of the Leyland Brothers, Mike Leyland, has died aged 68 from Parkinson’s disease-related complications.The Leyland Brothers rose to fame as explorers and documentary filmmakers, best known for th…
Read More →NPPA to Produce Virtual Video Workshop
From: NPPA With the Virtual Video Workshop coming up this Saturday, I wanted to re-run this story for July… — The Virtual Video Workshop is coming to a computer near you. At last, a video workshop you can attend in your pajamas. This exciting new approach to providing a workshop Read More →