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Gotta love the GoPro. The little baby camera is everywhere. Just seems to fit everywhere and give your beautiful images of life. The new CBS morning show did a piece on the “inventor” of the little waterproof camera. A fun story with some good ideas of ways to use it in your next story. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7397975n&tag=hdr%3Bcnav

A nicely padded package recently showed up on my doorstep. Upon cracking into it, I found a signed copy of a snazzy looking paperback book titled, Shooter in the Crosshairs. Then my eye moved down the cover to see the author… Rick Portier. You may no Mr. Portier by his street name, Turdpolisher. Rick’s been [...]

For the past 4 years, it has been my honor to host some of the world’s best TV news clips at http://b-roll.net/tv. Back in 2007 we began the b-roll.net AWARDS and with an innovative online voting system, we changed the way photog video contests are judged. The democratic voice of all “b-rollers,” selected amazing stories [...]

Stephen Colbert has a brilliant take on the trend of “Citizen Journalist.” I wanna be a ME reporter. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Stephen Colbert’s me Reporters www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive

By: Rick Portier I hadn’t seen Tim in six months. It was at a graduation party. As always, he was loud and brash, and after making enough small-talk about the kids, football, and politics, I looked for an opening to ditch him. It’s not like we were fishing buddies or anything. We bought a house [...]

Check it out on the b-roll.net FORUM. Other videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqH_cqB7uQs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq-rSjNCFoo Lenslinger – SCHMUCK ALERT!

Three years ago, I was blown away by a short “fashion” video by New York Times photographer, Vincent Laforet. One of the first videos shot with a DSLR, it made the Canon 5D Mark II a legendary camera and changed the direction of a number of photographer’s careers. Amazing clarity, color and depth of field [...]