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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 [...]

From Dustin Farrell of Crew West, an amazingly dedicated shoot of HDR images from a Canon 5D2 DSLR. Absolutely fantastic! See Dustin’s Vimeo page here…

The heat can get to you down there in Texas – and it appears that long, drawn out school board meeting can affect you as well. El Paso Photog, “Little Joe” Najera, decided to contribute to the internet “planking” meme and shared his shots. I’m sure he’s not the only one, so feel free to [...]

I’ve attempted group video chats in the past, but I haven’t found a good multi-camera system. Google+ may be the answer. Add me to your circle and we’ll attempt a hangout on Thursday night 8pm ET. I may have some invites, so let me know if you need one.

The Leatherman or Gerber Multi-tool is a mainstay of the TV News Photographer. Who knows when your going to need to tighten some camera screws, strip some wires or open a bottle of wine. These heavy duty “swiss-army knives” are the perfect all-purpose tool. Gerber is about to release the Gerber Steady, a multi-tool with [...]