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The Richard W. Adkins Collection
In the midst of asking for writers, I dug into the b-roll.net archives. I found many classics that haven’t seen the light of day in a while. They may be a little dusty, but they’re still worth something.
Before there was such a thing as a “blog,” a chief photographer from WRAL-TV was the first to [...]
Richard’s Rules of Travel
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Let’s face it, no matter what we say, we all got in this business for just one reason. It’s a cool job! And there is nothing cooler than traveling on the company budget. But before you pack the camera gear and cash the travel check, I’ve got a few [...]
The Mind of Meikle
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
In a not so quiet neighborhood, in a not so ordinary house, not so far from the TV tower farm, Robert Meikle is a not so average guy.
“Welcome to the laboratory!” Meikle jokes, or rather half jokes…
OK, he’s really not joking at all.
“At least I’m not losing my marbles,” [...]
ABOVE The call of duty
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC
It’s just before dawn. A breeze is blowing from the south and even though the sky is dark, you can tell the clouds are weaving a blanket high above.
“It makes for an interesting sunrise,” figures Gil Hollingsworth as he snakes up the spiral staircase to the roof. The steel [...]
The Good Ol’ Days
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Remember the Good Ol’ Days? No, not the days of film, I mean the other good Ol’ days. The days when you and I and most other mid-life TV ‘togs showed up bright eyed and high spirited for our first News Photographer job. Boy, those were the days!
There is [...]
My Flight Through Floyd
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
I love what I do. I love it on many levels. And one of the reasons I love it is because things are never the way you think they will be.
I headed in for work on Wednesday thinking I was bound for the barrier islands.
Floyd was predicted to hit [...]
Two kinds of Smuckers
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC
I learned a lot about my coworkers last week or maybe I learned nothing. But one thing is for sure, I have a new perspective on some of them. You see, last week was my week on Lighthouse duty.
Way back in February the News Director called me in to [...]
HDTV: The shape of things to come
From: Richard W. Adkins, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Television News Photographers are a peculiar breed. Often they are portrayed in movies or TV shows as blue jeans and t-shirt wearing college dropouts with a bizarre need to see dead bodies. Or sometimes Hollywood likes to make them out to be mind-numb shooters who don’t know news until [...]
What Do You Want?
From: Richard W Adkins, WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC
What do you want in a Chief Photographer? I try to be the type of Chief Photographer I would want to work with. But at times I just don’t understand what people expect out of me.
Here is what one photographer wrote, I want to learn more!
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“Wednesday, during our weekly [...]
“real” JOB LISTINGS
OK, if I were to write a job description for a photog opening, what should it say? I see from the JOBS section of b-roll.net that everyone writes a different ad. Some say “Clean driving record” others want “able to carry 60 pounds of TV gear” still others are looking for some undefined “NPPA Style”. [...]
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