Recent content by Kevin Alexander

I left news a long time ago, and I can't even watch our local news anymore. All MMJ's, and what I've seen, I just can't watch. There are maybe 2 photogs left in our market. One is an old timer who trained me in 2001, the other works for another station and I used to see him in the field all the...

I left news ages ago and work in commercial production now. One recurring project I find personally fulfilling... We produce a couple of documentaries each year that are screened at a fundraiser for our medical school. Typically to raise awareness of our Level 1 Trauma Center. So... Instead of...

OK, here are some random shots from the last couple of years... First, I had a helicopter ridealong on Monday. We produce 2 documentaries each year for our medical school, typically highlighting the importance of our Level 1 Trauma Center. We film a reenactment of a medical transport from last...

Wow... So glad to get that email and see this forum come back to life. It was a HUGE part of my early career. It dawned on me when I logged in that I joined this forum 23 years ago when I was green. Very, very green. And now... Well, let's just say I've been around a minute and told some cool...

I HATE the word "content". Reminds me of something a reporter I knew once said, "It used to be called journalism. Then it became information. Now it's just content... it doesn't matter what it is so long as it gets on the air."

I love working in commercial production, but there is still one thing that I enjoy more than anything else... The rare occasion when I get to go out on my own for a few hours and get some b-roll of the city for some project we are working on. Anytime I can get out, just me and my camera and...

Nice. We have a DJI Mavic Pro that we use for our drone work, but honestly we don't fly it a lot. We actually use it more as a gimbal. We have a tray that the drone folds up and fits in, phone sits in the top of the tray, and it has handles on the sides. It makes for a pretty good gimbal. And...

Yeah, that's when I'm OK with them as well. We shoot interviews in 4K now. I'm not super concerned if going from a wide to tight framing has a bit of a jump cut. If it's really distracting then I won't use it. But I used to get super critical and want to make sure their facial expressions...

Good question... 1. The first and most obvious thing is that I'm no longer in news. I left a little over 10 years ago, and now work in commercial production. It took me a long time to get used to the stylistic differences between shooting news and shooting commercials... Actually directing...

I just looked at my profile, and saw that I joined in early 2002. Wow. I was less than 6 months into my first job... KTAL in Shreveport, LA. Where were you back then? Kevin Alexander

Nice. Really like the new layout.

I started at a new production house a few months ago and am still finding little quirks about our gear that need to be resolved. One of those... We have a Panasonic HPX500 with a KJ20x8.5B KRSD 2/3" lens, and I just noticed that the lens doesn't have any sort of UV protection filter on it. But...

I've recently encountered an issue with recording long interviews and am curious if anyone else has experienced the same. Shooting on a HPX-500, and only encounter the issue when an interview spans across multiple cards. Editing with Premiere, and when I import the file it won't stitch the files...

It's interesting to me how you can forget something for so long, and then something unexpectedly triggers a memory. One of my news friends, Arthur Nerio, posted this morning about a story he covered during the holidays a few years back. And I immediately remembered one I covered that I will...

Hey everyone... A few months ago I shared a short documentary I produced on the rare genetic disease I have, PKU. (www.youtube.com/creativecontrolfilms) Wanted to give you a quick update in case any of you are interested... I don't know if any of you have heard of Patient Power... They produce...