Recent content by woodsiecam

don't worry, not as boring as the title suggests... instead of letting this ministry of molasses slowly drown me in it's catatonic cocktail (and that's enough alliteration for tonight), I had some fun with one of the more energetic members of the council... [b-rollTV]2463[/b-rollTV]

alrighty kids, let the brainstorming begin... looking for more tricks on how to juice up a video-poor and soundless (except for the reporter) pkg. *ESPECIALLY* WHEN ON TIGHT DEADLINE! I'm not talking about a two day edit here... more like an hour or less. Here's something we tossed together a...

I've probably done a dozen of these walking stories. Luckily this one had a decent character. But I'm looking for new ideas/tricks/etc on how to shoot a creative story on someone "walking for the cure". [b-rollTV]1192[/b-rollTV] Critiques on the story itself also welcome.

For midwest stations... How does your newsroom handle storm chase days? Do you have teams? Web cams in the car? Does your newsroom trust you? For instance, if you know you need to leave early to get in position before the storms build, does your news director/producer/desk allow you the...

When you MN guys get off work, let us know any updates... --------------------------------- BC-Minnesota Bridge Collapse,0127 URGENT Freeway bridge collapses into Mississippi River during rush hour in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A freeway bridge spanning the Mississippi River...

Everyone OK? After the wedge that went through Greensburg on Friday, I heard there were at least two more wedge tornadoes that hit central Kansas on Saturday, as well as one that hit Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Use your best judgement out there. Don't let the desk put you in a bad position with...

Read in another post that the Sony XDcams get around 2 hrs continuous run-time with Dionic batteries. How long do they get with Hytrons? We get our XDcams in a few weeks, and I'm thinking about trading in 2 Dionics for a Hytron. This would leave me with 1 Hytron and 1 Dionic. To all XDcam...

Heard from friends at KCCI in Des Moines that one of their photogs has been in a serious accident on the way into work. Was ejected from the vehicle and has serious injuries to the head and torso. I'm gonna withhold the name until its 100% confirmed who it is. Sounds like they'll live, but...

Hey, I know there have already been posts on this topic, but I am having trouble finding them... Question is about the Sony XD Cam. We'll be getting these in a few months. For those of you who use this camera - How is it to use straight out of the box? What settings did you need to change...

apologies in advance if there's another thread dealing with this topic, but my search turned up nothing... Looking for stores/websites/people who are good to deal with when buying used gear (mainly cameras)... I live in the midwest, but am willing to travel in order to buy from someone with a...

the last update was 1st Quarter results in October of 2005. how long does it take to judge and decide on the 2005 2nd Quarter National winners? or are they waiting until the rest of 2005 is in?