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Calling “Old Timers”
Cyndy Green, through her blog, VideoJournalism, is looking for shooters who have been doing this job for a while. You could be an historical figure in the textbook of our profession. “Calling all old-timers! My plan was to write a chapter on the history of TV news photogs for my Read More →
Sony SR1 – No Good in “Zero G”
From: New York Times via Gizmodo Something to consider on your next shoot in microgravity, avoid hard drive cameras. According to David Pogue of the New York Times, the Sony SR1 didn’t fair well in the famous vomit comet ride. Matt Harding, famous internet dancer from Where The Hell Is Read More →
How to Upload to b-roll.net TV
b-roll.net TV is an exciting resource. It allows you to quickly and easily upload your video and share it with our audience of video professionals. Here is a your basic cheat sheet for uploading your video to b-roll.net TV. Step 1) Edit your clip in your choice of editor and Read More →
Zacuto’s Great Camera Shootout ’08
Zacuto’s Great Camera Shootout ’08 from Steve Weiss, Zacuto USA on Vimeo. When DP Joe Stunzi came to Chicago to test all of the new HD cameras on the market against each other, he initially had hopes of making a short video using the new Canon 5D Mark II. However, Read More →
WUSA Moves to One-Person Crews
From: Washington Post By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 12, 2008; Page C01 The march of technology and the shrinking economy are beginning to take a toll on the traditional means of television news-gathering: the TV news crew. Under a new agreement reached this week with its Read More →
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 Read More →
Let’s Go Camping
From: David Dahlquist, Freelance News Photographer San Juan Capistrano, CA I was covering a three day breast cancer walk last month and we were on location 24/7 for all three days. While shooting interviews with some of the volunteers at night in small dome tents. I needed to light the Read More →