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WBIR-TV ND Fights Camera Restrictions at Presser
From: Poynter.org Al Tompkins takes a look at a News Director who stands up for his right to shoot a presser. When Lane Kiffin, the University of Tennessee football coach, was about to have a press conference to announce he was stepping down, unique restrictions were placed on TV cameras. Read More →
NC Photog Dies After Falling Down Airshaft
From: b-roll.net FORUM 27 year old, John Billingsley, a Photojournalist at News 13 (WLOS) in Ashville, NC, “died early this morning [1/17/2010] in Charlotte [,NC] after he fell into an air shaft at the Omni Hotel where he was a guest,” according to his station’s website. There are not a Read More →
VOTE NOW in the b-roll.net AWARDS
As of 12 noon ET today, voting for the 2009 b-roll.net AWARDS has begun. http://b-roll.net/go/vote/ Now it is YOUR turn to be the judge. Go to http://b-roll.net/tv and click on the b-roll.net AWARDS tab to see all of the categories and entries. As long as you’re logged in with you Read More →
TV Crews Cover Haiti
From: The Washington Post “Technology has made the job of covering remote disasters somewhat easier… Some TV reporters carried laptop-size satellite transmitters called BGANs, which enabled them to send near broadcast-quality video from the streets. But some reporters had to improvise, using car batteries to power cameras and microphones.” What, Read More →
Ion Audio Creates “2-Faced” Video Camera
From: Uncrate Ion Audio plans to release the Ion Twin Video in Q2 of 2010. This little “wonder-cam” shoots and records from 2 cameras on opposite sides. That way, you can shoot the all important “action – re-action” with one camera. The target audience is YouTube, but I see this Read More →
Former Photog Becomes KCTV News Director
Congratulations to Blaise Labbe, who was just named News Director at KCTV in Kansas City. According to the KCTV website, Labbe used to be ND at KWTV in Oklahoma City and will be starting in Kansas City in February. Granted, Labbe is not the first photog turned ND, but I Read More →
Tom Guilmette Reviews the Kessler CineSlider
Boston based DP, Tom Guilmette, is passionate about cool motion picture toys. He’s been a pioneer in working with DOF adapter, DSLRs for video and time-lapse shooting. He also does a great job reviewing the equipment he finds. In his latest review, I’d swear I was watching Les Stroud of Read More →