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White House Press Pool Describes Staging of Still Photos
From: Al Tompkins, Poynter It seems the staging of still photos has raised an ethical discussion. “The White House continues to debate whether to release photos showing Osama bin Laden’s body. In theory, the photos would be proof to any doubters that the terrorist is dead. But not all photos Read More →
NAB 2011 in Video
Welcome to the home of b-roll.net VIDEO from NAB 2011. As available, we’ll have clips from the show floor and maybe even the BASH. We’re playing with the new Vimeo iphone app, so lets see how fast I can get stuff online. Post your questions here or in the b-roll.net Read More →
We’ve arrived at NAB 2011
The advantage of being stuck on east coast time is you can wake up before the sunrises in Pacific time and not feel as much pain. I’m sitting in my makeshift office at the Vdara hotel getting ready to hit the NAB floor (gorgeous view, by the way). Lots of Read More →
16X9 Inc to Sponsor the b-roll.net BASH
We’re less than a week away and the party on Monday’s getting even better. The creative product guys over at 16×9,Inc are sponsoring the b-roll.net BASH on April, 11, 2011. In their bag of tricks will be a few new products to test out. You know we like to play Read More →
Retro b-roll.net
Hulu.com ran an April Fools Joke with a retro look at what their site MIGHT look like back in 1996 – complete with the dial-up modem when you view a clip. Some of the flashing text and “Best Viewed in Netscape Navigator” are jokes that only web design geeks like Read More →
Dilbert Nails TV News Photogs
Unlike when our profession is portrayed in a TV show, this seems to hit the nail on the head. Dilbert has us perfectly… except for the ugly blue shirt. Thanks to Richard Adkins for the heads up…
Read More →The Age of Mediocrity
Peter Shankman, in an op-ed for Mashable.com, discusses the rise of Rebecca Black in the age of YouTube. As this falls in with discussions about production quality, I felt this quote summed things up well. Welcome to the age of mediocrity, where anyone with a computer, a video camera, and Read More →