» Celebs Come Out for Valentines Day
Feb 09, 2010 5:28 AM from beFrank
We didn\'t get a chance to talk to most of the bigger stars from the cast of Gary Marshall\'s new movie. That didn\'t bother me. What was kind of frustrating was the way they all kind of just stood around during the red carpet arrivals. Hey, weren\'t they supposed to be promoting the movie by doing inte..
» So Easy A Caveman Can Do It....
Feb 09, 2010 0:48 AM from TVPhotogBlog
I took this picture at the Orlando Magic game Monday night.I didn\'t notice until I got back and loaded it on my computer but the title of this blog-post immediately came to mind.
» PotholePalooza
Feb 08, 2010 8:42 PM from Viewfinder BLUES
Our nation\'s leaders may be up to their rhetoric in freshly fallen snow - but here in the Piedmont, we\'re moving on. You know what that means: Pothole Watch. Seems those jagged gaps in the blacktop are of towering import these days, what with the Superbowl over. Actually the smotherage of said pave..
» I Heart Premieres.
Feb 08, 2010 7:51 PM from beFrank
Covering the Valentines Day movie premiere in Hollywood. Woo-hoo! Bring on the celebs. Posted via email from beFrank\'s posterous
» Beckmann Crew in Miami for All Star Challenge
Feb 08, 2010 8:20 AM from Go To Team HD Video Crews
Orlando DP/Partner, Dan Beckmann , and cameraman, Dan Lowrey, hit the road to Miami for the Mercedes-Benz College Football All-Star Challenge! Dan Lowrey helps light the set The event – a skills and drills competition between college football’s top players entering the NFL Draft – was s..
» JLOP -vs- Westwood
Feb 07, 2010 10:40 AM from beFrank
Helloooo? Where is everybody? I just wanted to take a few shots of buildings and streets after the rain, but I have to admit I expected the rain to have stopped by the time I got off work on Friday night. It was still pouring off and on after I got back to the station. My attitude? Everybody who isn..
» Don\'t Play in the Rain.
Feb 07, 2010 9:25 AM from beFrank
You can ask me, but I don\'t really know what we were doing in the rain on Friday night. Reporter Rita Garcia and I were sent out to find a weather related story to tell. Basically, go talk to people in the rain. Sure. I can do that. Heck, there are probably worse ways to make a liv..
» Cue the Duck Carl Edwards Drops By Our Live Shot
Feb 06, 2010 0:44 AM from TVPhotogBlog
While we were setting up for our Friday Night NASCAR special for the end of our 10 o\'clock newscast, Sports Photojournalist Kevin Wrenn, Sports Anchor Danny Harnden and I all whipped our heads around when a new(ish) Ford pickup came quickly rolling up to our live shot location in the infield of the ..
» Rita Ready for Rain
Feb 05, 2010 8:13 PM from beFrank
My reporter seems kind of loopy about her boots tonight. I\'m hoping we get a mud story. Posted via email from beFrank\'s posterous
» Upon Reflection...
Feb 04, 2010 8:52 PM from Viewfinder BLUES
Youthful exuberance: it\'s powered more local live shots than an acre of camera batteries. I should know; I entered this business young, dumb and full of enthusiasm. Why just being near the antiquated gadgets that populated my first TV station electrified me -- and that was with out sticking my tong..
» NEW iPhone Golden Hour App
Feb 04, 2010 10:50 AM from b-roll.net TODAY
Here in DC, days are finally getting longer. At least long enough to prevent the need for changing gels from daylight to tungsten between the 5 and 6pm live shots. It\'s nice to think it\'s only going to get better (until the Summer Solstice). It\'s always helpful to know when you\'re going to need gel..
» Go To Team’s Atlanta Video Crew at the CDC
Feb 04, 2010 9:05 AM from Go To Team HD Video Crews
Atlanta based Director of Photography Tom Wells was contracted by the dLife network to cover a story involving the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, GA. The dLife network consists of a TV program, web portal, mobile and an emerging healthcare services division that aims to inform and connect ..
» Our Man in Miami
Feb 03, 2010 2:33 PM from Viewfinder BLUES
While I wade through week old snow here in the Piedmont, \'Colonel\' Ken Corn is sticking his toes into the sands of South Beach. Okay, so mostly the Charlotte photog is stuck in a sat truck; one of the many mobile newsrooms currently camped out around Miami. Seems there\'s some sort of religious even..
» KGTV\'s Joe Little Shows How to Be a OMB
Feb 03, 2010 10:13 AM from b-roll.net TODAY
From: b-roll.net FORUM You have to hand it to Joe Little . His one-man-band (or “Digital Correspondent”) stories make it look easy – and strangely, a little fun. He\'s mastered creative shooting and editing to the point that you can\'t tell he\'s doing it all himself. His latest vid..
» International Civil Rights Center and Museum Grand Opening
Feb 02, 2010 10:07 PM from TVPhotogBlog
It was 11:30 Sunday night when I came to the grand realization that I had to crawl out of bed in just 3 and a half hours!The Live Shots started at 5AM, I needed to be there by 4:15 and I had to make the otherwise 30 minute drive to downtown Greensboro over 2 day old Ice and Snow on this 15 degree mo..
» Chad Wins an Emmy
Feb 02, 2010 10:00 PM from TVPhotogBlog
My buddy at FOX 8, general assignment reporter Chad Tucker, won an Emmy Award at the MidSouth Emmy Award Ceremony this past Saturday night in Nashville.The Emmy was for a story in the category of General Assignment Report - 24 Hours, for his story about the last day of classes at Nancy Reynolds Scho..
» In a Good Press Room
Feb 02, 2010 2:15 PM from beFrank
It was a long day at work running the satellite uplink truck for the CBS Newspath at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. I think most people, when they read that will only focus in on \"Grammy Awards\" and tend to picture me hanging out on the red carpet talking to celebs. Sometimes that is true. It wasn\'t t..
» We Are the World
Feb 02, 2010 0:27 AM from beFrank
Hanging out in the press room. -- Sent from my BlackBerry Posted via email from beFrank\'s posterous
» The Perfect Swarm
Feb 01, 2010 8:16 PM from Viewfinder BLUES
Whew! Here I was wondering how I was gonna describe what it was like to cover the opening of the International Civil Rights Museum and damn if I didn\'t capture the feeling in a single frame. How\'d that happen? Oh yeah, I clubbed an old lady in the face to protect my portion of the swarm. Okay, not ..
» For Sale - Used Snowmobile - $200
Feb 01, 2010 3:40 PM from TVPhotogBlog
The title of this blogpost represents an actual Craigslist Ad that Ron Osborne acted on a few years back. He bought the used Snowmobile from a man who couldn\'t get it to run...and couldn\'t find anyone to work on it down here in these southern states.I caught up with Mr. Osborne as he put the machine..