» The Disclaimer Revisited – An Opportunity for Employer Brand and Personal Brand to Coexist and Prosper
03/17/10 3:16 PM from Verge New Media
The Employee Blogger – Manage the Risk and Reap Reward I wrote my very first blog post here three years ago, nearly to the day. In 2005, I had an awakening to just how disruptive the empowered social web was to my industry, and ultimately my job. So rather than just sticking my head in the sand, and hoping all of you would stop using the interwebs and start being better TV citizens, I d..
» Nixon in China in Pictures.
03/16/10 2:30 PM from beFrank
It was a great experience and I have to thank Andreas Mitisek and the Long Beach Opera for allowing me to photograph behind the scenes of one of their recent rehearsals. Now, that being said, the person I owe the biggest thanks to is my favorite flautist, Teri Christian (aka FlutePrayer, who writes the blog, FlutePrayer ). I met Teri and her husband, Bob, through blogging and I\'ve gotten to enjoy ..
» A Little Broasted Side.
03/15/10 1:43 PM from beFrank
Our story was all about the coming boom in 3D entertainment technology. I was working with Dave Malkoff (who should really consider spelling his name M-a-l-k-o-v because that would be totally retro mad scientist sci-fi). We started in Burbank, shot an interview and b-roll for the piece, then drove over to the Burbank entertainment center to look for a good liveshot spot. We couldn\'t ..
» Beckmann Crew Parties at Universal – Mardi Gras Style
03/15/10 10:03 AM from Go To Team HD Video Crews
The party in the streets begins! For the past 6 months, Go To Team’s Orlando-based DP/Partner, Dan Beckmann has been capturing all the highlights of Universal Orlando Resort for their EPK (Electronic Press Kit). Shooting in HD with the Panasonic Varicam, and the HDX 900, Beckmann and cameraman Dan Lowrey, put the finishing touches on the EPK by spending the evening at Universal Orlando Reso..
» Where I\'ve Been.
03/14/10 3:33 PM from beFrank
It\'s not an excuse for not posting (Come on, Blogging is never having to say, I\'m sorry!), but truthfully, it\'s been a difficult couple of weeks for me. You know, sometimes the postings are slow because I don\'t have much to say. Sometimes they\'re slow because nothing much interesting is happening. Sometimes they\'re slow because I\'m dealing with things that don\'t leave me a lot of space to co..
» Creating Video for the Web – Examples, Strategies, and Pitfalls
03/12/10 3:21 PM from Verge New Media
This is my livelihood I come from a tradition where creating video requires expertise. The web has changed that, both for traditional media and emerging, evolving media. Now that we\'re all brands and we are all the media, McLuhan\'s “the medium is the message” rings true more than ever before. In simpler times, when web video pioneers like Casey McKinnon , Zadi Diaz , Steve Garfield ..
» Orlando Camera Crew shoots documentary short in Africa: Video Blog
03/11/10 10:00 AM from Go To Team HD Video Crews
Video Clip // Over 50+ hours of airtime, shooting in places the UN can’t even travel to, and two weeks of only rice and beans… Sounds like a job for Go To Team! Orlando based crew Dan Lowrey took an amazing trip to Akot, Sudan where he spent two weeks filming a health clinic run by a organization called Mustard Seed International. Dan experienced some of the most remote villages in Af..
» Converting from .asf…
03/10/10 7:56 AM from VideoJournalism
fileinfo.com is turning out to be a wonderful resource. A month or so ago I bought a couple of Aiptek isdv2.4 video cameras – very low end little plastic cameras. The price was right (about $70 each) plus I wanted to see how well they would work or not work with the older eMacs and iMovie 6 my students use. They were kept on the back shelf until this past week when the rush of project deadl..
» Hale to Pay
03/08/10 11:31 PM from Viewfinder BLUES
Whatever you do, don\'t turn your head... he\'s watching us. Who? Him! Dude with the toothpick; the one who looks like he\'s ready to rip somebody\'s lips off. I don\'t trust him. He seems kinda ... foreign. On second thought, I DO know him: He\'s Keith Hale , El Ocho\'s Chief Photojournalist and one of my many bosses. Thirteen years ago this British ex-pat took a downtrodden photog out for cobbler. We ..
» Another Sad Day
03/08/10 10:19 PM from beFrank
I wish this wasn\'t a part of my day. I\'m running SNG for the Orange County bureau at the Amber Dubois memorial. Monsters do exist in our world. Stories like this happen and I know it\'s true. Posted via email from beFrank\'s posterous
» Daddy and Eliza\'s Hip Hop Show
03/08/10 7:43 PM from little lost robot
Just messing around on the webcam at my computer. We have lots of little shows recorded so far.
» Orlando Video Crew shoots Harry Potter Contest live for the Today Show
03/08/10 10:10 AM from Go To Team HD Video Crews
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will soon open at Universal Orlando Resort, and if you meet the qualifications, you could be there for the grand opening! The Today Show's \"Be Extraordinary\" contest Field monitor showing Hogwarts - live for NBC's Today Show Shooting in HD on the Panasonic HVX 900, Orlando DP/Partner Dan Beckmann , spent the morning “going live” with NBCR..
» Primary sourcing knocks down rumors
03/08/10 9:19 AM from Advancing the Story
Exclusive! the headline screamed: “ U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts considering stepping down .” The story was posted around mid-day last Thursday on the gossip site Radar Online, owned by the National Enquirer. It said Roberts might step aside for personal reasons and could announce his decision at any time. While other sites, including the Huffington Post and the Drudg..
» Forced Perspective
03/07/10 10:57 PM from Viewfinder BLUES
I was gonna unload... drop a pile of bile so vile even innocent pedestrians would smell the funk I\'d fallen into. How else was I to explain my absence from this space other than to detail the vagaries of the chase? See, carrying a camera around everywhere I go has left me draggin\' glass. Maybe it\'s the dirty weather, the dying gear or all the chicanery I framed of late. Whatever it is, the rub of..
» Looking it up…
03/07/10 6:01 PM from VideoJournalism
As usual I was looking words up in my Random House Dictionary (unabridged, 1966) when I realized that the book was forty-four years old and might not contain certain everyday words from the current year…such as “google” (the noun or the verb). Took a peak – and yeah – no “internet.” A “computer” was a mechanical machine used for calculating pa..