Over at Mike Jones’ Blog he has posted what I would deem a warranted scathing commentary on how the vast majority of video shooters equate the size of their cameras to be an indicator of the quality of their content.

And this is especially prevalent with the news videographer detractors who so righteously pontificate about how you have to have a shoulder mount camera and multiperson production crew to cover any form of news “correctly”

Freelancers are especially hard pressed financially due to the fact that we have to foot the bill for our own gear. Shooting video isn’t cheap – but it can be done for less than spin doctoring ad wizards would have the market believe.

Covering the recent Obama rally, I was able to observe those mainstream news media shooters strutting around with their expensive shoulder mount cameras and tripods – only to see them capturing the same boring shots time after time with hair and teeth reporters. No engagement with supporters, only what their gear would allow them to do given the size and weight.

I’ve felt much along the same lines as Mike.

I’ll let you read his posting in detail but I want to quote Mike’s closing statement which I feel is especially important to those freelance solo vj’s who feel as though they aren’t being taken seriously due to the very notion of camera size.

“Sometimes I find it hard to think beyond the idea that there’s a whole lot of filmmakers in the world with small-penis syndrome – those who feel their professional manhood so under threat they need to draw a hard and arbitrary line in the sand to make themselves feel secure as big-dicked professionals….”

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