I have a real issue with this whole mind set of DSLR’s/Shallow DOF perspective that has been flooding this profession for the past several months.

As a continuation from part one, next is the plain talk recommendations for a shotgun mic – the microphone that sits atop your camera while shooting.  I”m not going to discuss the technical aspects of the different kinds of pickup patterns, the various jargon/lingo associated with audio.  You can find that information here – instead [...]

Among my interest in shooting video in the zen like Solo VJ paradigm, I also research quite a bit on the idea of paring down ones possessions as a means of reducing ones clutter, simplifying your life if you will. One area that I’ve taken an interest in is in the realm of what solo [...]

On Friday, May 9th, I was fortunate enough to have been given access to cover the rally for Senator Obama held here in Eugene, Oregon as a solo video journalist. Needless to say, I hadn’t been through a trial by fire like that in many years – reminded me of my daysas an unpaid intern [...]

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 [...]