Shooting the Affordable Care Act rally in front of the State House in Boston today.
Meet the Collaborative Robots That Work With You
Playing with Rethink Robotics' collaborative industrial robots for Bloomberg TV.
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PillPack
Women's March, Boston
Shooting the Boston Women’s March for America. 150,000 + people attended in Boston!
It was exciting later looking for myself and folks I know in everyone else’s pictures online.
Pittsburgh
My version of traveling light. Today, for work in Pittsburgh.
A few years ago I spent several hours in the Pittsburgh airport waiting for a delayed flight. I passed the time taking several silly selfies, including one with this dapper fellow who is still right where I left him. Apparently George Washington is still waiting for his flight home.
The Church Brew Works were an excellent discovery.
Green Screens in 2017
A couple of green screen shoots started off 2017. The top shoot was the first of the year, on the 4th.
The shoot at the bottom was at the Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill, next to Massachusetts General Hospital. Sirens galore!
UPDATE: Patriots Day
The piece I did with Tim Estiloz on the Patriots Day red carpet premiere — which I discussed in my last blog post — is now online. Check it out!
Read MorePatriots Day
Covered the red carpet premiere of Patriots Day with entertainment reporter extraordinaire Tim Estiloz.
Read MoreSend in the drones...
A package I shot for Bloomberg on the use of drones for surveillance. The drone to drone footage was provided by the company, and there is a smattering of file footage of other corporations.
Read More30 Minutes
30 minutes to set up a two camera interview, and make it look good? No problem! 😳
I decided not to do the C-stands and boom arms thing this time, though I've done that in 30 minutes or less too. I just used the available light for the background (we blocked a couple of windows with sheets of cardboard that were in the room). It actually worked out pretty well with that white board.
Helen Grenier is in the yellow jacket. She’s a founder and CTO of Cyphy (the company we were doing the story about). She also cofounded i-Robot. She’s wicked smaht.
The woman in black is Bloomberg correspondent Carol Massar.
I had to light both of them. The C300 (main camera) was on Helen. The 5D mark iii was on Carol. We used the available light from some of the windows, and set up some lights for the subjects. The reporter had to be on the air at 2:00, so we had to get her on the road by 10:30 AM. She left on time.
Their CEO Lance Vanden Brook showed us some new drones they’re working on. We also shot B-roll in their labs.
I’ll try to get a link when it airs.
WONDERAMA!!!
I did a shoot with Donnie and Marie Osmond, and their nephew David for a kids' show called “Wonderama."
It's an old show, but I guess David is the new host. He was nice. He interviewed his aunt and uncle, and then they sang a song together that David had written. Donnie learned it with David just before we did the shoot. Say what you want about kitchiness, they were all consummate professionals and it was a pleasure to watch them work. Yeah you can quote me on that. :)
MacGyver-ing
Thanks to Tim at Rule who drilled and tapped an extra screw hole for my Edelkrone slider yesterday, just in time to shoot 8 interviews with it today!
For some reason Edelkrone only makes this model with one 3/8" hole in the bottom to mount it on your tripod. It sorely needs a second one (a 1/4" 20) so that it can hold the camera without coming loose from the torque caused by the weight of the camera.
MARATHON: The Patriots Day Bombing
If you have HBO, check out "MARATHON: The Patriots Day Bombing." A film I worked on with DP Austin de Besche, Susan Bryant, and Daniel Jacobs. It begins airing tonight! http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/marathon-the-patriots-day-bombing
My girlfriend, Nancy, and I saw the premiere at the Shubert here in Boston. I'm proud to have worked on it.
Ethics
Learning about the ethics of kidney exchanges and dwarf tossing (I'm not making that up) at Harvard Business School.
Yo-Yo Ma
At the New England Conservatory with Productive Media recording Yo-Yo Ma give a master class to cellists.
Accordion
Sometimes it takes a little effort to get the best angle on an accordion player. :-)
Multiple
Spend the day doing multiple two camera interviews with soundperson extraordinaire, Susan Bryant. :-)
I bought this monitor because its the sharpest one I know (plus its an OLED and very pretty). I needed one I could judge focus on when shooting wide open on primes. It's worked out nicely, as you can see.
Busy Week!
Normally, August is pretty slow in the Boston area, but I was kept pretty busy this week.
Read MorePitch
I did check where he stepped before I choose my position.