tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97135292012-01-24T21:36:24.152-05:00TVPhotogBlog will discuss anything related to TV Photography, TV News and random other things on or about TV.Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.comBlogger4671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-90310962967605742162012-01-24T21:36:00.001-05:002012-01-24T21:36:24.158-05:00

A whole new generation of cameramen are prepping to take over in a few short years.

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How do you know if your video camera is male or female?  Well, mine has two nuts!

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I can't believe it's been a year since I posted to the blog. Twitter and Facebook have hijacked my social media time. I promise, I'll get it going again. I really should. Since I last posted I've covered the Daytona 500, Hurricane Irene and the 9/11 10th anniversary from Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was a fun 2011 and I'm hoping the same for 2012.

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As a photojournalist I put my self into situations where I may get hurt. That comes with the job. From flying in stunt planes to hanging off the back of a car to get the low angle tire through themud puddle shots...not to mention those side of the interstate Live Shots or that sliding on the ice stuff I pulled off a few weeks ago. But the silliness that ensued today beats just about all I've

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Back in 2006 I was lucky enough to be the local TV Pool Photographer when President George W. Bush came to Greensboro. (Read about it HERE) That ranks up there as one of the coolest things I've ever done. I rode in a van in the motorcade following the leader of the free world from event to event, standing just feet from him in some instances to capture the moments on video. On Monday I was

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As a news photog deadline approaches faster than a runaway train in a Hollywood Blockbuster and when you add a Live Shot to it you may as well fast forward to the end of the movie. Our Live Shot Location was farther from the truck than I had extension cords (or time) to run, and my on camera light was convienently not with me in the live truck so in a flash of - WTF do I do now - I zip tied a

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I't been a while - too long.  Twitter, Facebook and work in general have kept me away...but I'm back. You may know that we just went HiDef. The pictures here are Sheeka and I on her second and my first HD Live Shot after the transistion. We are now shooting, editing and broadcasting news in HD.  We've been shooting and editing HD for a few months now but on Sept 12th our new set went online

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While we traversed the floor of NAB 2010 in Las Vegas last week we were able to catch up with several industry movers and shakers as it relates to the future of the News Photographer. Stewart "Lenslinger" Pittman conducted interviews with B-Roll.net founder Kevin Johnson, KSHB News Director Peggy Phillip, Poynter Institute Media Trainer Al Tompkins, Veteran Network News Cameraman Les Rose and

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You may think this is some fancy pants operation....Stewart, Rick, Adam and me running around Las Vegas pretending to know what we're doing....well...we know what we're doing but how we're doing it is nothing short of piecemeal. From Adam's consumer JVC HD Camcorder to my $25 Radio Shack adapter cable we're carry far fewer dollars worth of equipment than during our 9 to 5 routine. But we

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With all the hype of NAB 2010 and social media and cameras that will upload in a nanosecond - according to some and depending on speed - I am happy to report Stewart "Lenslinger" Pittman, Rick "Turdpolisher" Portier and Adam "Newshawk" Krolfifer and I hit the floor the Las Vegas Convention Center and will soon have lots of media files to share with you. Because we shot most of our video on a

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All I have to say is - DITTO! From Viewfinder Blues at http://www.lenslinger.com/ ---- ======================================================== After an election cycle, a couple of tornadoes and more b-block masterpieces than you can shake a tripod at, Team 'Slinger is about to take on Vegas. Our mission: pierce the very heart of the world's largest electronic media show, all while collecting

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-76789916657085551422010-03-29T23:50:00.006-04:002010-03-30T00:53:44.673-04:00

Since I was a little boy I've been facinated, if not terrified, by tornadoes. As an 11 year old boy growing up in Goldsboro, NC the March 28, 1984 tornado outbreak was not only the largest tornado outbreak in the state's history, it was close by, leveling part of nearby Mt.Olive and leaving me with curiosity that I haven't outgrown.Growing up and working as a TV Photojournalist hasn't cured the

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Yes...this about sums up my life.Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere

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Remember that cat who stopped by our live truck when we were in Daytona? Well he opened up a can of worms today near the end of the Atlanta race.Carl Edwards took to heart NASCAR's proclamation that the drivers should take care of problems between themselves....and then he took the front bumper of his car to the rear of his rival Brad Keselowski.It started earlier in the race when Keselowski

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Who knew when we arrived at NASCAR Media Day on Thursday February 4 that we'd be talking to the Daytona 500 winner.Well duh, we did! We interviewed every driver in the place and even this girl who didn't run the 500 but 2 other races and dominated headlines even more than that blasted pothole.Our trip began with the Daytona 500 on Wednesday, February 5.Photojournalist Kevin Wrenn, Sports Anchor

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There's a lot of superstitions in NASCAR. Green Cars are bad luck. The number 13 is bad luck. Peanuts are bad luck.And so on and so forth.So I must pose this question. Am I bad luck?Take the following pictures as examples.Chrissy Wallace was making her first NASCAR Nationwide start at Daytona. Her Father, Uncle and Cousin were all in the race too so we thought that'd make a cool story. I

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The Racing on the High Banks of Daytona is well underway, the Daytona 500 is less than 2 days out and we've been covering every conceivable angle of motorsports we can think of.But it was Sunday when the paved oval just inland from the Atlantic was closed that I was able to trek deep into Volusia County and check out the action on the clay half mile oval.It's one of my favorite stories of the

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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.

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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 Daytona International Speedway between turns 1 and 2. I believe Kevin's exact words were 'What the

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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 morning.In just a few short hours, after 15 years of stop and go work the Internation Civil Rights

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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 School.The school was torn down after 86 years of operating and a communities long effort to save the

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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 through it's paces after our latest winter storm. And yes...I rode it...and it's FAST! Kinda

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Admittedly this is the best snow we've had around these parts in .... well... about a month...but as a season, this is the best snow we've had in YEARS. I jumped headlong into it this time...after being caught on vacation for the first storm. I jumped in the live truck at 4AM....drove around...gathered video...and from 7AM to 10AM I was live 4 times in our Weather Special. I got interviews

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I took a picture - and now it's making its way around the world.After we put it up on the web on Friday the LA Times picked it up for the Odd News section of their WebSite.This afternoon ABC News Called and wants it for their website.It all started when I was on the way out the door Friday on the way to a shoot and this lady met me at the bottom of the loading dock ramp. Denise Hamlin told me

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There's not a TV Photographer out there who hasn't positioned a Live truck knowing it's only going to tune in to a certain recieve site....and then with a deadline approaching, the engineer back at the shop says those 5 dreaded words..."Another truck is on that site", followed by, "Let's try the other sites"Yeah...that happened to me today. I needed a certain neighborhood for my Live shot and I

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When news broke Wednesday morning that 2 Winston-Salem Police Officers had been shot news crews from around the Triad Converged on the scene at Peter's Creek Parkway and at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where the injured officers were taken.That's where I first landed, with Shannon Smith taking the helm in front of the camera, delivering details, freshly gathered, trickling

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I accompanied our morning anchor Cindy Farmer to Winston-Salem on Wednesday to story that only comes along every so often.Well really, everytime an airshow comes along the PR machine spins up to give journalists a little airtime in exchange for a little, well, airtime.But as a photojournalist it's the luck of the draw to be chosen for the assignment. The assignment was to hop in a plane with no

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So the new Sandra Bullock Movie, "All About Steve", opens next week where she plays a woman obsessed over a network news cameraman.CNN did a story recently at the movie's red carpet premier and she says all TV Camer Guys are HOT!Embedded video from CNN Video

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Some Stories that we do are just special. Not because I shot good video. Not because I gathered great audio. Not because I wrote and edited the video and audio into a nice little package.No. Some stories just touch the heart in a special place. It's when you make that connection with the subject of the story.Today was the third time I've interviewed Evelyn Harris. Her son Josh was a Navy

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Although I spent my Tuesday afternoon at the Hickory Trails neighborhood murder I had other assignments the rest of the week and never had to go back for a follow up.This is the same neighborhood where a bullet came through a wall and hit a little girl just 5 days earlier....and the murder was just a short walk behind that apartment.This morning I saw an email with a link to a video. A city

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On the Flight Home from Vegas this week the Pilot warned of some storms we'd have to avoid.With my trusty GPS attached to the window I was following our flight across the country. When we got to about St. Louis the pilot throttled up and began to climb from our 36,000 feet cruising altitude.As I watched the numbers rise I wondered what it would be when we leveled out. It was what you see in the

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I have to tell you about the attendence record set at Southern Alamance High School this year.It's hard enough for any given student to put together a perfect year, attending school every day. Certainly more difficult to do it for more than one year.But imagine this. 13 straight years of perfect attendance from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.When Jeremy Vaughn finished 8th Grade at Southern

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When I arrived at work this morning I was ready to pick up Melissa Painter and head out on a trio of consumer stories scheduled across our day but when I saw our operations manager scurrying around the parking lot rumaging through newscars looking for spare equipment I knew something was up.He asked me if I could get my gear together because Chris Daughtry was on his way and I was the first

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Here's a short web-segment from WUSA-9 and USA today about the Travel Channel Academy in DC. Interesting the numbers that are thrown out...that only a small percentage of graduates produce video that the Travel Channel deem air worthy.They also talk about using your furlough time to go take the Academy. lol.

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Internet on an airplane at 39,000 is cool enough but The Today Show did a live shot through the internet connection...and it looks good. I've gotta figure out what equipment get's the camera's video/audio so cleanly into the laptop to send out over the net.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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On the way back from gathering the newest video and information about Sunday's Carthage Shootings, Nicole Ferguson and I were face with a challenge that many people face if they're anywhere on the road in the early afternoon....a school bus...and this school bus stopped 4 times...in a quarter mile. I was beginning to worry that we might not make it back to the station in time for our six o'clock

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You know, some stories are just plain fun to shoot. Take our consumer franchise 'Deal or Dud' for instance. This week's Deal or Dud - Strap Perfect was one of the more interesting...ahem...visually appealing.....and fun to shoot segments. Deal or Dud Lady, Melissa Painter and I started our shoot in our studio with Creative Services Producer Jeff Fabrizio as our "still photographer" so we could

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A Salt Lake City TV Station's satellite truck went for a wild ride when the driver hit a patch of black ice...Video Courtesy of KSL.com

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Remember Frankensticks?It's moved on to a new home.I now have Miller. Solo, that is.I carbon fiber beauty and I don't think it weighs but about 8 pounds.

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I had to go up to Martinsville Speedway on Tuesday for a Raybestos Brakes press conference about new brake parts the NASCAR guys will be using for the first time at Martinsville.As I arrived at the track I took my news truck around the track to get into the pits.But the best part was the ride along with NASCAR Rookie of the Year for 2008, Regan Smith. Smith took me out in the Toyota Camry pace

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Remember in the 80s when New Coke came out and people boycotted and clamored for 'The Real Thing'.Well the NCAA Tournament is coming to town again and they're bringing the 'Cover Up' with them. You know...they have to cover up any advertising in the arena, including all those Pepsi ads on the cupholders on all 10,000 some odd seats.Both my station and our CBS competitor brought the "New Cover Up

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In the part of the state where I grew up that's something that happens every summer on the sun baked fields of Eastern North Carolina.But now it's the title of a book and the subject of a 2 part series that I finished editing today and aired on our 10 o'clock news.Jennifer Thompson was brutally raped in her Burlington, NC home in July 1984. Through her recolection, a composite sketch and a

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Sometimes the backstory on a story is better than the story itself. The story I produced today is in the embed below. I think it's pretty good but how it came to be is pretty entertaining too.Friday our Web Producer Jason (@jerseyfreeze on Twitter) pitched a story about how people are using Social Networking to help find jobs for themselves. I was given the task of making this idea a TV story

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I never take as many pictures as I should, usually because I'm focused on shooting video of whatever it is that I should also take pictures of.Anyway, this was the backyard. My wife measured 5.5 inches of snow.After grabbing just enough video for the noon show I drove to the station.After a day of driving around, shooting video, writing and editing my story (see previous entry) I jumped back in

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I always try to get up a litle earlier than normal on a snow day to get a jump on the action. I got up today, warmed up the news car, got enough video for the noon news and drove in. I kind of figured the bosses would want a feature type of story from me today. As Lenslinger would attest, working primarily alone is the perfect way to steer clear of lead stories. (Not always - did this 2 weeks

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On my way back from Raleigh today in the heavy rain that has now turned to snow, I was listening to the NASCAR race from Sunny LasVegas when one of the PRN radio announcers who call NC home mentioned the impending winter weather. He jokingly called it "the Blizzard of 2009, that's what you call 2 inches of snow in North Carolina."To me, that was funny, if only because it's true. I'm from here,

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One of the more popular franchise series at my station is 'Made in North Carolina' Like the name implies the series highlights companies in North Carolina that make thing. Simple enough. Of course, for the better part of a year now we've been doing this segment weekly. I wonder how long we can keep this up...within a day's round trip too....maybe we should call it...made in the Greensboro/

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-14936473721674101862009-02-25T21:51:00.006-05:002009-02-25T22:49:37.296-05:00

I've always liked Hawks and other birds of prey so I became curious when Michael "the mangler" McQueen dropped a few random hints on Twitter about his secret project in Rockingham County. I was so curious I almost acted on it but I have been patient.Now that I've seen it...I must copy. Is that so bad? I mean...how's that old saying go..."Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."Here's

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-79388924684381603422009-02-04T23:49:00.002-05:002009-02-05T00:16:56.453-05:00

As far as our Deal or Dud segments go this one's pretty average but it's what aired today that I edited a couple of weeks ago.I shot another one today....have to edit a third on Thursday.Hopefully I can find some kind of mojo when I edit that one to put some magic back in 'em. I haven't had a kick ass Deal or Dud in a while.

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-15777818311375794012009-02-03T20:38:00.004-05:002009-02-03T22:39:24.332-05:00

Exotic Animals in the United States may soon be invited to go the way of the busted illegal immigrant....deportation.OK, so that's blowing it out of proportion but that's the gist of a bill (HR 669) that was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives.The 'Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act’ would give the Secretary of the Interior the authority to direct The United States Fish

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-53076284352214691492009-01-20T22:56:00.003-05:002009-01-20T23:20:21.939-05:00

It snowed today. I didn't take any pictures. Or Video. Instead I was planning to head to a local school and watch the kids watch Roberts and Obama mangle the constitution. Did I mention it snowed?With my wife's pictures proving that school was OUT it was time for plan B. At first, to get a feature on what Wednesday Newspaper front pages would be like. That story got moved to another crew

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-7138029495081551442009-01-15T23:59:00.003-05:002009-01-16T00:24:04.882-05:00

Anyone who wasn't glued to the TV for the coverage of the US Airway's water landing could possibly be classified as a little out of touch. I was in the newsroom watching it on 4 monitors and on the internet Twittering, Googling, and generally searching for information that my help our inner newsroom cause. But I'm like that when it comes to news. But as much as I pine for a good story I would

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-59299626740900317672009-01-09T00:23:00.000-05:002009-01-09T00:24:47.829-05:00

This looks fun...

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-41054482312966745642008-12-16T22:44:00.006-05:002008-12-16T23:16:57.950-05:00

Have you ever gotten bent out of shape when someone ask you what you're "filming"?I ask as I raise my hand in affirmation. Yes, and I almost hate to admit it. For the longest it has been correct to consider our actions to be "taping" our subjects since we were using videotape. (Saying we're are "videoing" something never has really been catchy. )So I have to ask, what should we call it now? From

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-26020731758225160392008-12-09T19:51:00.060-05:002008-12-09T21:43:59.246-05:00

Tonight the Arkansas Society of Professional Journalists held a debate between KATV's Choose Your News reporter Kristin Fisher and Newspaper Columnist John Brummet.The debate's origins are in Brummett's recent columns dismissing choose your news as a gimmick. Internet fury grew, the two exchanged online barbs, bloggers jabbed and finally Brummett relented and aggreed to meet with Fisher and

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-6897278693565557702008-12-08T23:57:00.004-05:002008-12-09T00:16:22.406-05:00

It's my job. Take the call at all times of the night...this time 0430 with 3 hours of sleep...and respond. Much like the firefighters and rescue personel you can often fine me at the scene of accidents with deadly consequences.This morning it was near High Rock lake where 2 young men perished when their speeding vehicle went out of control and ended up under water.Friends of the pair found the

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-15184013717815493082008-11-24T23:23:00.005-05:002008-11-25T00:13:55.672-05:00

When I won free tickets to the Transiberian Orchestra Concert I didn't even consider that it was on the same night as the 2008 Mid-South Emmy Nominations would be announced.And even as I walked into the Greensboro Coliseum this past Friday it didn't cross my mind to think about the impending announcment for which I had 4 entries.But as I sat looking around the coliseum at the seats, the ads and

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-21433772206047650362008-11-19T23:43:00.002-05:002008-11-19T23:53:24.291-05:00

All the News Crews at the Dan River Mills Implosion in Danville, VA Thursday must have been in contact and out of the way because even though one of the two smokestacks fell the wrong way...no one was injured.I almost drew this assignment but didn't. Too bad.In light of my last post(see below or click here)...maybe it's a good thing I didn't.Here's a couple of looks at the video...one with the

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-56693481717110801032008-11-17T22:43:00.003-05:002008-11-17T22:54:36.891-05:00

Danger - Danger - According to AT&T if we don't use their service we (news crews) could get blown to smithereens!OMG!Of course it's just one of AT&Ts new commercials with messages from the user's (other service)phone detailing how out of touch the phone's user is.It's funny!(We have Verizon!)

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-38363520064706676762008-11-13T01:56:00.010-05:002008-11-13T02:21:17.295-05:00

I wasn't at the scene the day Eastern Guilford High School burned down in November, 2006, but for days and weeks after the event I spent countless hours producing local TV stories about the building, the students, the communities that were affected by the one of the largest fires ever to burn in this state.After Eastern Guilford High School burned to the ground the school system had to get on the

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-78162316633443510032008-11-13T01:56:00.001-05:002008-11-13T01:56:34.440-05:00

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This is a must watch...It is a well put together, comprehensive look at the presidential election from the time the candidates started campaigning through Tuesday.Simple graphics, great photos, great video, compelling sound, poignent storytelling.The visuals (stills and moving) were compiled from a variety of sources over a long period of time. Interviews were conducted with voters in many states

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-92058182449620679852008-11-02T23:54:00.003-05:002008-11-03T00:14:50.014-05:00

Ah Autumn. The colors....Beautiful.So I set out Sunday afternoon to Pilot Mountain. Yeah, I know, it says Hanging Rock in the title. We got to Pilot Mountain and it was a 45 minute wait to drive to the parking lot at the top of the knobby rock. The hell with that. We spent the next 45 minutes driving to Hanging Rock.The 40 minutes after that we spent meandering the Hanging Rock trail for

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-85101923443785820702008-10-30T10:06:00.006-04:002008-10-31T00:29:16.086-04:00

I know kids will be kids but this is what happens when a kid's curiosity and a neighbor's angst over previously stolen political signs cross paths.WRAL Reported the story at this link. which is not embeddable but on YouTube already....(the video is cleaner on WRAL's site)

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When a VP Candidate comes to town, prepare to hurry up and wait.Not just us media either. Everyone involved tries to get in place as early as possible, deal with mandatory security sweeps and then sit around until the guest of honor is escorted in with the upmost in executive security.For those of us there covering the event for televised, web or even print (I guess)coverage there's really lot to

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-5215271449590738412008-10-16T23:14:00.001-04:002008-10-16T23:56:26.308-04:00

I got Sarah Palin duty today at Elon University in Elon. I can't and won't be partisan since I work for an FCC licenced house of unbiasedrepute. Really, we try to give everyone a fair shake. Let's just say we leave the leaning (left or right) to our cable cousins. (And do any of you ever agree 100 percent with a cousin, or even your Mom and Sister for that matter.)Anywho...I arrived at Elon

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-18885645402504406372008-09-30T22:51:00.005-04:002008-10-01T00:21:09.070-04:00

A reporter who I helped bring on board at WGHP in 2002 and worked with exclusively in the Davidson County Bureau until about 3 years ago, is leaving Fox 8.Caron Myers is leaving to go into the public sector as the Director of Community Services for the Alamance-Burlington(NC) School System.Lenslinger and I have both written funny stories about our outings with Caron over the 7 years she has been

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-53741342806511575902008-09-26T00:07:00.003-04:002008-09-26T00:27:27.154-04:00

I was answering some questions from a college student the other night about what sparked my interest in photography and it reminded me of a picture of me with my Uncle James. Uncle James had brought this new fangled video camera to town with it's umbilicaled recording deck. In the picture, there I am with hand on hip in my knew high striped tube socks, taking in all the 1984 technology hoping to

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-34220757406122657212008-09-02T23:30:00.002-04:002008-09-02T23:34:03.863-04:00

I've heard about it but never seen it...the long lost episode of Dirty Jobs in which the crew crashes a boat and sinks $100,000 worth of video equipment.I was wasn't expecting to see it tonight while watching the episode about gathering Alligator eggs...but when it came to that point in the show I knew instantly what it was and I sat up and paid attention.(watch to the end for a rundown of what

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-87379097381013156962008-08-28T00:19:00.003-04:002008-08-28T00:38:37.703-04:00

I spent most of this rain soaked, warning laced, former Tropical Storm Fay filled day, shooting consumer features on the outskirts of the metro area but when that was (not quite) done (but enough to call it a day) I was promtly dispatched to a swollen creek in Greensboro.Buffalo Creek was up to the bottom of the bridge and rescue workers were in the water when I arrived. 15 minutes 'til the top

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-56321526710102409582008-08-06T22:03:00.002-04:002008-08-06T22:07:39.820-04:00

It's been a while, but I've been on Vacation....and then busy back at work. I'll have a few new pix before long but first....Paris Hilton responds to John McCain's ad...with her own.See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-12780582274046660752008-07-13T20:41:00.003-04:002008-07-13T22:01:40.487-04:00

When I was the local pool Photog riding in a press van in the Presidential Motorcade in October 2006 I saw Tony Snow and thought, 'Cool, Tony Snow, now there's a man with his hand in the pocket of the world.'I didn't know too much about him, not that he graduated from Davidson College in 1977, that he worked at a newspaper in the very town I work, (the same town we were in when I popped this

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-47584167322150444012008-07-05T11:13:00.005-04:002008-07-05T11:36:12.891-04:00

It's become almost a tradition for me and my family now. We head down to High Rock Lake to see what I think is one of the best Fireworks shows in this part of North Carolina. In the past 3 years it's been and even better view for us because while everyone pushes and shoves for the best spot to park on the Highway 8 bridge or along other surrounding roads, my friend and coworker Caron Myers has

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-40486092094032045992008-06-18T00:23:00.003-04:002008-06-18T00:57:20.722-04:00

Between weeks on-call and taxiing my children to and fro I ride my motorcyle to get some down time...and lately to save gas. My 84 Honda gets 53 MPG while my 98 Expedition guzzles about 15 a mile so when I'm going somewhere by myself or with only one of the boys in tow, I opt for the open air ride.And with gas prices through the roof it's no surprise that every dad (and some moms) across America

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-40542651788390809542008-06-16T22:01:00.003-04:002008-06-16T22:13:26.230-04:00

It was one of those Thursday, you know a typical, week's almost over, I'll do whatever it takes to make it fly-by, kind of day. I took care of the Fresh Peaches with 20 shots and an interview at the Farmer's market in 30 minutes, a quick DayCare Fire from the day before was my next subject and to end the morning I began a search for a skyline shot of Greensboro that would clearly highlight the

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-13308511763428505122008-05-24T23:37:00.002-04:002008-05-24T23:45:16.783-04:00

Finally the long promised Spint/Nextel Digital conversion has brought us a new toy. The long sought after digital microwave COFDM transmitter is on the air. Ever since our test of a loaner a couple of years back I've been itching for this thing. So of course I had to test it. The event that we packaged was far over by 10 but the element of the police getting more patrols on the streets gave me

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-10932916010083591472008-05-19T22:41:00.003-04:002008-05-19T23:03:54.313-04:00

My Mom called yesterday with the bad news. My cousin Davy Weaver was killed in Afghanistan . He was my Dad's Brother's Son.According to a newspaper account his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device.I don't think I'd seen Davy since our Papa's funeral several years ago but I always think back of some of the time, although limited, we spent together growing up. One of my fondest memories

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-5832944504052998422008-05-14T22:56:00.003-04:002008-05-14T23:13:26.499-04:00

In one of those you should have been there moments...Melissa Painter and I were in the middle of shooting a well lit interview with 3 college girls in their dorm room of the sorority building at a prominent local university when this happened....(watch and then read the rest)

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-53311334131375919142008-05-09T17:33:00.008-04:002008-05-13T19:27:51.969-04:00

14 hours, 13 live shots, 3 packages, 4 looklives, 2 phoners, 40 oz of Vault(drinks like a soda...) and one small pack of donuts later I'm back at home running on empty after being up 33 hours with no sleep.And it's all just part of the job.As the storms built around the Piedmont last night all I could do is sit at home and watch along with everyone else in TV Land as my station spent prime time

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-19704509438419656692008-05-05T22:58:00.003-04:002008-05-05T23:48:40.700-04:00

I got the call early Sunday Morning that set in motion a one stop shoot that would last into very early Monday Morning.By the time Sunday evening rolled around and I arrived at Reidsville High School for Bill Clinton's 8th or 9th stop on the middle North Carolina Campaign trail for Hillary, several hundred of the fine citizens of Reidsville had spent the better part of their day in line to

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-60779037139764023692008-05-05T00:55:00.003-04:002008-05-05T00:58:30.221-04:00

Just got home from covering the last Bill Clinton speech of the day in Reidsville (that's an hour drive for me, one way). He arrived an hour (or so) late and spoke for another hour (or so).I took pictures...but that'll have to wait....It's 1AM.Here's a pic from the last Bill Visit...

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-38567515091033390472008-04-29T21:00:00.000-04:002008-04-29T22:07:10.305-04:00

Childbirth is a beautiful thing. I remember the days both of my children were born as clear as if it were yesterday. My boys are now 13 and 10 andi seems like they are growing up way too fast.In the picture above is Felesha and her infant son Joshua. Felesha is 13 years old and was only 12 when she got pregnant. I met Felesha and her 14 year old boyfriend Damian (below) about a week before

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-43618744524662254262008-04-29T00:58:00.002-04:002008-04-29T01:18:19.698-04:00

See that unnatural looking glob on my viewfinder above the word SONY in the above picture...THAT'S DOG PISS!You know, the old mantra of any TV Photog is don't walk away from your camera with it on the tripod. I should know...I've crashed a camera from atop a tripod..and I was standing right next to it....The old mantra didn't help me this time.You see I caught live shot duty last week for the

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-49629726620382976052008-04-28T00:14:00.003-04:002008-04-28T00:26:42.084-04:00

Remember when this was high?(May 27, 2005)And then...just 3 months later...(August 31, 2005)...just 2 days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans...(September 1, 2005)And prices haven't looked back...With gas price projections at $4 per gallon by Memorial Day I'm hating the idea of driving very far for my summer vacation with the kids packed into the 15 MPG Expedition.

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-74220022427195149612008-04-24T00:34:00.003-04:002008-04-24T01:33:36.500-04:00

Kevin Johnson built a website on a whim in 1996 to share pictures with his family. What it became is certainly a tribute to his chosen profession as a Television Photojournalist. B-Roll.net is a place where TV Photogs all over the world hang out in their down time and share tips, tricks and overall (as Lenslinger might say) tomfoolery.This is the first of two videos that make up about a 12

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-60304016172241517012008-04-22T02:33:00.002-04:002008-04-22T02:36:39.510-04:00

Sure, the N in NAB stands for National, but people travel from all over the world to come to NAB in Las Vegas and check out the latest greatest in TV gadgetry.And the sheer amount of new stuff on the floor demands a sizable amount of space putting these peeps and their peds through the paces.

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-13526064576290759332008-04-21T10:28:00.004-04:002008-04-21T15:22:40.880-04:00

Have you ever done this?My trip to Las Vegas last week is the first time I've flown since I've had my GPS and I was eager to see how it would work from the confines of the sardine tube in the sky.The answer is GREAT. Other than taking a bit longer to lock onto the satelites it easily tracked the speed, altitude and location of the aircraft. I was even able to attach the GPS to the window of the

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-56832432337561762852008-04-19T15:09:00.004-04:002008-04-21T21:50:52.713-04:00

In TV lights provide the illumination that make the pictures look pretty and what would a good script be without a way to read it live on TV. In Video from Vegas number 2, Lenslinger and Turdpolisher take a (not really close or in-depth) look at fancy new L.E.D lights for cameras, a big light that rivals the sun, a soft box that can backlight the paranoid, a frezzi that can't add intelligence

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-80570592548697586462008-04-18T03:07:00.004-04:002008-04-18T03:11:57.632-04:00

As Promised here's some video. One of several to come. This is just an introductory look...a teaser if you will...at some of the things we saw at NAB 08.

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In what seemed to be a weeklong trip, Stewart "Lenslinger" Pittman, Rick "Turdpolisher" Portier, and I made the trek to Las Vegas for NAB 2008.We hung out with friends old and new, roamed the NAB floor, partied with fellow photogs at the B-Roll Bash, got way to little sleep and have now all returned home with hundreds of pictures and hours of video.Now comes the hard part....making something out

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-467514760038602392008-04-09T22:10:00.002-04:002008-04-09T22:56:16.436-04:00

In an interesting,almost Candid Camera kind of way, a new trend, fad, thingy called "Fauxtographs" has emerged from cyberspace and it could be the new practical jokester's best friend.I discovered "Fauxtographs" at Vimeo, a YouTube-ish web site for videophiles of a more A/V geek nature. More about that in a minute.A "Fauxtograph" is really a video but in the name of getting people to pose for a

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-88267253266785591192008-04-04T22:25:00.003-04:002008-04-04T22:33:12.033-04:00

In Jamison Forst's second installment of "Photojournalist Weakly" we find the Grizzled Veteran, native Minnesotan, Matt Jensen on the cover.Hippee at heart, photojournalist by profession and photoshop artist by neccesity Jensen can work a Non-Linear edit bay 'till it smokes from exhaustion. Matt has been known to find the creative juice in any reporter's monotone verbatim even if it drives him to

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-1043854362068502612008-04-01T22:40:00.002-04:002008-04-01T22:58:41.490-04:00

My tripod was well aged when I started using it 10 years ago. Other than routine maintenence it's never failed until recently when the tightening mechanism on the bottom of the head wouldn't stay tight and keep the head level.It didn't take long for the engineering department to give me the bad news. It was terminal. Several parts in the bowl that keeps the head attached to the tripod legs

Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594015663562269549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9713529.post-53574553978612436342008-03-31T20:57:00.003-04:002008-03-31T21:48:08.538-04:00

I recieved a phone call tonight from a friend in the know. He's lucky to still have a job but he's still worried.About 30 KPIX employees including 5 reporters (plus or minus depending on who you believe) and 5 Freelance Photographers were laid off late last week in a round of reported $1 million budget cuts at each CBS Owned and Operated TV Station.KPIX's Sacramento Bureau has also been closed

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Sometimes I think my job as a TV News Photographer is equivalent to holding tickets to a front row seat to US and World History. Of course most ot the stuff we shoot is forgotten in days, sometimes minutes but today will be quite the exception, especially if Barack Obama is elected president. My part of the Obama coverage was to work with Chad Tucker for our 5 and 6 o'clock reports from the

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From the creative mind of a colleague of mine and Stewart's...Jamison Forst has created a series of faux magazine covers dedicated to the lowly Television Photojournalist.In this first edition of "Photojournalist Weakly" Stewart "Lenslinger" Pittman poses gayly, yet manly, as he ponders where the digital image may turn up in the future. Now he knows.The cover speaks for itself.Stand by for

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Sometimes we need a little help on our daily assignments and whether that comes from a call to the assignment desk for directions or stopping at a convienence store to get a feel for a neighborhood it's almost a daily occurance for someone to step in with important information to help us get our story.Today the help we received was a little more ironic, mysterious and maybe a little divine in

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The weather was the big news today so you might not have seen this one.  Reporter Caron Myers and I did an interview today that has me scratching my head and police in Alamance County high fiving all around. The guy in the picture is Thomas Earl Newman Jr.  He found himself in an altercation Monday night and he ended up in Duke Hospital with multiple lacerations.  The other guy is in jail for

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Our newest reporter, Roxanna Haynes, hit the streets today. Lucky for us she brought her 4 frat sisters with her when she joined the team.Uhm, no. That's actually four of our finest - and I mean that sincerely - photojournalists nicely photoshopped in with Roxanna in the blue shirt.Some of my fellow photogs couldn't resist the urge when the saw this spiffy picture on her desk last week. A

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Whitey may be gone, but like a good man, he left a helluva legacy.

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