A Very Strange Occurrence
Was it Synchronicity ? In the mid-seventies I was Cameraman/ Editor on a film about historic preservation in the small town of Guthrie,...
2 BLACK DARTS
Every cameraman has had a close-call. One of mine was during the filming of “The Men Who Brought The Dawn”, the story of the Enola Gay...
Sabotage at WPIX
I got my first real job in television in 1967, at WPIX New York. I was hired as a summer relief engineer along with a handful of other guys.
EARLY ESPN
I started shooting multi camera sports for ESPN in 1980 or 81. They were a new cable sports network based in Bristol, Connecticut that...
"TAPE #42"
Soundman Jeff Hayash and I once did a very arduous shoot in the Lone Star State. Eighteen days in a row in the middle of a Texas Summer....
A CABLE STORY
$700 BRAD Many years ago I, was DP on an early cable program called “Idea Notebook”. It was a home improvement show and our talent was a...
CRONKITE'S STORY ORDER
The legendary CBS Newsman had the ideal order for Five Stories in a program. {Assuming that each had an equivalent news worthiness} #1...
The Names of the Networks
NAMES OF THE NETWORKS We all think we know the names of the majors American networks but ask a rushed, frustrated and exhausted crew...
