One of my absolute favorite series out there has to be ESPN’s “30 for 30.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that I didn’t enjoy. They’re always shot beautifully and tell a compelling story. Needless to say, when I found out I was shooting for the series I was pretty pumped. The “30 for […]
Read MoreLoaded up my gear and headed west to the Great Plains for an awesome shoot with ESPN. I covered the NCAA Wrestling Championship in Des Moines, IA. My first ESPN shoot, woohoo! I was shooting HDX 900 for a few interviews with wrestling legends and tons of great b-roll of the matches. The shoot was […]
Read MoreI teamed up with ESPN again last week to shoot some live hits for the NASCAR Now show. I met our live truck and talent Andy Petree at Andy’s shop in Huntersville NC. I quickly evaluated the lighting options and began setting up. The shop had lots of windows so I went with my Kinos’s […]
Read MoreJust when I was about to leave Atlanta and head home I got the kind of call I love to get. ESPN needed a crew to shoot a live shot with Jeff Gordon the next day. I couldn’t have been more pumped! I booked another night at a hotel in ATL and tried to get […]
Read MoreI was pretty pumped when I got the call that I would be shooting a live shot for ESPN’s NASCAR Now. I was going to be doing three hits with NASCAR’s, now analyst, Dale Jarrett. With a HDX 900 in hand I headed out to Conover, NC the home of Dale Jarrett Inc. I was […]
Read MoreCharleston DP Dave Baker recently traveled to Clemson, SC for a ESPN shoot. Saturday’s in Clemson are filled with tailgating, screaming fans and of course a little football. However for this shoot, the focus was not on the match up or the final score. The focus was on Daniel Rodriguez, a purple heart winning Veteran […]
Read MoreI just love it when I get to team up with other Go To Team crews on shoots. This time I got to work with Charleston DP, Dave Baker and his trusty apprentice. We met up at UNC Chapel Hill for an ESPN feature on football helmet technology and safety. Both armed with HDX 900s […]
Read MoreI didn’t know a whole bunch about women’s softball prior to my trip to Oklahoma City, OK. After ten days of shooting for ESPN I was practically breathing it. That’s what happens when something like softball dictates your life for a week and a half. I was ESPN’s ENG guy for the series, shooting on […]
Read MoreESPN’s E:60 and Raleigh cameraman Jimmy Hall put freestyle soccer star Indi Cowie center stage at the Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC. Indi gave us an infinite number of options with what to do with the cameras, it was a ‘let’s try this’ kinda shoot. So we pulled out all the toys! We ended […]
Read MoreIt is tough being a Tar Heel fan this basketball season, especially when Duke is poised to kill it this year. So while no one is talking about UNC, Duke is getting a lot of coverage. Recently, Charlotte, NC based HD cameraman Nick Modisett spent a day inside Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium with three of […]
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