Pilot Season is wrapped up and what a great experience it has been. Over the past few weeks I shot EPK content for CBS’ drama pilot Reckless, J.J. Abrams-produced series Revolution on NBC, and Fox’s Sleepy Hollow thriller. These shoots were pretty straight forward. We were tasked with shooting interviews and broll with various cast and crew […]
Read MoreSo did anyone else watch that hailstorm unfold live on Weather Channel a few weeks ago? If not here’s a little BTS commentary from the shoot, enjoy! When you talk about recreating mother nature at a lab in the form of wind turbines and hail cannons, there’s a good chance that Weather Channel and Go […]
Read MoreWhen I heard I was headed to Boca Raton for UFC I was extremely excited. Spring has not yet hit the Chicago area, so I was looking forward to getting closer to the equator and thawing out my gear. I packed up my flip-flops, shorts, HDX 900 and oh about 11 Pelican cases and flew […]
Read MoreMyself and Apprentice, Mark Phillips traveled down to Tampa for some spring training with the Phillies; however, we weren’t there to talk ball, we were there for SPEED to talk classic cars. We started the day interviewing Roy Halladay about his classic Corvette. We had some great early morning sun, so I went “green” on […]
Read MoreRecently GTT Raleigh headed over to Alpharetta, GA to cover the NCAA Men’s Golf tournament. While hanging out on a golf course all day sounds fun its no easy task. We did everything from morning show hits, player highlights, interviews, and of course, following the little white ball. We ended the week long shoot off […]
Read MoreThe Nashville crew spent MLK day shooting with Hands on Nashville, a volunteer organization whose work surely justifies Tennessee as “the Volunteer State!” Dozens of volunteers collaborated to paint a local, aging fire station. Even Nashville mayor Karl Dean picked up a brush to add a couple of coats himself. […]
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 MoreRecently GTT’s Ryan Dumville and Mark Phillips teamed up for a shoot with ABC This Week. We were interviewing Homeland creator Alex Gansa to get his take on drone warfare and how it affects his TV show. Normally I wouldn’t think the showrunner for fictional TV show would be the type of person you want […]
Read MoreWhat happens when one GTT crew stops being polite and starts getting real? They end up shooting for MTV’s the Real World. GTT Raleigh recently traveled down Fayetteville, NC work with Real World Portland cast member Jessica McCain. Jessica had just wrapped shooting in Portland and we were covering her return home to Fayetteville. We […]
Read MoreWith the NBA All-Star game in town I made the trip down to Houston. I was shooting on the Panasonic HDX-900 with a Nano Flash attached. Our main assignment was shooting the stand ups and V.O. for a recap segment called, The Daily Zap. After each night’s event we headed onto the court and met […]
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