DC Crew: Keepin’ it reel
Normally, these posts begin with your ambiguous traveling tag line, “I packed up my *insert expensive piece of equipment* and hit the road to *insert exotic location*”. Well, I’ve been everywhere, man…on the east coast. Or at least it feels like it. Boston to Orlando and everything in between. The past 3 months, GTTDC has […]
Read MoreNashville Video Crew Gets Called By NBC and The Weather Channel to Cover Southern Tornado Outbreak
GTT’s Nashville DP Craig Goodale was recently called to Birmingham, AL where a severe storm system caused numerous deadly tornadoes. The crew set up live shots with The Today Show’s Al Roker, and Stephanie Abrams & Sam Champion, both of The Weather Channel. The first locations were just outside of Birmingham in Kimberly, AL, and […]
Read MoreGTT’s Nashville Crew on Back-to-back Shoots for The Weather Channel
The Nashville crew recently spent some quality time with the Weather Channel; first on winter-storm watch with Jim Cantore in Charleston, SC, followed by coverage of the American Meteorological Society Convention with Dave Malkoff in Atlanta, GA. Ice and snow were forecast in Charleston, of which it received enough to produce a snowball, as demonstrated […]
Read MoreCharlotte Crew Shoots Hailstorm Testing for Weather Channel
So 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 MoreCharleston Crew Pregames Hurricane Irene with the Weather Channel
Charleston’s Go To Team DP Dave Baker and crew recently traveled up to the North Carolina Coast in search of early warning signs from Hurricane Irene with the Weather Channel’s Eric Fisher. Despite the beautiful sunny weather and moderate comfortable temperatures, The Panasonic HDX900 and the (in this case unnecessarily waterproof) Bron Kobolds performed marvelously, […]
Read MoreOrlando DP with Storm Chaser for Dateline NBC
DP/Partner Dan Beckmann setting up the F900 before sunrise Orlando DP/Partner Dan Beckmann, along with NBC Producer Dan Shepherd and audio operator, Rick Alexander, spent the morning with “Storm Chaser” Chris Kridler. Chris, a storm chaser from Orlando’s Space Coast region, was featured for an upcoming special on Dateline NBC. Beckmann, using the HD F900 […]
Read MoreCharleston Crew and Jim Cantore Report Live for Weather Channel and MSNBC
What would bring Jim Cantore and Go To Team’s Charleston based Baker crew to Chester County, SC? The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has built a Wind Tunnel…a big Wind Tunnel…21,000 square feet big…Why? To Blow a house down! Literally. The wind tunnel is built to simulate any number of specific hurricane environments. […]
Read MoreCharleston Crew and Weather Channel tackle Hurricane Earl
Go To Team’s Charleston based Baker crew headed north to Kill Devil Hills with the Weather Channels Jeff Murrow in search of Hurricane Earl. The 70 MPH gusts and storm surge were no match for the Go To Team hurricane survival kit. This kit, standard for GTT Crews, consists of the Sony D600 16×9 switchable […]
Read MoreRaleigh Crew and MSNBC cover Hurricane Earl
Go To Team’s Raleigh cameraman Jimmy Hall headed to the outer banks of North Carolina to cover Hurricane Earl for The Weather Channel with Stephanie Abrams. Our mornings began around 4am setting up on the beach(which is great because you can work barefoot….which I prefer considering I’m from WV) starting the day off with Stephanie […]
Read MoreOrlando Crew following the Oil Spill all the way to Alabama
Attorney General Eric Holder surveyed areas affected by the oil spill in Dauphin Island, Alabama. The Attorney General also met with local community members that were impacted by the disaster. Orlando based crew Dan Lowrey made the long drive to the island to cover the event for FOX News. Equipped with the Panasonic HDX900, Lowrey shot […]
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