What’s new is old is new again…

I remember when CNN started up in the 70s. Friend of mine (a camerawoman) came up to me one day and said, "There's this guy from CNN who said he'd make me a star!" She was smiling and I laughed. A cameraman a star? Seemed like a podunk idea...going nowhere fast. But THAT sure didn't …

Call of the open road…

Retirement isn't what it is cracked up to be. I've had what would amount to a regular summer off for a teacher and have been busier than any other summer. Volunteering to set up a website for an organization my husband belongs to. 48 Hour Film Project. My first post-retirement gig. Cleaning corners of the …

The next generation…

Interesting...as newspaper VJs move towards more complex and larger camcorders, broadcast is downsizing to smaller, more mobile cameras. In the beginning newspaper photogs were learning video - all about motion and audio. How what they had been shooting their entire lives had to be rethought once they stopped aiming for a moment in time and …

Morning musings 9/16/08…

Mexicanos, viva Mexico! Mexican independence from Spain is celebrated today. And no, don't correct me by saying that Cinco de Mayo is the day. The fight to regain their country began in 1810 on the 16th of September. The new government took power in 1821 after more than ten years of fighting. But those pesky …