For Sale - Used Snowmobile - $200
The title of this blogpost represents an actual Craigslist Ad that Ron Osborne acted on a few years back. He bought the used Snowmobile from a man who couldn't get it to run...and couldn't find anyone...
View ArticleChad Wins an Emmy
My buddy at FOX 8, general assignment reporter Chad Tucker, won an Emmy Award at the MidSouth Emmy Award Ceremony this past Saturday night in Nashville.The Emmy was for a story in the category of...
View ArticleInternational Civil Rights Center and Museum Grand Opening
It was 11:30 Sunday night when I came to the grand realization that I had to crawl out of bed in just 3 and a half hours!The Live Shots started at 5AM, I needed to be there by 4:15 and I had to make...
View ArticleCue the Duck Carl Edwards Drops By Our Live Shot
While we were setting up for our Friday Night NASCAR special for the end of our 10 o'clock newscast, Sports Photojournalist Kevin Wrenn, Sports Anchor Danny Harnden and I all whipped our heads around...
View ArticleSo Easy A Caveman Can Do It....
I took this picture at the Orlando Magic game Monday night.I didn't notice until I got back and loaded it on my computer but the title of this blog-post immediately came to mind.
View ArticleDaytona 500 Dirt Tracking
The Racing on the High Banks of Daytona is well underway, the Daytona 500 is less than 2 days out and we've been covering every conceivable angle of motorsports we can think of.But it was Sunday when...
View ArticleDaytona 500 Luck and Superstition
There's a lot of superstitions in NASCAR. Green Cars are bad luck. The number 13 is bad luck. Peanuts are bad luck.And so on and so forth.So I must pose this question. Am I bad luck?Take the following...
View ArticleDaytona 500 2010 12 Days of TV
Who knew when we arrived at NASCAR Media Day on Thursday February 4 that we'd be talking to the Daytona 500 winner.Well duh, we did! We interviewed every driver in the place and even this girl who...
View ArticleCarl Edwards vs. Brad Keselowski
Remember that cat who stopped by our live truck when we were in Daytona? Well he opened up a can of worms today near the end of the Atlanta race.Carl Edwards took to heart NASCAR's proclamation that...
View ArticleBullsh!t
Yes...this about sums up my life.Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere
View ArticleTornado - Ground Zero High Point, NC
Since I was a little boy I've been facinated, if not terrified, by tornadoes. As an 11 year old boy growing up in Goldsboro, NC the March 28, 1984 tornado outbreak was not only the largest tornado...
View ArticleDestination Vegas
All I have to say is - DITTO! From Viewfinder Blues at http://www.lenslinger.com/ ---- ======================================================== After an election cycle, a couple of tornadoes and more...
View ArticleNAB 2010 Day 1 - Hitting the Floor In 3D...In Las Vegas
With all the hype of NAB 2010 and social media and cameras that will upload in a nanosecond - according to some and depending on speed - I am happy to report Stewart "Lenslinger" Pittman, Rick...
View ArticleNAB 2010 - Day 2 Converging Medium
You may think this is some fancy pants operation....Stewart, Rick, Adam and me running around Las Vegas pretending to know what we're doing....well...we know what we're doing but how we're doing it is...
View ArticleNAB 2010 VIDEO B-Roll.net vs The VJ
While we traversed the floor of NAB 2010 in Las Vegas last week we were able to catch up with several industry movers and shakers as it relates to the future of the News Photographer. Stewart...
View ArticleHoly Crap - High Definition
I't been a while - too long. Twitter, Facebook and work in general have kept me away...but I'm back. You may know that we just went HiDef. The pictures here are Sheeka and I on her second and my...
View ArticleThink Quick - You're a Photog
As a news photog deadline approaches faster than a runaway train in a Hollywood Blockbuster and when you add a Live Shot to it you may as well fast forward to the end of the movie. Our Live Shot...
View ArticleObama and the Intern
Back in 2006 I was lucky enough to be the local TV Pool Photographer when President George W. Bush came to Greensboro. (Read about it HERE) That ranks up there as one of the coolest things I've ever...
View ArticleThis is Gonna Hurt
As a photojournalist I put my self into situations where I may get hurt. That comes with the job. From flying in stunt planes to hanging off the back of a car to get the low angle tire through themud...
View ArticleA Year, REALLY!?
I can't believe it's been a year since I posted to the blog. Twitter and Facebook have hijacked my social media time. I promise, I'll get it going again. I really should. Since I last posted I've...
View ArticleCamera / Sex
How do you know if your video camera is male or female? Well, mine has two nuts!
View ArticleIn Training
A whole new generation of cameramen are prepping to take over in a few short years.
View ArticleHello Blog, I've Missed You, or Have I?
It's been more than a year since I've posted on the blog. Who's fault is that? I say it's Facebook and Twitter's fault. But I'll also take responsibility. I'll also try to post more here. Hell,...
View ArticleMy New Reality (Show)
When the bosses came to me with the idea of a locally shot reality series featuring characters from the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina I was all in. My first assignment, spend 2 days riding with an...
View ArticleReality Heaven
Since my last visit to my much neglected blog...I've been terribly busy. I've produced 5, or is it 6, Reality Specials since January. My favorite 2 put me right in my idea of Heaven....Auto Racing. In...
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