Rest in Peace Walter Cronkite
July 17, 2009 by admin · View Comments
As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, we’ll also remember the great narrator of the 20th century.
Announcing LocalOnlineNews.TV
April 28, 2009 by admin · View Comments
Today I am excited to announce the launch of a project that has been in the works for the last few months. It’s called LocalOnlineNews.TV.
The concept is simple: Experienced, professional video journalists report on issues and events that impact local communities. Our reporters will focus on a single community and file reports every day or two on hard news and other events taking place around town.
Each story consists of a 2-3 minute “package” (similar to the evening news), as well as ‘extended content’ with complete, uncut interviews with local officials and newsmakers.
This week we officially kicked off coverage in West Hartford with reporter Anna Stonestreet. She’s filed four reports already with more on the way. Content is posted at http://www.localonlinenews.tv as well as every major video hosting provider. We’re on Facebook and Twitter too.
We’ll be expanding coverage over the next several weeks with additional reporters that you’ll be hearing about soon.
While I work to build a viable business model, the editorial component will be developed by my co-founder, former WTNH reporter/anchor Anna Sava. Anna is an Emmy Award winning television journalist who brings a tremendous amount of expertise to this effort.
The idea for this endeavor came to life earlier this year after my hometown lost three of its four news sources. For many towns in Connecticut these losses are especially troubling because by law important public policy matters (like school and municipal budgets) are voted on in public town hall meetings and/or referendums.
There is a real need (and demand) for timely and objective information on important local issues. The question will be how new forms of local media will fill the gap being vacated by traditional sources. I believe the time (and technology) is right for professionally produced online video at the “hyperlocal” level.
I look forward to your input as we develop this new business!
Numi Flowering Tea Time Lapse HD Video
January 1, 2009 by admin · View Comments
My friend Antonio brought over some Numi flowering tea and we decided to do a time lapse video. You can find the HD version on Facebook.
Music by Tim Stewart. Numi’s official blog can be found here.
Time Lapse of a Snow Storm
December 20, 2008 by admin · View Comments
Here’s a fun video I shot with my Nikon D300 today:
Some Nikon cameras, like the new Nikon D90, have an interval feature that programs the camera to do some limited time lapse captures. In this case I set it to shoot a photo every fifteen seconds starting about 12:30 p.m. this afternoon (right when the snow was about to start). It collected 730 images (before the battery died) that I later stitched together to make about 12 seconds of video. The camera limits captures to 999 images, although connecting it directly to a PC or Mac will give more flexibility.
Quicktime is an excellent tool for the stitching operation, it was almost too easy! Special tip of the hat to the Inside Aperture blog for the inspiration and instructions. I set the camera to shoot high quality, full res JPEGs and loaded them into Quicktime with the image sequence option. The file was enormous (2.9 gigs for 12 seconds!) but it gave me a ton of resolution to do that motion zoom on the BBQ.
You can find a better quality version on my Facebook video page.
You can also download the full 720P Quicktime by clicking here.
Day 3 Photos and Video from #dnc08
August 27, 2008 by admin · View Comments
No time for commentary (we’re on our way to a few events) but here’s the photo gallery and a video from yesterday:
And the video update:
Blogging Gear for Denver
August 21, 2008 by admin · View Comments
When I blogged the 2004 convention in Boston, the most I could do was some text and photos. Now we’re in the age of YouTube, faster bandwidth, and nearly unlimited storage. Which means more content and more equipment!
The HF100 is an outstanding high definition camcorder that shoots to SD card. See my full review here.
There’s probably something newer out now, but this is great piece of equipment. Lousy in low light but the audio inputs (two balanced XLRs) make up for it.
You know you want one 
. If you’re getting serious about taking pictures, this mid-range camera is well worth the investment. Very fast, very responsive, and with the right lens amazing output!
Litepanels “Micro” On-Camera Dimmable 5600K LED Video Light
It’s a little on the blue side, but this is a very bright and energy efficient video light. Runs on four AA’s for hours with absolutely no heat.
Gorillapod SLR-Zoom Flexible Tripod
Whoever invented these things I hope is getting very wealthy. The gorillapod is a tripod with flexible legs that can be wrapped around objects very securely. It’ll mount a camera to just about anything. A great thing to keep in your bag.
It’s amazing how much you can do on a laptop. Apple’s game changing technology is not just limited to iPhones and iPods. And to make the most of it you should be sure to install:
Apple Final Cut Studio 2 (Mac)
Final Cut Studio is the exactly the stuff that the pros use. And it’ll run on your Macbook Pro. Amazing.
Sennheiser EW100ENG G2 Wireless Microphone Kit
Good video requires good audio. This is an affordable but professional wireless mic kit. Excellent sound quality and built like a tank!
They call it ‘legendary’ for a reason. It’s unidirectional meaning it’ll pick up your subject and not all of the background noise.
Plenty of video blogging coming from Denver! Stay tuned.
Young Democrats Anaheim Video
August 16, 2008 by admin · View Comments
I produced this video for the Young Democrats of America Winter Conference in Anaheim, California. The video was used to kick off their weekend festivities.
Young Democrats of America in Nashville!
August 15, 2008 by admin · View Comments
I flew down to Nashville two weeks ago to attend the Young Democrats of America spring conference. Check out the below video synopsis of the weekend’s events! Their vote pledge strategy is so simple yet so brilliant. I’m sure the CT Young Dems (who are sporting a brand new website) will have their vote pledge activities starting soon.
You will need the latest version of Flash to play this as it is encoded in h.264.
Barack Obama Visits Hartford, 2-4-08
February 5, 2008 by admin · View Comments
Video of the Larson & Murphy Endorsement of Barack Obama
February 3, 2008 by admin · View Comments
I attended the rally for Barack Obama yesterday in Hartford with Congressmen John Larson & Chris Murphy. It’s amazing to see the energy that Barack Obama is generating around the state ahead of the primary. Connecticut is adjusting to its new role as battleground election state quite well!
I brought my Macbook along and was able to broadcast the event live on Ustream.tv. For the uninitiated, Ustream is essentially a live version of YouTube. It takes video running off of just about any PC or Mac and creates embeddable flash players that can be placed on any website just like YouTube lets you do. Amazing tech.
Congressman Murphy:
Congressman Larson:
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