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 Years ago, I was in the middle of a movie and was off to the side of the set laying a track for a future shot. The lead actor walked up and...

I got a strange phone call the other night. It was from a production assistant I had worked with years ago and hadn't really heard from ...

 I the course of our day-to-day activities, we are sometimes called upon to simply LOOK as if we're accomplishing something, without rea...

This question was posed to me recently: What am I watching? I'll admit. I'm one who uses a monitor. I feel in this day and age of hi...

This photo is from doing "Double Headed, Hand Held Walk and Talks on "Covert Affairs' season two. I did a daily on what wa...

Where have a been all this time? I've just finished working on a feature film. Well, thanks to Non-Disclosure Agreements that I've h...

Hello from New Orleans! Posting has been a little sparse lately. I apologize for this. Between babies and work and travelling, it's hard...

  Save May 19th on your calendars. It's the Fisher Open House. It's one day that celebrates the Dolly Grip and his contribution to t...

  My last post generated a lot of comments, so obviously it's a subject that merits more attention. Most Dolly Grips will assist in hand...

Handheld....the bane of the Dolly Grip. I recently signed on to a pilot. Sounds like a good story, A-list cast, average money, and it is a p...

 This post was suggested by a Dolly Grip buddy of mine from Texas. He had worked with a relatively green operator, who, when he made a sugge...

  Sooner or later, you're going to do what I call "Monkey Work". This is how I refer to jobs that are basically just for a pay...

  Once again I find myself in a hotel room somewhere midway across the country. My Dad and I are driving my two cars to Atlanta where we wil...

  As most of you know, my procrastination caused me to lose my precious domain name to some woman who writes fairly unintelligible articles....

  I'm actually low on ideas for technical posts right now. Over the last four years we've covered just about every imaginable topic ...

    I learned something interesting on the last show. The A Camera Dolly Grip pushes a Hybrid regularly. He showed me a new way to configure...

We lost one of our own a couple of weeks ago. Tony Bendt, a Dolly Grip I had known only a few years passed away in his bed in New Orleans w...

  Well, it's been a while. I apologize for not checking in for a few weeks, but I've been dealing with real estate stuff, one year o...

 I haven't done really much of anything for two days. I've been going about this all wrong! Day 1: A camera- Steadicam, B camera- ...