Dollygrippery

  A long time reader sent in a request for a primer on wheels. When do you use pneumatics? When do you use hard wheels? The answers are fair...

   Yes, we're actually going back to a 19th century technology to shoot our latest epic. I had looked forward to it. After a couple of y...

  Not much to report this week. I've been working some long hours so I haven't had a chance to think up a topic and nothing has real...

  I opened up a can of worms with my comments about crossing the lens or standing in front of it. A commenter named Sarah asked, " When...

This one is a repost from 2008. It 's still relevant.   I've been getting a lot of comments and emails from young grips just ...

  Here's a hot button issue. A friend of mine asked me to weigh in on this one so here it is. As a dolly grip, I have always considered ...

   In a former post, I inserted a little tweak. A dig. A burr under the saddle. I used the name of a show that's been shooting for a rel...

  A friend of mine holds the opinion that nothing has contributed to the breakdown of discipline on set as the advent of HD. I tend to agree...

   I probably get asked about monitors more than any other question. I've had it come up in questions at least three times in the last m...

  I've been thinking lately about camera operators. These people we share so much of our time and talent with. I have been blessed to wo...

One year ago today, Sarah Jones lost her life. Help remember her by taking a moment of silence before the first shot today. This is a repost...

  Congratulations to my friend Chris Mcguire for winning Camera Operator of the Year. I livestreamed the show and though it had some hiccups...

- A quote from Winnipeg, Manitoba dolly grips. Here in Toronto, we were lucky enough to miss the Blizzard of ’15 that dumped a few fe...

Congratulations to Moose Schultz for winning the SOC Lifetime Achievement Award for Moving Camera Platform Operator this year. This is truly...

  Had a great time at the Chapman-Leonard Grand Opening at Pinewood Studios Atlanta today. I got to see a lot of friends and coworkers that ...

  We finally wrapped on the twelve week Sci Fi extravaganza/catastrophe I've been working on for what seems most of my life. It just wen...

  I know, I know, a dormant blog is really depressing (first world problems). I'm sorry for my absence. But, as you all know, real life ...

  I taught a dolly class for our local last Saturday. We had a great crowd and at least this time they were all grips (the first one I taugh...

  Ok, so if you search over the last few years of this blog,you will find a few track posts. I think it's time to revisit this.  Mainly ...