Dollygrippery

  After ten years of operating this font of information on an obscure craft that half the world sees but few understand, and the fact that I...

  A recent commenter mentioned how he is an up and coming dolly grip who often loses out to guys who say they are an "awesome dolly gri...

Thankfully we’re just days away from putting 2016 behind us. I think we’re all ready to move on, however, thanks to Facebook and  Google...

Now Fisher, now Libra, now Scorpio and Techno! On Hybrid, on Hustler, on PeeWee and Slider! Okay, I know… a lame attempt. That’s...

  Hi guys! I'm still here. The demands of a six-year-old and the endless hampster wheel of work and family have unfortunately cut into m...

  About twenty-five years ago, I worked on my first tv series. It was a weekly crime drama, popular among the older set, called In The Heat ...

  I am a Dolly Grip. This means that I am an expert in camera movement. I have a highly developed sense of spatial relationships. I can stan...

  I received a cool little gadget last week that I've been trying out. It's called the Dolly Dock and it's from a company called...

Just a quick intermission between shows, barely enough time to catch my breath nor catch up on sleep. It’s crazy stupid work wise here! ...

Computer down. Typing on pad. I'll be checking in soon.

  I've said it for years. It's not the five point dance floor moves or the swooping Technocrane moves that are your undoing, it'...

I received an email    recently from some filmmakers asking to do a guest post. I get a few of these every so often and usually discard the...

  Hi all. I actually have a couple of weeks off before I start the next one. This comes after a marathon of about 22 weeks with only a coupl...

  Still here, guys. Working a Tuesday thru Saturday schedule on a twenty day shoot with a bunch of kids. On a farm. It's also over an ho...

 (I had to look up this word like, three times to spell it correctly, and I'm a spelling freak.)  Rhythm is a very important concept wh...

Very tired. Little time for myself. I love you all. Drink Up. Lay it straight. Lock the boom handle when you wrap it up. Put a safety on it....

  We in the camera movement community lost a good friend this week. Joe Cuzan, who was a tech for Cinemoves, was killed on Friday while work...

   I'm just finishing up the latest epic. nine weeks of dance floor and crane work and I'm worn out, and strangely elated. I love da...