Dollygrippery

   I ran into a situation on the last show that retaught me a rule I've always tried to work by: Do what you know is right. We were in a...

  Another post that has nothing to do with pushing dolly or film making. Bear with me.   My wife, Rebecca, found him tied to a tree...

  Hi all. I've been asked by my local to teach an advanced dolly class. I guess it's for experienced working dolly grips to sharpen ...

  Sorry, no post this weekend most likely. I'm on vacation in the mountains of Tennessee! Get out and enjoy the Labor Day weekend! Think...

  I am typing to you now from my new laptop, my first new machine in fifteen years. My previous one, an old Hewlitt Packard (the very one I ...

  The 13th Annual JL Fisher Mixer is coming up! Please make plans to attend, it's always a great time. May 18th, 9AM to 4:30 PM! ...

   Here's a topic I really haven't covered because up until recently it hasn't been an issue. Most of the time a Technocrane is ...

  Sometimes the decision of which camera platform to use is easy. You're given a situation, you weigh the options and the answer is self...

Quickie update - went to White’s February Freeze and saw the new Panther S-Type dolly. Sebastian from Camadeus was great on showing the ca...

January seems to be the month of convalescing. Thankfully I get to sit out “Snowmaggedon ’19” on my couch sipping champagne and scarfing do...

  I put in a call for suggestions for posts on our Facebook page (I just got in from work and am two drinks in and too tired right now to do...

  There was a moment in watching the first episode of the third season of True Detective  when I knew we were in good hands. The lead actor ...

  I had a minor surgical procedure done. Most of you men can guess what it was but it left me couchbound for a day or two. During that time ...

  Dollygrippery would like to congratulate John "Mango" Mang for his reception of the 2018 SOC Lifetime Achievement Award for Moti...

  Earlier this year I was called in to do "additional photography" on a movie that had shot here earlier. Now, this was a very big...

  Cinegear Atlanta is this weekend at Pinewood Studios just south of Atlanta. Although I won't be able to make it this weekend, since I...

 This is one of those posts that isn't really about camera movement, or even filmmaking. It's about something more import...

  I took a day off this week just because I wanted to (something I have never really done in almost thirty years). As I was lying on the cou...

  In over ten years that I've been doing this website, I've touched on just about every technical aspect of the craft that applies. ...

  Hey all. It's been a while since I've posted.  I've had a rollercoaster of a year and I'm here to catch up on a couple of ...