Videos
How to survive a helicopter crash: Survival Systems USA
I had the opportunity recently to do a story on Survival Systems USA, a business across the river in Groton that trains students to do things like escape from a submerged helicopter and survive at sea in a life raft. To add a first person perspective, we used a GoPro camera on one of the […]
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130-day time lapse: winter barn construction
Back in the fall, my colleague Jenna Cho wanted to do a video story about the crew from Erik Block Design-Build. They were going to be building a post-and-beam barn in Lyme. Problem was, construction had barely started, and we needed the story for the paper sooner rather than later. In brainstorming ideas for the […]
Read more "130-day time lapse: winter barn construction"Zach Hurd at UConn’s Pro Day
I spent Wednesday afternoon at UConn’s football complex for their Pro Day. I can’t imagine the pressure these guys must be under, having one or two chances to perform a physical task that is being recorded by representatives from NFL teams. If that’s not enough, the scouts and coaches get to measure players’ bodies and […]
Read more "Zach Hurd at UConn’s Pro Day"Redemption for Waterford’s Matt Irvine
As journalists, we’re not supposed to route for the teams we cover. We’re meant to be objective observers who report and analyze events without playing favorites. But when you cover a group of athletes for long enough, one can’t help but grow a little fond of them. This fall, I covered several Waterford High School […]
Read more "Redemption for Waterford’s Matt Irvine"Combining two of my favorite things: cameras and maple syrup
After moving back to Connecticut from Vermont, I find I miss the ubiquity of maple sugaring. It’s not like Connecticut doesn’t have maple producers – back in high school I used to help my friend Ben collect sap during spring break – but there aren’t as many as there are up north. When I worked […]
Read more "Combining two of my favorite things: cameras and maple syrup"Song Spinner: Joe Lussier
Joe Lussier is the youngest songwriter we’ve featured in our Song Spinner series on theday.com. I’ve enjoyed all of the musicians we’ve profiled, but after songs dealing with addiction, the death of a father, the financial crisis, and the dark side of religion, it was a nice change to have a young perspective and a […]
Read more "Song Spinner: Joe Lussier"Hygienic: New London’s weekend of art
One of my favorite things about the city of New London is the weekend surrounding Hygienic Art’s annual open show. It’s something we cover every year, and this year we went all-in with our video coverage. Rick Koster and I did a longer-form (for newspaper web videos, anyway) preview, mixing a historical perspective with a […]
Read more "Hygienic: New London’s weekend of art"Lunar Eclipse Winter Solstice 2010 Time Lapse
The weather forecast wasn’t great for Monday night-Tuesday morning, but I decided to stay up anyway to try a time lapse of the total lunar eclipse. I used the built-in interval timers on a pair of Nikon D200s, one with a 17-55mm lens, the other started with a 300mm and a 1.4x teleconverter. My thought […]
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