This was an enjoyable profile to shoot, but posed a bit of difficulty in the editing. The reporter and I shot about a half-hour interview walking around the farm and forest. He won his award for sustainable forest practices, something that’s extremely difficult to show in a short video. There was no planting or logging […]

A quick-turnaround daily video of a local event held by U.S. Submarine Veterans to remember the anniversary of the World War II attacks on Pearl Harbor. I’ve been doing lots of interviews and narration recently, so I decided to go with a natural sound only approach.

I went out on Friday night thinking this video was just going to be a basic story about the sights and sounds of a Friday night fight at the Coast Guard Academy. When I got there I found a much more interesting story.

On Veterans’ Day, we cover a lot of assemblies and orchestrated event with songs and speeches. One of my colleagues brought this observance to my attention as something a little different. These four vets play the pipes and drums at monuments in Mystic, Westerly, Pawcatuck and Stonington, and don’t expect anyone else to be their. […]

Every election day, I look at the swaying fields of campaign signs and the horde of candidates wishing me good morning and wondered, do all of these displays really help anyone make up their mind. This became the subject of Rick’s and my latest video column:

There’s this intersection in New London with one of those interminable traffic lights. Every day when I leave work, I pull out of the garage and sit at this red light in a line of traffic. 99% of the time, there is no crossing traffic while dozens of cars line up waiting for it to […]