A Little G in a Big D

Hi gang:

So earlier this week Michael Ainsworth and I spent three fairly long shifts covering the ins and outs of the Big 12 Media Days conference in Irving. Basically, it’s three days of interviews — print, radio, TV, and everything in between. We took turns shooting stills and video. Michael took the brunt of the video work and shot two days; I only covered Tuesday.

Interesting work, actually. I thought it was going to be pretty boring — and it totally was — so I just tried to keep busy and make any frames I could think of. Access, for the most part, was surprisingly good. As long as I acted like I knew what I was doing, I was able to wander into a lot of rooms I probably wasn’t supposed to be in. Sometimes it’s good to play dumb.

We’re in the process of changing our content management system for videos at the DMN, so unfortunately the video link is down … because I know how excited you were to watch three boring interviews pieced together with some random cutaways. But, some selected stills are below.

Cheers!

- gerry -

Hi all:

So here at the DMN, we’re in the middle of a huge migration of multimedia data from an old service we used for our site to a new and much improved one. Suffice to say, as I’ve been told by a lot of people, it’s gonna make things a whole, whole lot better for finding and viewing video and such on our site.

To help with the transition, we’ve all been asked to look through the video archive and decide which pieces, if any, we’d like to migrate over to the new system. For the folks who’ve been shooting video here for years, or are current or former members of the permanent video team, this is a big task — poring over video after video to see what’s up to snuff.

For me, it was pretty easy. I’ve only shot and/or produced about a dozen pieces in my time here. As I was only trained on Final Cut Pro and our video workflow back in late 2008, most of what I’ve done here has been in the last year and-a-half.

Video is one of the things that brought me to the DMN. The staff aggressively pursued the medium well ahead of a lot of other papers in the country, and the work produced here is at a really high bar for newspaper videography. It’s an honor to be a small part of that mix.

So anyway, on the eve of yet another work anniversary for me here in Dallas (three years as of tomorrow), I offer you a handful of my favorite videos. I put titles and blurbs where I could so you knew what they heck was going on. They’re roughly in chronological order. The first piece was the first piece I produced after FCP training (fall 2008). Last couple are from this year. Also, I’d suggest holding on for another minute to let all the videos load fully.

Thanks for your time,

- gerry -

DFW chaplains serve travelers
For more than 30 years, the DFW International Airport Interfaith Chaplaincy has served employees and travelers of varying faiths at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Athletes compete at Prestonwood Polo and Country Club
Vaughn Miller, founder of Prestonwood Polo and Country Club in Oak Point, Texas, discusses the sport of polo and its appeal to participants and spectators alike.

Greenville company designs miniature, toy robots
Tony Norman, CEO of Greenville-based Innovation First International, discusses the company’s line of Hexbug robotic toys and the fun work environment.

African lions move into new Wylie habitat
In-Sync Exotics, a wildlife rescue and education center in Wylie, moved four African lions into a new “Surround Sound” enclosure on Friday. The felines, three of which are rare white lions, arrived at In-Sync last year after being rescued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Students go about their typical day at Booker T. Washington
Amir Razavi, a senior at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, discusses what makes the Dallas magnet school unique.

Hey all:

Now that my clients have all their stuff and are happy, thought I’d share some work from a recent wedding in LA.

Ashley and Randy, friends of friends who are now just friends, plain and simple, gave me the opportunity to shoot their wedding at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens. Funny enough, I’ve shot there before. Great venue — fun to work.

I had a great time and made some decent images. Here’s a quick selection of photos from their big day. I’ll have more on my site as soon as I’m done with the redesign and ready for re-launch … any day now, I swear!

Anyway, hope you enjoy. Cheers!

- gerry -

No, I’m not dead. Busy. Plenty of work at the paper. Shot a wedding out in LA. Have another in CoMo soon.

Lots of updates coming — mostly, a ginourmous website update. Till then, something I found while looking through photos from the Vancouver Olympics earlier this year. I spent, way, way too much time shooting hockey.

More TK!

Hey all:

Had a fun assignment yesterday to photograph this small benefit concert thing that was all mariachi groups and ballet folklórico troupes from Dallas Independent School District. Basically Cinco de Mayo wild art for us.

Couldn’t stay long — only an hour — due to tight Metro deadlines, but I still enjoyed myself. Might have even found a small, fun little story, too.

Anyway, here’s a quick three from the event. And for the record, where I come from, mariachis are breakfast tacos.

Cheers,

- gerry -