US Women's Soccer In Charleston
Soccer season closed in the Lowcountry with an
exciting match between the US and Mexico. The
Americans took an easy win with a 5-0 final score.
Nothing suprising there, but the amazing thing was
that soccer was televised from Blackbaud Stadium,
and it didn't rain. Not even for strike.

Special thanks to my friend from The Family Circle Cup,
Bill Evans, for crewing me as a camera op.

Price Waterhouse Cooper In Kiawah
This was my first time at the Sanctuary on Kiawah
Island. Wow! The hotel was mammoth! The food
was great, but I'm glad I didn't have to pick up the
check. Go To Team crewed me (Joe Schmitt) to build
and operate a camera.

Just when I think that our three cable set-up is a
breeze, I'm informed that I was promoted to lighting
director. Fortunately, I have a good relationship with
Pete, and the IATSE guys, so getting the Kino-Flo's
and back lights in place wasn't difficult. "A little more
stage left please... A little more."

This would seem like a typical corporate gig, I-Mag & uplink.
That would be too easy for tv...right? They had identical
sets from four different cities, so each remote had to go
up on the bird (dual path) and come down, just so the
production truck in Pennsylvania (I think) could switch
the cameras. And of course let's not forget every site gets
return, so the finished signal has to make the trip up and
down again on the sattellite. Needless to say, matching all
the cameras wasn't fun for video ops.

Have A Blast!
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Thanks to our website, HDR Engineering
hired At Will Productions to document some
of the demolitions of the old Pearman (and
hopefully the Grace) bridges. Now that the
new Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is fully oper-
ational, the old bridges must come down, and
come down with a bang. I was very fortunate
because I was on the ship with the demolition
crew. They even let two little boys trigger
the explosives. How cool is that?

I was definately nervous when the one minute
warning came and went, and the ship was still
coming about. As I was preparing to to grab
my camera, and tripod and run for the bow,
the engineer leans over and tells me "If you
move you'll miss it." Good thing I listened.
I got the shot, but my footage would've came
out better if the boat would've been still.

Lou Holtz In The House! Play Video

At Will Productions was contracted by
DBS to light, and shoot the former coach
of the Carolina Gamecocks for ESPN News,
and Sports Center. Coach Holtz was in the
hotseat for over four hours. The producers
were very impressed with "the set." It's a
good thing too, because Chris Simmons' fiancee
probably wasn't as impressed with us re-
arranging her living room in Snee Farm to
accomodate my creative flare. Fortunately,
Margeret smiled and kindly asked us not to
break her china plates on the wall.

When I offered the coach a kleenex to hold
for wiping sweat off from hot lights he
responded "No thanks, it can be hot as blazes
and I won't perspire." Needless to say I didn't
believe him, but he was right. With over 3000
watts of lighting on, or around him, the coach
stayed cool as a cucumber.