Archive for June, 2007

Field Challenge

June 9th, 2007

In the interest of client budgets, I sometimes work as a one-man band running camera, sound and directing. In addition to the technical challenges of shooting in remote areas without electricity, I also have practical hurtles to face like eating.
On this trip to Burkina Faso I have faced some real mental challenges when it comes [...]

Einstein

June 6th, 2007

I’m on a documentary shoot in Burkina Faso, West Africa right now. In between video shoots I’ve been listening to Walter Isaacson’s new book on Einstein. I just finished  it today.
There is such a contrast to be sitting so far removed from modern civilization and at the same time attempting to comprehend the mind and [...]