Tag: president

Go To Team at the Veteran’s Inaugural Ball with Songs for Sound

It’s one of those, “I can’t believe we got in this room” moments where you have a great American tradition with true American heroes, an A-list American country star and one of the hottest comedians in America. Now lets Rewind for just a minute. Close your eyes. Focus on the darkness… Now open your eyes […]

Go To Team at the 2017 Presidential Inauguration with CNN

Did you know that Harry Truman’s presidential inauguration in 1949 was the first to be televised? We get to work with CNN this year to keep that tradition alive! Donald Trump will go from President-Elect to POTUS and we will be in the heart of the action doing live hits with CNN. We worked with […]

Chicago Cameraman in Michigan Filming Bill Clinton for NBC

With Election Day only a month away, the race to become president is at full speed! The presidential candidates, vice presidential candidates and even their spouses are hitting the road looking to gain support. President Bill Clinton was in Flint, Michigan recently and I was there with my camera waiting to capture his arrival. When I say I […]

Texas Crew’s Live from Dallas with The Today Show

I headed to Dallas for The Today Show to film a panel discussion between NBC’s Willie Geist and Saturday Night Live‘s Creator and Executive Producer Lorne Michaels at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The camera of choice was a Sony F800 XDCam but I also attached an Odyssey 7Q to my rig to act as a […]

Politics takes Center Stage for Orlando Camera Crew at CPAC

Go To Team’s Orlando DP/Partner Dan Beckmann helped cover CPAC in Orlando, Florida last month. CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, helped bring together three republican candidates vying for their parties presidential nomination. Shooting in high def on the Panasonic HDX 900, Beckmann and Audio Operator, Trey Jenkins captured the speeches of the former House […]

Beckmann, Brokaw, and Bush on Air Force One

Orlando DP, Dan Beckmann, hopped a ride on board Air Force One with President George W. Bush and NBC News Anchor, Tom Brokaw. During the presidential campaign of 2004, Brokaw and Beckmann tagged along with the President – documenting a behind the scenes look of life on the campaign trail. Beckmann also spent time with […]