Just me and my Canons.
I was actually teaching a class on photojournalism. We got all of the lens caps removed and we all lived through the experience!
Up next, how to use this device to capture the souls of others.
How was your Monday?
Monday
12
Sep 16
This really takes you back
I haven’t been in a real radio studio* since 2004. And I just wrote and deleted 160 words about that. Suffice it to say, it was an important period of my career, very helpful in many ways and still impacts the work I do today. And, yet, it was a good time to move on to the next thing. If you find that theme in your career path, I figure, then you’re doing something right.
I’m doing something right.
Anyway, the three things that have been a part of every job I’ve had in my career have been, in no particular order, writing, editing and my voice. And now I’m running, among other things, this brand new production facility too:
This is a 14-channel Axia board that has four customizable configurations and push-button alterations besides. This is the nicest board I’ve ever stood over, and the muscle memory kicks in easily. This will be a production booth, a podcast facility and a part-time radio booth. (The actual radio station will join us in the building, upstairs, next year.) This room can do a lot, even in those times when it only needs to do a few things. When they designed and engineered it, they decided to build it up for anything. Eight microphones, two CDs, three computers, a turntable, a piano, two phone lines and more. I’m sure I’ll spend a small amount of time in here doing things.
*I built one in my last office and will re-construct it in my home office one day soon. I can do most of the same things in my home-studio, but it isn’t exactly the same.
29
Aug 16
Pedal to work
Today someone built up some bike racks in the sub-basement.
You can literally ride in off the street, up a sidewalk ramp and then walk your bicycle through three doors to an indoor, climate controlled storage room. A camera will be going up at the door. There will eventually be a digital lock on the door. They’ve put some thought into this.
Not pictured: My bicycle. I need a chain, I suppose. Until then, I’ll just stow it in my office after my four-mile ride in.
22
Aug 16
Pictures from the last few days
We got a new chair over the weekend. Got it just for the cat, apparently:
She won’t get up so that anyone else can try it.
Hanging out with Ernie Pyle:
This was dinner last night. We are so healthy around here:
Today I’m hanging out in the new control room. So many lights and buttons and switches. You can fly to Mars on this console:
That’s a state-of-the-art Grass Valley switcher. This studio is full of high-end equipment. Full of it. And from the new to the old. In storage I found a 1970s video projector:
I wonder when that was used last.
