Camera Operator

Wade Bingham on the job of a camera operator/cinematographer on a news program or documentary series

Wade Bingham on starting to use multiple cameras for news stories

Frank Biondo on going to school for TV production

Frank Biondo on the types of cameras he worked with in TV production in the 1960s and working in early color television

Frank Biondo on the types of camera shots on Sesame Street Christmas specials and Sesame Street

Frank Biondo on what he enjoys about being a camera operator

Frank Biondo on advice to an aspiring camera operator

Frank Biondo on advice to an aspiring camera operator

Hector Ramirez on his start as a camera operator for CBS

Hector Ramirez on how shooting in front of a live audience changes what was done in rehearsal

Hector Ramirez on being staff vs. a freelance camera operator

Hector Ramirez on qualities a good camera operator has

Hector Ramirez on the elements of good composition and his visual style

Hector Ramirez on what makes a good camera operator

Ed Resnick on advice to aspiring cameramen

Bertram van Munster on the advice Cops producer John Langley gave him: "never bring a tripod"

Bertram van Munster on how the camera is an extension of your eye

Joseph M. Wilcots on becoming the first Black member of the cinematographers union

Joseph M. Wilcots on the cinematographers union not being quick to welcome Black members