I shot this video in the fall of 1987 after acquiring my first professional video camera. The video was edited with Jody and Mike from Atlantic Video Production of Virginia Beach. This was during the early days of MTV and an up and coming band from Virginia Beach had just released their first MTV Video….
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Wheeling Skatepark Fund Raising
The Wheeling Rotary Club Recognized at Wheeling Skate Park Dedication Ceremony Wheeling City Officials and Wheeling Skate Park Committee Members hosted a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the Wheeling Skate Park on Sunday, October 21st. The generous support of individuals, businesses, and organizations like the Wheeling Rotary Club helped get the park funded and…
Truth in Broadcasting as shown to me by Mark Davis
I moved to Wheeling WV in 1992 and met an old school journalist by the name of Joseph Tarantini. His ‘on-air’ name was Mark Davis and he had worked at WTRF since the early days of television. Back then all reporters and announcers with ethnic names would change them to something that sounded mainstream for the…
MTV Reality Show Gig
MTV PILOT I got the call from MTV to work on one of the first ever Reality TV Shows: “FEAR”. We set up over 74 hidden cameras in an abandoned prison. Contestants had to stay several nights in this haunted site. I worked on all aspects of the production. The halo camera’s developed for this…
Surfer Magazine Article
My friend photographer Ward Callum and I worked hard to get lots of pictures to submit for this article. It was published in the December Issue of 1985. At the time I was studying Mass Media @ Chapel Hill and this was a good score to account for my missing classes for surfing. Surfer…