By University of Washington Research Scientist, Matthew Alford. You can read more of his Samoan Passage blog, here. The Samoan Passage is a nozzle on the slow northward flow of water from the Antarctic to the North Pacific, and a “choke point” in the general circulation. We’re funded by the National Science Foundation to map…
THE HARD RAIN. REALLY HARD. Our second and last night at Aggie’s proved to be very eventful and very peaceful at the same time. A monsoon-hard rain fell all night long, which was the eventful part, and the incredible downpour kept the barking dog conference from convening, which was the peaceful part. All in all,…
Producer, David Cuoio and Research Scientist, Matthew Alford contributed to this report. ON THE BOAT The Kilo Moana is an impressive 225-foot, twin-hulled ship built for oceanographic research. This morning, Photographer, Tom Hadzor and the University of Washington scientists, expedition leader Matthew Alford and his associate, John Mickett, are hard at work. They are…
Tom Hadzor of Wide Eye Productions and I began a great adventure today. After 18 months of planning, and four flights, we are on Western Samoa in the South Pacific. The purpose: to produce a documentary for University of Washington oceanographic scientists as they conduct research into deep-ocean currents and their relationship to global climate.…
Baja 1000 Documentary and Race Production We recently wrapped up production on two pieces for Baja 1000 race car driver Steve Appleton. Steve may be better known for his day job, CEO of the Fortune 500 technology company, Micron. But in his spare time, he’s managed to become one of the best drivers on dirt. …
The artist, Jewel and her husband, rodeo star Ty Murray recently spent two hours with our Boise video crew for a series of interviews and promo clips for the American Movie Channel. Wide Eye Productions provided production support to the three camera AMC team. The footage is part of AMC’s “John Wayne All American Weekend”…
Daily Show Correspondent John Oliver works over the former Senator in an interview captured by our Idaho camera crews. John Oliver turns political tragedy into pure comedy in this interview with former Senator Larry Craig, which aired last night (6/2/10) on Comedy Central. Our camera crews captured the interview in a two camera HDX900 setup,…
I’m not a military man, but I got to drive my first tank in 1980. I crashed it. The only bruise was to my ego, and the only loss was 100 feet of film. Had they survived, the images would have been beautiful. I took it pretty hard. I don’t like losing beautiful images. 30…
One of the first things I appreciated when I entered the motion picture business 20 years ago was the diversity of projects I was allowed to work on, from Pillsbury Dough Boy commercials, to Grateful Dead videos. The small but hip production company I worked for in San Francisco, Colossal (Pictures), had a great variety…
Photographer Bill Krumm’s behind-the-scenes look at shooting for NBC’s hit series, The Biggest Loser.
Rarely does a day pass when I donʼt learn something new at work. My bag of Wide Eye tricks grows ever larger, filling with lessons on winding cables, collapsing C-stands, and packing up a Chimera.
Prime Time Live, The Sarah Johnson Story When director/photographer Tom Hadzor got the call from ABC producer Jeff Diamond to shoot a series of four-camera interviews for an upcoming Prime Time Live special, he knew he’d have to bring along the entire equipment locker. Wide Eye was to provide a third BetaSP unit to a…