New Cinema Lens I am pleased to announce a new cinema lens to the quiver! New cinema lens for my Cine-G Rig; a custom, modular, cinema + ENG style camera rig for shooting documentary, sports, events and live stream video. The Sirui Jupiter full frame 28-85mm cinema zoom lens is a bargain comparably speaking. If […]
House of Bar House of Bar - Image Kent McCracken Mine is a revolving door of joy and happiness, failure and despair, clarity and success, of loss and love and delight in pursuit of life. I am the consummate house of emotion. Full of excitement, love, disillusionment, anger and fear. At times a house of […]
An Adventurous Resolve and New Years Bequest Image Kent McCracken New beginnings coming to light, far beyond any spiritual right... Deep-seated passion blowing all through the night Mother Nature calling yon early twilight Come cornice come fissure come crystalline height Come jumping come diving come long airy flight Come carving come gliding come slippery night […]
Design Perspectives Design Perspectives. Reno, Tahoe, Graphic Design Plans – Banner Ad There are many factors to consider when hiring an in-house vs. freelance graphic designer. Cost is a primary factor. Quality for sure. Pixel perfect design is essential. Creativity is a given. Collaboration and communication are key. Timely delivery is a factor too. Graphic […]
Shooting NPR The Moth Shooting NPR The Moth - Image Adobe Stock If you enjoy a good story, NPR The Moth is a champion of the spoken word. True stories told live on The Moth Website. Shooting NPR's The Moth! The best story telling venue of the ages! Shooting NPR The Moth - Image Kent […]
Freedom of Skiing Freedom of Skiing - Kids at Kirkwood. ©Kent McCracken As a kid it was all about freedom. Pure and simple! Freedom to cruise. Freedom to go fast. Freedom to wander. Freedom to explore. Freedom to push your limits. It was your mountain. Your nation. Your own private Idaho. If you were of […]
Ten Reasons Original Content [Still] Rules! Ten reasons original content rules - image banner! Original content creation is time consuming. It takes more effort. It costs more. Why do it? Credibility If you want readers to read and react to your content, give them a reason to do so. Inspire people to react to your […]
A Wilderness Love Affair A Wilderness Love Affair - Image Adobe Stock - Mt Sopris Colorado Laughter, joy, contentment and exhaustion conspired as climactic emotions fleeting around our ten thousand five-hundred-foot encampment. Six spent humanoids and two snow-encrusted canines busily consumed our third meal of the day at roughly 0900 hours. Oblivious to the morning […]
Virginia Key Grass Roots Festival, a Journalists Perspective Virginia Key Grass Roots Festival - Image ©Kent McCracken An ode if you will, to the organizers, volunteers, musicians and participants of the Virginia Key Grass Roots Festival of Music and Dance. Four days, four stages, forty bands, Miami, Florida. Festival of Music and Dance. Let’s Dance! […]
Monthly Video Publishing (MVP) Monthly Video Publishing - Image Kent McCracken Monthly Video Publishing is designed to build and sustain long-term customer growth markets. MVP produces episodes of optimized video content to inform, educate, engage, entertain, promote and sell products and services to target audiences. Video provides value, interest and demand, ranks well by search […]
Featured Editorial Me, Nick the dog, and a Tipi… I lived in this year-round for three years in West Virginia. In two different spots. I hand cut the timbers from eastern hardwood; not what western plains Indians used which were predominantly lodge pole pine. Mine were thicker at the base and much heavier. This home […]