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Ray Farmer - NBC News Camera Op
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Ray Farmer is a Kentucky native, former NFL kicker, and a go-to NBC News camera operator. Ray is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet in this business.
Topics covered:
Kicking in College - to the NFL
Transition to TV News
From Channel 11 to the Network
Football background as it translates to work ethic as a shooter
Shooting with DSLRs, Non-Compliance, and Gimbals
Drone OPS
Bob Dotson Dr. Airplane Story - Sun Valley
Approach to Shooting a story
Sensitive Situations
Move like a panther
School Shootings
Do stories haunt you?
Headphones while shooting
Methodology and shooting sequences, Digital assets, and AA Batteries
Tailgate Interviews and "Anchored Positions," living out west
Rental Car stories
Size of an NBC deploy and Where in the World is Matt Lauer
The pandemic changes things; driving to assignments and listening to podcasts
Ray Farmer's Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/ray_i_fly
Ray Farmer's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayfarmer/?hl=en
Network News on Location is co-produced by Bryan Baeta and Larry Warner and is a production of Larry Warner Productions, Inc.
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