We are back in Denver after a week on the road, camping in Grand Teton and Yellowstone, seeing friends and getting close to the land. We had a Dodge Ram Pro-master Van that we rented through Outdoorsy.com. It is the perfect size for two people who get along. It was fabulous to sleep under the stars and respectfully share the forest with the wildlife. It … Continue reading Travels with Ca$hy
When I’ve produced stories in the past I’ve always been on location with my crew. But times in television, well sometimes, they are a changing. This story about the serious problem being caused by an overpopulation of Moose in Newfoundland was a collaboration between cameraman Greg Locke of Straylight Media in Newfoundland and me in Colorado. We met via Google. I set up the story … Continue reading The New Normal: Moose in Newfoundland
My friend, Niza Knoll, has an art gallery in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver. Knoll Gallery is a fantastic array of creativity and is emerging as one of the best galleries in Denver (in my humble opinion.) Each year Niza does a juried exhibit featuring art on dogs. Gone to the Dogs 3 opens this Friday, August 19, and runs through September 17. … Continue reading Gone to the Dogs
If all commercials were this much fun I think I might want to produce them. Kudos to editor Brent Herrington at 3008 in Dallas for a very clever way to sell pain reliever. I won’t forget Mission Pharmaceutical’s Thera-Gesic or the crying goat. More fun even than the Aflac duck! For more information on Vicky Collins visit http://teletrendstv.com. Continue reading Goat Tears: Wish I’d Thought of This
A plan by the government of Tanzania to build a road through the pristine Serengeti is so misguided, especially when there are other options for commerce. To put a busy road through one of the last untouched spaces on earth is a crime. Thank you Richard Engel of NBC for exploring the subject and to NBC’s Today Show for giving him the time to tell … Continue reading Serengeti Highway: Going the Wrong Way
Just bought a Nikon D7000 camera and Nikkor 18-200 mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII lens. Have set a goal to teach myself to shoot and edit video in the year ahead. My television colleagues are trying to talk me into Final Cut Pro. Also looking into continuing education at the Santa Fe Photography Workshops. Need to enhance the skill set. Time to step up as a photographer … Continue reading Photography: Stepping Up My Game
In June I visited Murchison Falls National Park, one of East Africa’s gems, with my colleagues Paul Hillman, Godwin Opuly and Mark Jordahl. We went stealthily into the Northern Ugandan game park to document oil drilling there. In 2008, we had been in the park, one of East Africa’s best kept secrets, and upon returning in 2010, we found busloads of oil workers, private roads … Continue reading A Golf Course? You Kidding Me?
Andres from Switzerland, his girlfriend, Paola from Brazil and I were riding on camels in the Thar Desert outside of the western Indian town of Jaisalmer. We were in a spot as remote as I’ve ever been, 21 hours by train from Delhi, just 60 kilometers from the border with Pakistan. It’s a flat, arid locale, punctuated by sand dunes and populated by only villagers, … Continue reading The Camel and the Cell Phone
Stray dogs are one of my favorite sights in Delhi. They are all mutts and they loaf around the city. I have even seen them lying in the roadways oblivious to traffic whizzing by. Delhi has cleared many of them away from the games and venues. Today they were rounding them up at the field hockey venue. I hear they are in shelters and will … Continue reading Dog Days at the Commonwealth Games
When I came to Delhi in 2008 I remember the palpable culture shock. It was overwhelming even for a rather intrepid traveler. I had been in Beijing and Uganda earlier in the year so I thought I would be prepared for anything, but nothing I had ever experienced set me up for India. On the roadway from the airport cows roamed the street. The traffic … Continue reading Delhi’s Commonwealth Games Face
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