Will shoot sports. Really, I want to shoot sports.

I love DC sports. I am a die-hard Nationals and Capitals fan. I support my Redskins, used to be a Barra Brava member, and always cheer for Maryland. So the great people who assign me stories and give me feedback at the Washington Post tend to give me the sports stories. Which I love. So right before the Washington Redskins had their home opener against the Dallas Cowboys the Redskins PR launched “Honk if you hate Dallas” day. They we’re supposed to have some big deal at Union Station. So I get there and talk to the always-a-pleasure-to-work-with Redskins PR staff and find out it’s just a train taking off honking. With all the local TV coverage there, I know it’s not the story. This is an online publication- no one is going to watch the same story they saw on the 6 o’clock news with someone’s voice-over on it.

By the way, I hate voice-overs. I’ve done one and it’s awful. The story should tell the story, not the reporter. If you can’t get all the audio you need out of an interview and maybe a small text-block- you didn’t get the story.

So I find out that the Hogettes will be in Georgetown holding signs getting traffic to honk. Bingo. I head down to M and Wisconsin and am the only one there. Mikey T and Howiette we’re awesome! Getting people honking, more than nice to me shooting and interviewing, it was just a great environment. And this is definitely one of my favorite videos. Simple, short, but what more do you need?

When the cars were honking at Mikey T and he said “there’s some honking right there,” I thought it would be tough to edit, but I actually found it a blessing. And when I asked him “do you have anything else to say I didn’t ask you about?” and he responds with the snorting, it made my day. The local news channels didn’t have snorting.

What do you think?

I was also given the assignment to shoot the Washington Wizard’s midnight madness to open training camp. It was also where John Wall (over-all #1 draft pick- aka a big deal) was introduced. Normally midnight madness is only for college, so the NBA doing this was also part of the story. I was happy with the fans I spoke with although I was expecting Wall to do the “dougie” when he was introduced (his signature dance).

What do you think?

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