This “classic” commercial Hobart mixer stopped working. Actually it started sparking, BAD, at the switch. And then it wouldn’t work. I did a little research online and found out a common failure point on these old mixers is the switch itself. The older style switches can only take so many on – off cycles and […]
Read More »Filmed in San Francisco as the camera operator for Lifetime’s TV show “Celebrity Bucket List” (was on A & E season 1). This is for Season 2. Matt Nathanson got to meet up with Chris Isaak, share a cheeseburger and jam out by a fire pit in the Presidio. Was a beautiful sunny day. I […]
Read More »Many years ago I scored a major coup with the purchase of 2 separate O’Connor tripod heads. I bought them off the US government liquidation site, they are both ex- US military owned, bought site unseen, and condition unknown. To my delight, they were both beautifully maintained and fully functional! (I should have guessed they’d […]
Read More »I trawled CL country wide last year for an Oktava 012, and found a listed Oktava MC 012 microphone for sale from a Church that was closing it’s doors priced at $40.00! I jumped on it, and had it shipped. In January. Which may have caused the issue… The mic, for me, showed up D.O.A. […]
Read More »Filming the huge P.R.I. trade show in Indianapolis with the MotorTrend / Mind Over Eye crew.
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The legendary SEMA motorsports trade show in Las Vegas. Always wanted to attend this show. We had a foodee on crew, and we ate a fantastic crab dinner out one night. Really amazing cars and builds. With the fun MotorTrend Mind Over Eye crew.
Read More »Was solo shooter for an Angie Miller concert in Boston, MA. Spike Lee was also the keynote speaker at this private event. Angie Miller can sing, let me say. Boston local Director of Photography / cameraman / camera operator, Russ Jaquith, owner of RJ Films
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Yes, this was an interview with THE Daniel Ellsberg, author of “The Pentagon Papers”. He’s 82 and still kicking ass. He was the keynote speaker and major interview subject. He is an intelligent, and fascinating person, the interview spanned 3 + hours and was riveting. I shot this with my Panasonic HPX-170 camera and my […]
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Filmed “Children of the Trains” in Thailand 2007 and 2010 we returned for updates of all the people involved in this story. Filmed mostly in Bangkok and greater Bangkok, some shots were far afield in rural dairy farms, mountains, and even the dirtbag town of Pattaya. In 2007 we filmed there for most a month […]
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I filmed as second camera and sometimes helped with sound for Season two of the network show: “Taste for Adventure”. I worked all spring and summer 2007 on this series. We did a ‘4 corners’ episode pictured here at Monument Valley, Arizona. A place I had filmed just the year before for my documentary “8 […]
Read More »Maybe the most important film I ever make. An epic cross country America documentary film. This films team JDRF as they race bicycles across the entire country in the 2006 RAAM race. In fact, the four cyclists are both two tandem bicycle pairs. The route and scenic vistas are almost out of this world stunningly […]
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Filmed my epic documentary “8 Days and 6 Hours”. This film highlights team JDRF’s attempt to cross America in a non-stop race It captures the pains, struggles, highs and lows of this grueling race The four racers endure almost no sleep, riding all day and night, lightning storms, crashes, conflict, and the enduring beauty of […]
Read More »Start is Florida for it all, but ultimately it’s Los Angeles I travel from San Francisco to assist the producer pack and get ready to fly from LAX. First stop? Hong Kong and then on to mainland China. Tianjin China which is a ‘small’ suburb of Beijing of about 12 million people. Then fly far […]
Read More »This is the big one. “Stolen Good” an all 16mm motion picture feature length film. This film takes approximately 16 months off and on to film. On Location souther New Zealand alps with my Eclair NPR film camera. I have to chase snow over three winters: two in Lake Tahoe and one in New Zealand […]
Read More »This is my 6th film. Shot exclusively on 16mm and Super 8mm film. I use my H16 Bolex with Kern / Switar 10mm super wide lens and my Sankyo camera fitted with a .5 wide adaptor on it’s stock mini zoom lens. Fuji 64D film for all the 16mm film and Eastman Kodak reversal film […]
Read More »This film I go for it. All in on the 16mm film format. Very expensive but amazing look, feel, texture and colors. Blows away any video format on the market by a long shot. I shoot heavily on Fuji 64D film as I get a sizable price break from Kodak Eastman 100 film. I also […]
Read More »I abandon video completely and shoot on film. 16mm film is the plan with some Super 8. But when a camera breaks Super 8mm has to take over for a bit. I buy a gorgeous french made Beaulieu R16 16mm film camera. I wind up at Lake Tahoe, at Heavenly for a contest, and no […]
Read More »My third film. https://rjfilms.com/images/fluidf.jpg This one is a bit more Euro heavy in very late spring and summer after shooting winter all over America. I buy a Sony 3CCD camera with a much better lens and add on a .5 Kenko lens for wide angling. I think it’s the VCX1000 model but I should look […]
Read More »My second film. This time I couldn’t resist the pull and powder westwards… I wind up leaving the East Coast in February 1995 with Kevin Scott in his car, and we swapped in my stereo from my 1987 Plymouth Turismo Duster (which is later towed as I was gone so long from Salem NH). We […]
Read More »Director of Photography. My first film. 1994 filming begins Jan 1994. Based heavily at Killington Ski Resort. But also filme all over Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Shot on Hi8 video format on my first ‘pro’ camera I bought: a Hitachi ‘grey market’ 3 chip camera. This camera goes on to shoot my second film […]
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