Back in college, I took an "Advanced Video Production" class, where we actually set up and taped Mark Kister's Imagination Station in front of a live audience. While relations between Kistler and Ferris state, to my knowledge, got rocky at some point in post production (business-wise), the actual filming was a blast. My various duties included cameraman (mostly pointed towards the audience), writing the dialogue for Master's Gallery segments (where Kistler examines works of art in terms of basic artistic principals), and researching "fun facts" during taping for Kistler to bring up during taping (making sure you've got accurate facts on that tight a deadline is a little nerve wracking when just using the internet). Overall though, I'm proud of the work I did, and in the end it aired on some PBS stations, with my name in the credits (and during the Master's Gallery segments during the show! It was added because that contribution was not originally noted in the credits). You can the shows site here at Mark Kistler’s Imagination Station TV show.

What I thought was cool though, When looking back at the website, was that I'm in one of the shots posted on that page, namely this one. It's a little small, but that's me operating the camera during one of the last tapings. So now I've been in a picture in a newspaper (interestingly enough, I'm behind a camera in that picture too), have a picture on a professional website, and have my name in the credits of a professionally published TV series. My camera work, and my written descriptions, are a part of a professional piece of work, and that's something I feel proud of. Sure, the pictures are kinda chance things, but it's still cool to me to be pictured like that, especially considering my usual luck. Now, if I could just get a job with my degree and experience...

If any of you are interested, you can check you local PBS station for time, as it's currently running on PBS, at least where I live.