Audrina Patridge of MTV's " The Hills" plugs the show during this shoot at Seth McFarlane's home in Los Angeles. The promos, shot on digibeta PAL by Crew Connection Director of Photography Jeff Watts of Boxx Communications, will air in European markets.

Tom Brunstetter, Crew Connection Director of Photography from Paradise Video, goes in for the close up while alligator expert Jonathon Vasquez wrangles the talent. Brunstetter’s only question at the pre-pro meeting: “This gator ate already, right?” The shoot, at Seminole Indian Village in Hollywood, FL, was for a pilot produced by 44 Blue Productions of Los Angeles, CA.

Crew Connection DP Nicola Basso of Milan, Italy directs cameraman Don Mills during the sailing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Basso and his crew, who were shooting for Beijing Olympic Broadcasting, won an Olympic Golden Rings award for Best Sports Coverage.

Crew Connection DP Chris Fann of Kansas City consults with presidential candidate Barack Obama prior to a live shot for the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

“The shot of Obama fed directly into the Pepsi Center convention hall the evening Michelle Obama made her speech at the convention”, says Fann, “We used two matching Panasonic VariCam HD cameras to have a close-up, iso shot of Senator Obama and a wide shot with Obama and the host family, who sat on the couch with him.” After her speech the live HD shot of Barack Obama and the host family was switched up on the convention center big screens where he and his wife and two daughters had a live conversation from Kansas City to Denver via satellite. “The show went off without a hitch!”, says  Fann, who was humbled by the experience, “I am very glad to have been involved in this shoot. I feel like my crew and I were a part of history. It was very exciting.” He adds, “Live remote shoots and live remote I-Views are always a little tricky. We've done so many over the years that they tend to be routine...but with this one, needless to say, I felt just a bit more pressure. It was  'good' pressure, though!”

On location in Los Angeles, Director of Photography JB Letchinger uses a pick up truck to capture this shot of a dancer during the shooting of  a music video, directed by Lawrence Ray Parker, for up and coming artist Maia.

From left Audio Tech Steve Roseboom, Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle, DP Dave Heacock, Daily Show Correspondent Aasif Mandvi, Audio Tech Rich Jacobs and DP Bob Tatlock pose for a snapshot at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO during the Democratic National Convention.