D and U RR complete

We’ve just tied the ribbons on “1100 to Roxbury”, a 27:42 production featuring a round-trip from Arkville, NY to Roxbury NY in the heart of the Catskill Mountains.
If we do say so ourselves, it turned out wonderfully.  The colors on the crisp bright days was outstanding as the remains of a passing cold front cleared [...]

Delaware and Ulster Railroad — What a ride!

Saturday, Memorial Day 2009 weekend:  What a weather and video perfect day deep in the heart of the Catskills.
Severe clear, CAVU (Clear Air, Visibility Unlimited) trains (lots of them) and pretty girls. What more could a cinematographer ask for.
We were very graciously treated to a great time by Jim LaBarre and Don Bishop of the [...]

MIC’S

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Microphones –there’s a love-hate thing going in the biz about mic’s.  There are very very expensive ones, and very cheap ones. And yet, for us, the midpriced ones seem to work, technically (and wallet-ly) the best.
STUDIO MIC’S

The studio blowhard Prima Donna type announcer will insist upon ‘his [...]

EQUIPMENT ROSTER–RECOMMENDATIONS

Whenever we’re on a shoot, we inevitably encounter the amateur, serious amateur, and the simply curious who want to talk about  the  gear we are using.
Having been in the business at the professional network level, we’ve worked with all sorts of pricey and fragile cameras, mic’s, mixers and such.  Some of the lenses alone cost [...]

COVER ART FOR SHOW

Here’s the cover art for the DVD of the first “Catskill Mountain Showcase” program. This one’s the “Maple Time” episode. Click pic to enlarge.

MAPLE MINUTE CLIP POSTED

Here’s  a brief teaser video of our “Maple” show for the series “Catskill Mountain Showcase”. CLICK HERE. 
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MARATHON, NEW YORK MAPLE FEST ON SATURDAY

  We’ll be shooting all day at the Maple Fest in Marathon, NY Saturday. The weather now calls for partly cloudy and 60 degrees — perfect! There will be a pancake eating contest, a battle of the bands, a quilt show, a sugaring off demonstration at a for-real evaporator, and a train ride to Cortland [...]

MAPLE SYRUP TIME IN THE CATSKILLS

It’s a March morning, severe clear, a lovely cerulean blue sky, temperature just above freezing, the red buds of the sugar maples just emerging, and the sap’s starting to flow at sugarbushes  all over New York and New England.  That means it’s time for work and celebration, as the crop looks extraordinarily good this year.
We  [...]

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS –RFD TV PILOT

Today we’re pleased to announce the production of a pilot for submission to RFD-TV re: maple syrup/sugar production in the Catskills and New York State.  The new address is:  seventhfleetfilms {at}usa.com.  Remove of course the [at] and substitute the asterisk.  We’ll be shooting at the Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown and other maple events in the [...]

DON RUSHMORE FILMS NOW AFFILIATED WITH SEVENTH FLEET FILMS

We’re very please to announce our affiliation with Seventh Fleet Films. Please see their website for further information.
COMING SOON: It’s maple time in the sugarbush of Catskill Country. We visit The Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown for an in-depth look at how was done in the Early Days, and is done still to this day. [...]