littlelostrobot http://littlelostrobot.com/blog The life and links of JL Watkins, videographer and blogger Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 The view from the 24th floor http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2010/02/09/the-view-from-the-24th-floor/ http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2010/02/09/the-view-from-the-24th-floor/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:57:04 +0000 JL http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/?p=635 If I were someone that used the disgusting phrase “get your creative juices flowing” then it would certainly be used to describe my sudden growth in productivity and killer work I’ve been doing in the past few weeks. Though, being that a good portion of my job is working on secretive projects, I can only really show some random photo I’ve taken - like this one here:

houston buildings 1 (tilt shift)

Man, I have become a sucker for Lensbabies tilty lenses lately. If there’s a support group I need to join it - LIKE NOW - especially since I’m about to get another lens. I took this photo from atop one of the hotels in downtown Houston for three reasons: 1) I was on a weird creative streak; 2) I also was able to shoot some much-needed HD skyline footage; 3) The “bathroom committee” at work was looking for some ‘Houston-ish’ artwork to hang up in the men’s room. (They ultimately picked a different skyline photo I shot)

Anyway, I’ve been working hard lately on some very special promos, and by the end of the week I should be able to post the video, and a cool behind-the-scenes thing I’m putting together.

Time to log off the blog and go look up Lost spoilers…

]]> http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2010/02/09/the-view-from-the-24th-floor/feed/ The Road to Vancouver Torino http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-road-to-vancouver-torino/ http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-road-to-vancouver-torino/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:27:59 +0000 JL http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/?p=621 OMG, it seems like just yesteryear that I was prepping and packing for my trip to the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. I can’t believe that we shot this FOUR YEARS AGO!

2006 was a much more innocent time. Back then you could put kids in suitcases in promos all you like. I suggest that around here and people look at me like I’m a weirdo.

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hanging in my office


Hanging above the door in my office is my photo mural of NBC managers: Ron Swanson, Michael Scott, Jack Donaghy, and my boss Gary Wann.

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pinatas

This year we decided to get away from at least one week of holiday madness, and spend it in a more tropical setting. As a result, I found myself chasing Eliza around a cruise ship and various Mexican ports - never escaping the sound of Feliz Navidad playing somewhere nearby.

But now I’m back on solid ground, expanding my blu-ray movie collection and getting caught-up on projects at work. Hope y’all had a happy holiday. /JL

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nameless butterfly

]]> http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/29/nameless-butterfly-on-unknown-plant/feed/ Channel 6 won’t be live at five http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/20/channel-6-wont-be-live-at-five/ http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/20/channel-6-wont-be-live-at-five/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:16:12 +0000 JL http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/?p=604
the Channel 6 crew will not be live at 5

Maybe it’s because the live truck driver fudged his pants, or maybe because they can’t get a working signal out on Isla Sorna. Or maybe it was because they were devoured by a giant moth. Either way, they won’t be going live at five.

channel 6 is lost again bad spot for a live shot No time for duty free shopping! prickly situation for the Channel 6 news crew the Channel 6 crew will not be live at 5
]]> http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/20/channel-6-wont-be-live-at-five/feed/ Local 2 Mornings - Your Olympic Team http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/18/local-2-mornings-your-olympic-team/ http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/18/local-2-mornings-your-olympic-team/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:32:03 +0000 JL http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/?p=599 The morning team are quickly becoming my favorite people to shoot with. Here’s my latest fun promo, that’ll tie-in to the upcoming Olympic games.

Your Olympic Team from JL Watkins on Vimeo.

]]> http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/18/local-2-mornings-your-olympic-team/feed/ tater in the orchard http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/14/tater-in-the-orchard/ http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/14/tater-in-the-orchard/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:24:40 +0000 JL http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/?p=595 Here’s the first of several disturbing photos that I shot of my brother hanging out in my parent’s orchard. It was just above freezing, and he took off his shirt and held a (already dead) possum for the sake of hillbilly authenticity.

tater in the orchard

]]> http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/14/tater-in-the-orchard/feed/ Gone, like a turkey in the corn. http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/07/gone-like-a-turkey-in-the-corn/ http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/2009/12/07/gone-like-a-turkey-in-the-corn/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:40:43 +0000 JL http://littlelostrobot.com/blog/?p=587 The headline for this post is one of those random lines that’s been stuck in my head ever since hearing it in the Twin Peaks movie back in 1992. I believe the line was something close to, “She’s gone, James. Like a turkey in the corn.”

gone... like a turkey in the corn


Anyway, that sprung into mind when shooting this photo of one of the “wine cork turkeys” my wife and I made for Thanksgiving a few weeks back. And it’s sorta appropriate considering how fast this past month (and year, really) has flown by.

Luckily, most of my family has taken a pact not to buy each other gift this holiday season - mainly focusing on the kids and grandkids - so I’ve been somewhat immune to the ‘black fridays’, ‘cyber mondays’ and ‘fifteen more emails from amazon.com tuesdays’ this year. That’s not to say I haven’t been tempted to get little presenty items here and there.


Luckily/Unluckily, much of my spending has been curbed after having to nuke my checkcard when I found that someone in the Czech Republic has been using it to make fraudulent charges. Fortunately, I caught-on rather quickly and the damage was minimal - although I was slightly disturbed that my bank didn’t get wise to it, considering the charges look like your classic, “We’ve noticed some unusual activity on your account” sort of thing.

Cyber-theft aside, all is going well. I haven’t watched the last episode of V yet, though I have seen that SNL “Reba” video about 5 trillion times. The Sons of Anarchy season finale was spectacular. And I’ve started to get over my aversion to PVP games, spending countless late-nite hours playing Ground War scenarios in Modern Warfare 2 - we even went so far as to start up a clan. The game limits your clan name to only 4 characters, so Hasser came up with H1N1 as our title. Classic.

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no place for baby

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