JMHalter Productions

JMHalter Productions Freelance Broadcast Camera Operator/Floor Manager/Director & Photographer

I am a camera operator and floor manager, with experience directing small to medium scale productions, currently in New York City. I specialize in live sports productions, but if it can be broadcast, I can probably do the job. I also have experience working in various other positions on studio and remote crews, apart from camera operation, including parab, CG operator, audio mixer, and replay tech

nician. As for my photography, my primary area of expertise is in event photography, but I also have some limited experience in portraiture and wedding photography. I'm not to the point of being able to call myself a true professional yet, but I'm always looking for new ways to grow my pool of experience.

Back in Harrison for the first time this year, working the scoreboard for Gotham FC’s home opener, in the newly renamed ...
03/24/2025

Back in Harrison for the first time this year, working the scoreboard for Gotham FC’s home opener, in the newly renamed Sports Illustrated Stadium. Great to finally be back to shooting soccer, after an offseason that felt like forever.

Over the weekend I was able to add yet another sport (performance art?) to my ever growing list, as I got called in to c...
02/11/2025

Over the weekend I was able to add yet another sport (performance art?) to my ever growing list, as I got called in to cover one of the Monster Jam event days for the UBS Arena video board. Despite growing up in the deep south, I never really had a huge childhood interest in monster trucks, but that was absolutely the most fun I’ve had as a camera operator in a very long time, if not ever. All the drivers put on a wildly entertaining show, and there was a kind of kinetic energy to the action that was nothing like anything I’ve shot before. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at shooting motorsports, especially the more acrobatic varieties, and this little taste already has me itching to try it again.

01/22/2025

Moments of Perspective: Launch & landing of Booster 14, during Starship Flight 7, as viewed and heard from the NASASpaceflight.com long range tracking site.

Back home from an unexpected week at Starbase, supporting the NASASpaceflight.com coverage of Starship’s 7th test flight...
01/21/2025

Back home from an unexpected week at Starbase, supporting the NASASpaceflight.com coverage of Starship’s 7th test flight. Wasn’t originally going to be down there for this one, but, with New Glenn getting delayed, the team was stretched a bit thin and I got a last-minute call to fly down and manage the SPI tracking site. Also spent some time after the launch helping to return some of the SBL cameras to their normal operational locations, and even got to see Ship 34 up close, when we ended up behind the road closure for its roll back to the production site from Massey. It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to work with such a talented & passionate team, and I look forward to the next one.

Was doing the math recently and, after just over 18 years of working in broadcasting, I’ve now passed the point where I’...
11/22/2024

Was doing the math recently and, after just over 18 years of working in broadcasting, I’ve now passed the point where I’ve been doing this work for longer than I haven’t, so I figured I’d celebrate that with the lighting of the biggest candle around. Was very fortunate to be asked once again by the excellent folks at NASASpaceflight.com to travel down to South Texas and manage the host set and long-range tracking site for their coverage of the 6th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy launch vehicle. Always a privilege getting to work with their talented group of hosts and techs.

Between work and cloud cover, took till Thursday evening for me to get a chance to go comet watching. Hauled my long len...
10/19/2024

Between work and cloud cover, took till Thursday evening for me to get a chance to go comet watching. Hauled my long lens up to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade after work and managed to get a few shots of it. Sadly, the light pollution was too strong in the city to get any clear definition on the tail, being this far past peak brightness, but I’ll take what I can get. [Nikon Df / Sigma 150-600mm / Processed RAW]

Finally managed to work a NYCFC match this season. Had to take a train to Jersey to do it, at the end of the season, but...
10/07/2024

Finally managed to work a NYCFC match this season. Had to take a train to Jersey to do it, at the end of the season, but better late than never.

Unfiltered Ramblings: A Tribute In Light, 9-11-2024 [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]
09/12/2024

Unfiltered Ramblings: A Tribute In Light, 9-11-2024 [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]

Unfiltered Ramblings: Sunset at Hudson River Park [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]
09/12/2024

Unfiltered Ramblings: Sunset at Hudson River Park [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]

06/10/2024

Moments of Perspective: Timelapse of totality from the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse that I finally got around to doing something with, as seen from LBJ State Park in Texas. The original video was ~10 minutes long and is shown here at 6x speed. Unfortunately, we had complete cloud cover during totality, so we didn't have a view of the sun, but I locked the exposure to give an impression of how dark it got. The points of light across the bottom of the video are camera flashes from the crowd in the distance.

Back home from Starbase, where I was fortunate to spend a week with some incredibly passionate folks, working to provide...
06/08/2024

Back home from Starbase, where I was fortunate to spend a week with some incredibly passionate folks, working to provide independent broadcast coverage of SpaceX’s fourth flight test of the Starship launch vehicle. The temperatures & humidity were high, the hours were long, the views from our tracking site were non existent, but I still wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Way back when I traded my aerospace engineering degree dreams for those of cameras and switchers, I thought that meant giving up on ever getting to be involved with space and resigned myself to only ever watching from the sidelines. Having the opportunity to merge these two passions, first with the Firefly launch in December and now with Starship, is something of a dream come true and I am supremely lucky to have this opportunity.

Been down at Starbase for the last couple days, working to help set up for NASASpaceflight.com’s broadcast of the fourth...
06/05/2024

Been down at Starbase for the last couple days, working to help set up for NASASpaceflight.com’s broadcast of the fourth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle. We go live at 12am Eastern tonight, with the launch window opening at 8am Eastern, if you’d like to tune in. Link is in the comments.

Unfiltered Ramblings (SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy production & launch sites) [iPhone 11 Pro/Unedited]
04/11/2024

Unfiltered Ramblings (SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy production & launch sites) [iPhone 11 Pro/Unedited]

Unfiltered Ramblings (Space Center Houston) [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]
04/11/2024

Unfiltered Ramblings (Space Center Houston) [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]

Unfiltered Ramblings (Lyndon B Johnson State Historical Park) [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]
04/11/2024

Unfiltered Ramblings (Lyndon B Johnson State Historical Park) [Fujifilm X100V/JPEG/Unedited]

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Who am I?

I am a camera operator and utility, with experience floor managing and directing small to medium scale productions, currently in New York City. I specialize in live sports and music productions, but if it can be broadcast, I can do the job. I also have experience working in various other positions on studio and remote crews, apart from camera operation, including parab, CG operator, audio mixer, and replay technician. As for my photography, my primary area of expertise is in event photography, but I also have some limited experience in portraiture and wedding photography. I like to still consider it a hobby, but I'm always looking for new ways to grow my pool of experience. If you want more information, to take a look at some of my previous work, or to request a copy of my resume/demo reel/portfolio, just send me a message or email me at [email protected]