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Shaking Things Up

On the hottest day of Summer 2004, I found myself at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps wielding a Steadicam. The unrelenting sun reflected back at me from the light-colored stone of those famous steps as I squinted up at my mentor, Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, who was waiting at the top. My mission: Run up 72 steps carrying more than 60lbs. of camera equipment and end on a shot of Brown, who would be taking in the site of one of history’s most famous Steadicam shots. Although not the first, Brown’s work on Rocky ...

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