2019 Marks the beginning of Jim Baugh Outdoors TV 31st
year in broadcasting and oh what a ride it has been! Each year it is a tough challenge
to pick out our favorites and every new feature we produce is always better than
the one previous, and we have been doing this now for over 30 years. Where does this
mantra of always improving come from? It’s
a deep-rooted seed my father the Judge impressed on me when I was a little boy.
“Jimmy, now you can be anything you want to be when you grow
up! You can be a doctor…a lawyer…you can even be a ditch digger, but just make
sure of one thing. You are the best dam ditch digger that ever lived!”
Sooooo, with that engrained in my brain, myself and those
associated with Jim Baugh Outdoors TV have always strived to constantly improve
our program with every single production we produce. Now after 30 years of
doing so, this is where we are at… for today. 2019 is a new year with even
better productions from JBOTV.
2018 recap:
This year was one of my favorite years in the shows
production history for a variety of reasons. One of which is that camera/film technology
has caught up to such a high degree of quality and versatility, pretty much anything
we want to film whether it be 200 feet underwater or flying 400 feet above the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, we can do. This has not always been the case,
especially during the days of analog tape-based production solutions. At this
point of television production for JBOTV, if I can think it, storyboard it, and
write it, we can film the story no matter what it is. This gives us an amazing
amount of freedom to produce the best features possible.
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| Jan Blizzard 2018 |
January of 2018 kicked off with a blizzard here at Mermaid
Bay Studios on the Eastern Shore but also kicked off two of my favorite
features; the Miami International Boat Show where we featured the first ever
Tideline 36ft Catamaran and an awesome return to Sea Bass fishing offshore the
Mid Atlantic.
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| Miami IBS 2018 |
This year also marked big news for JBOTV, our new home base
port and sponsor The Oyster Farm at Kings Creek in Cape Charles Virginia!
Without a doubt one of the all-time best marina resorts and event centers on
the Chesapeake Bay and we are honored to base our show out of the Oyster Farm.
We will be posting soon some “Don’t miss dates” for 2019 so you can mark your calendars
when to book your slips and accommodations at the Oyster Farm.
Due to the enormous amount of aerial filming JBOTV has been
producing for the show, we opened an affiliate company called Mermaid Bay AIR
which specializes in cinematic aerial video/film production as well as color
grading. I obtained my FCC certification and now am a licensed remote pilot
airman and fly all our aerial missions/productions.
With one of the busiest production years yet somehow, I managed
to compose and record my first piano concerto “Underwater Improv”. This 30-minute,
3 movement piano concerto is all set to our underwater dive footage of the
Palancar Reefs and Canyons in Cozumel, Baja, and Hatteras North Carolina. Divers
were JT
Barker and Ben Baugh. I was extremely pleased and a bit surprised at the incredibly positive reviews and comments coming from all over the world for this concerto. The third movement was featured on One World Radio in the UK and the entire concerto is being considered for the Ocean Film Festival 2019. JBOTV has already used segments of this piano work in various short films.
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| Palancar Canyons & Tunnels Second Movement "Underwater Improv" Photo by Ben Baugh |
Barker and Ben Baugh. I was extremely pleased and a bit surprised at the incredibly positive reviews and comments coming from all over the world for this concerto. The third movement was featured on One World Radio in the UK and the entire concerto is being considered for the Ocean Film Festival 2019. JBOTV has already used segments of this piano work in various short films.
We hope you enjoy these features and most all of them are available
for free to watch both on our JBOTV YouTube Channel as well as facebook/social
media. If you view on JBOTV please do subscribe to our channel, it cost nothing,
and YouTube likes it for some reason.
Many thanks to my wife Ms. Donna aka “Ms. 11” for putting up
with me and the sometimes craziness of producing an outdoors tv show. My family
has always been supportive and could not have managed producing the show for so
many years without their support, love, and understanding.
Tight lines and Godspeed.
Jim Baugh
Producers Picks JBOTV Television Features 2018
Miami International Boat Show 2018
The Oyster Farm at Kings Creek Cape Charles Virginia new home base port and tour
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Kings and Cobia with Captain Billy Pappas JR.
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Mid Atlantic Rockfish Shootout 2018
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Offshore Sea Bassin Rudee Angler
Shuck and Suck 2018 at the Oyster Farm
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Flounder Fishing the Paramore Reef with Jack and Doris Normand
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Bash by the Bay plus Cobia and the Deloreans at the Oyster Farm
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Producers Pics Original Music 2018
"Underwater Improv"
All 3 movements
Reviews and samples click on this link JBOTV BLOG
November Sky
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Common Ground
(Cover/Accompaniment Paul Winter Consort)
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Sunset Fanfare
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Producers Picks Short Films and Promos
Winter Solstice
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Viking Ship Draken
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Schooner Virginia Cape Charles Departure
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Vortex Racing
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
"Corn Maze" Halloween Promo
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
Mermaid Bay AIR
Also available to view JBOTV Facebook
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Many thanks to our sponsors and all the support of the many captains and outdoor outfitters that have been so much help in producing JBOTV.
Wishing everyone a blessed 2019!
Jim Baugh
JBOTV
