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Kevin has been in the business since 1980. As a producer, Director, DP, and Steadicam operator. As the owner of a Production Company, he provides his DP skills using many types of camera packages...
Meet Kevin BrabandWelcome to the Adventures of Ben!
Ben had become a fixture in the Crews Control offices... sitting on a desk, hiding in a ficus tree and occasionally showing up in the fridge. All the while he was listening to Crews Control Production Managers book exciting shoots all around the world... and wishing he could go on location.
One day... when a crew of ours from New York was visiting, the wanderlust was too great for Ben... and he jumped in the camera man's duffle bag for his first adventure. He has been traveling ever since. Check out the photos from some his adventures below!
If you want to host Ben email us at socialmedia@crewscontrol.com
Every year Ben travels down to visit our video production crews in New Orleans during Mardi Gras because it is his favorite. During his stay he makes it a goal to meet as many interesting people as he can possible find. In this photo Ben is seen with a couple dressed in their best VooDoo attire and Ben is sporting his Mardi Gras beads. I wonder what he did to get those?
Ben is a huge Baltimore Ravens fan so he decided he would attend the Superbowl this year. We hooked him up with one of our camera crews in New Orleans and they took good care of Ben while he was there. Ben even met a couple of new friends in New Orleans that shared a similar passion for the Ravens. There is still some speculation at Crews Control over whether or not Ben had something to do with the blackout...
Ben has been very busy traveling the Pacific Northwest and decided to stop for a photo shoot in Seattle, Washington where one of our crews was able to give Ben the tour of a lifetime. Ben has always wanted to visit the Space Needle and enjoy a fresh cup of Starbucks coffee atop the 600ft building, unfortunately he was turned away because he refused to remove his hat...
Ben hitchhiked from Massachusetts to Colorado by way of birds mistaking him for a meal. It took several days and many frustrated birds before he found his way to one of our fellow crewsers filming in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Ben made his way up to Boston, MA and stayed with some crewsers while he toured the city. Here he is in front of Fenway Park, the oldest professional sports stadium in the US. After the game, Ben had himself a beer in Allston and spent the night on a rock in Copley Square.
Ben got a good back massage right on set during a shoot. A relief for his porcelain back after all the traveling he has been doing before he latest pitstop in sunny Burbank, California.
Ben had so much fun with DP, Mark, in New Orleans that we dedicated an entire photo album of their good times in the French Quarter on our Facebook page.
Ben's celebrating men's health awareness in a Dallas Moustache with the best of 'em in Texas. How does he look with one of these bad boys on?
Ben's ventured south to Texas for a stay with crewsers for the Thanksgiving holiday. The word Texas is from a Caddo Indian word "teyshas" (meaning "friends". Ben feels right at home here with a gang of his newfound Texan pals.
"My love waits there in San Francisco Above the blue and windy sea When I come home to you, San Francisco Your golden sun will shine for me" lyrics from 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco'
Before bidding farewell to his visit with San Francisco crewsers, Ben breezed by headquarters for the world's largest online auction marketplace based out of San Jose, California.
As Ben's final attraction in the windy city he decides to check out the Chicago Auto Show. While there he conducted a few interviews, got some b-roll footage, ate a sandwich, and managed to stay out of trouble. Overall, Ben really enjoyed his stay in Chicago and wishes the he could go back sometime soon.
So last time Ben was in Chicago he was thrown out of the Linkin Park Zoo for taunting the animals. This time he decided to take it easy and do some sightseeing. After a long day of walking around Chicago he settled down at a bar named Cheers and was fascinated by the fact that, despite never being there before, everyone knew his name.
Anyone who knows Ben knows that he is a huge fan of hockey. So when he was offered the opportunity to attend this years Stanley Cup he went stiff with excitement. While you can't quite see it in this picture, Ben is all smiles.
The good folks at Abelcine invited Ben to their offices in Chicago, IL. While there, he filled up on deep dish pizza and spent hours taunting the animals at the Linkin Park Zoo. Abelcine said they would have him back anytime, under one condition...no more trips to the zoo.
Ben's first stop, the big apple! Here he is in front of Radio City Music Hall waiting to get into the next show. While he was in New York city he had one of the best soft pretzles of his life. After consuming the pretzle he wanted to do something that people from NYC do so he hailed a cab and sat in traffic for two hours.






