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Outtake from the backside of the lens: Passive-Aggressive cowpokes.
He was a real cowboy. She was, too. They were both horse trainers, but with slightly different techniques. They were also married, and it was hot-blooded!
Kevin Raichl
May 72 min read


Visual Thinking Northwest Celebrates 27th Anniversary
Central Oregon’s longest-running Media Production Company announces the completion of 27 years serving Corporate, Retail, and Non-Profit...
Kevin Raichl
Jan 16, 20241 min read


Dry as the proverbial bone
We done many projects for the High Desert Partnership/Malheur Nat’l Wildlife Refuge over the years. This year we went out to see what...
Kevin Raichl
May 3, 20221 min read


Sailing SanFran
Had the opportunity to be in San Francisco for the SailGP championship sailing series. Eight teams from around the world had chased each...
Kevin Raichl
Apr 19, 20221 min read


“Madras, OR, the center of the Universe”
As the second decade of the 2000s marched inexorably forward, the business of Visual Thinking Northwest settled into a more comfortable...
Kevin Raichl
Feb 10, 20222 min read


“They Really Do Give Away The Money!”
The financial crisis that decimated the land in 2008 wiped out a lot of businesses, including many video production companies; it was...
Kevin Raichl
Feb 2, 20222 min read


“A big extra, at no extra charge”
The 2000’s were heady times for Visual Thinking Northwest. We had a half-hour show on local cable called “Inside Deschutes County”. While...
Kevin Raichl
Jan 26, 20222 min read


Business Went Right In The Toilet
John Larkin, GM of KTVZ-21 was right. Within a year or so of being sold in 1997, pretty much every management position at KTVZ turned...
Kevin Raichl
Jan 20, 20222 min read


Pondering The Ponderosa
It was August 1996. I had just come back from working for NBC at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. My boss at KTVZ-21, John Larkin,...
Kevin Raichl
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Gettin' back on a roll!
Production work seems to be coming back steadily! We have returned to getting regular requests for video from companies outside Oregon. ...
Kevin Raichl
Nov 8, 20211 min read
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