An apparatus for recording one or more subjects by a camera operator, the apparatus having a front side configured to be oriented towards the one or more subjects and a rear side configured to be oriented towards the camera operator, the front side and the rear side being oriented in opposite directions along a first axis, and a right side and a left side oriented in opposite directions along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the apparatus comprising: a first microphone, located near the right side, that is configured to generate a first signal; a second microphone, located near the left side, that is configured to generate a second signal; an automated null controller that is configured to generate a null control signal based on a rear-side proximity sensor signal; a rear-side proximity sensor, coupled to the automated null controller, that is configured to generate the rear-side proximity sensor signal that corresponds to a distance between the camera operator and the apparatus; a beamforming module, coupled to the first microphone, the second microphone, and the automated null controller, that is configured to process the first signal and the second signal based on the null control signal to generate: a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null, the at least one first null comprising a second null point being oriented toward the rear side, and a left beamformed audio signal having a second directional pattern having at least one second null, the at least one second null comprising a fourth null point being oriented toward the rear side, wherein a first angular location (α) of the at least one first null and a second angular location (β) of the at least one second null is steered based on the null control signal such that the second null point and the fourth null point are oriented to cancel sound that originates from the rear side at the distance. a first microphone, located near the right side, that is configured to generate a first signal; a second microphone, located near the left side, that is configured to generate a second signal; an automated null controller that is configured to generate a null control signal based on a rear-side proximity sensor signal; a rear-side proximity sensor, coupled to the automated null controller, that is configured to generate the rear-side proximity sensor signal that corresponds to a distance between the camera operator and the apparatus; a beamforming module, coupled to the first microphone, the second microphone, and the automated null controller, that is configured to process the first signal and the second signal based on the null control signal to generate: a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null, the at least one first null comprising a second null point being oriented toward the rear side, and a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null, the at least one first null comprising a second null point being oriented toward the rear side, and a left beamformed audio signal having a second directional pattern having at least one second null, the at least one second null comprising a fourth null point being oriented toward the rear side, wherein a first angular location (α) of the at least one first null and a second angular location (β) of the at least one second null is steered based on the null control signal such that the second null point and the fourth null point are oriented to cancel sound that originates from the rear side at the distance.