My house looks like pipe bomb went off in it. A pipe bomb wrapped in bloody clothes and camera gear. Canned air, film cleaner, white glove, scissors and 7 rolls of uncut 120 litter my desk. My kitchen has 15 rolls of unprocessed film and random lenses winders flashes and other assorted bits of my rig, scattered among the dirty dishes. It was a great weekend.
I shot the benefit/fashion show for the humane society on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun. Got to meet Ron Burns who donated a painting for the benefit auction. He is such a nice guy, really down to earth. He asked me about photography and what I was working on. Not one milligram of pretentiousness in him. Had casual introductions to some of Medfords upper crust types that I've seen around but never met. Interesting.
The fashion show was difficult to shoot because the venue was so tight and the two news guys grabbed the best shooting location early on. Also 2.25 square format with manual focus primes, is really not the right gear for this type of shooting, it just doesn't handle fast. You have guess where the action is going to be then pre focus before it happens. Hopefully f8 has saved my ass in the focus department.
Drinks @ Howies, little dancing and bed around 1AM.
Sunday me and Super A (did you know my girlfriend is a super hero?) Off to Landmine studios to be extras in the Virus 9 Vid. I brought camera gear and shot throughout the day. Me and Super A played bar patrons that get attacked and killed by zombies.. I have sneaking suspicion that we are going to end up on the cutting room floor. Again the highlight of the day was not necessarily being in the video or shooting, it was meeting so many cool and creative people. I met all the guys from Virus 9 and Mental Records. Met a guy who builds hotrods, girls who do makeup/special FX, the camera guy… all cool low key people. It was a blast.
Must scan film now.
-J
