So this week I added a new piece of gear to my arsenal. Unfortunately this piece of gear won’t make me much money, but it will get me from point A to point B. I bought a new car, a minivan, in fact. As anyone in production knows, having a good sized production vehicle can be essential. Even though our cameras and a lot of other gear have gotten smaller, there is still a ton to take on shoots. My previous (now second) car was a Mazda 3 wagon. A great, fun, zippy little car. I could pack A LOT of stuff in it. I used to joke that this car could JUST barely fit whatever was needed. Read more…
Archive for July, 2010
A Cautionary Tale
I think anyone who works for themselves long enough will run into a case of non-payment. It sucks. It makes you mad. It makes you feel betrayed. I have been fairly lucky, though, that in my three and a half years of working for myself there have only been two cases of this. The first time was in my first year as a freelancer and it was a half-day shoot for a company from Florida. Everything seemed legit, and it probably was. I imagine that nobody was setting out to screw me or scam me. But in the end, a few months after the shoot, after the tapes were sent to them, it seemed as if this company no longer existed. Read more…
My Most Used Camera
“The best camera is the one that’s with you.”
I believe that expression was coined by photographer Chase Jarvis. At least, he has a book with that title, which features photos taken with a mobile device and discusses the idea of creating art without getting hung up on the technical things like resolution, dynamic range, lens selection, etc. Read more…