Remember when you were a little kid and life seemed to pass so slow? How the dastardly clock in fifth period grade school would tick by at a snails pace? Compare that to now. This past month and a half has flown so fast! Between photo assignments, video productions, editing, and traveling, I can still feel the whiplash!
Below is a snippet from a video production that I assisted.
So, "Curiosity." A couple of months ago, I received a call for the Discovery Studios program. A long story short and fast forward to a week and a half ago and a 6:30am call time later, I was assigned assistant duties to the show's Associate Producer. Therefore, at least on this shoot, the only camera I got to shoot with was my Panasonic LX3 for production stills.
Featured is the DP videoing the host of Curiosity using the 5D Mark II.
Big. Scrumptious. Delicious. Hot. Tasty! These are only a few of the words that describe the one and only Awful Awful hamburger!
So about a week ago, I received a call from a New York production company about the Travel Channel production Food Wars. Have you ever heard of it? Apparently it’s this amazing television show that bouts local varieties of well-known food against each other. For example, on a past episode, local Philadelphia shops were pitted against each other in a taste off of their unique varieties of cheese steak. Yum! Anyway, the producers heard about the Biggest Little City’s famous Awful Awful and sent a crew to capture it in HD.
It was my duty to shoot b-roll with a very familiar HVX-200! Did I mention, I LOVE that camera!
In media news. I covered the annual Walker Lake Day yesterday for a local tourism office. The weather finally settled long enough for spectators to enjoy a calm day on the shores of Walker Lake. There were paddle boarders, fisherman, and families learning about the activities as well as the history of the pluvial body of water. The event's organizers allowed the media (i.e. the photogs and journalists) to venture onto the day's first boat tour of the lake. Truthfully, I haven't been on a boat since I was a child! But 25 minutes later, all was well and some of the "nature shots" were incredible. Anyway, if you're in the area next year, you should definitely check it out.
Here's a link to the Nevada Urban Indians. It's a great non-profit, outreach, referral, and community based agency that I had the pleasure of working with. I photographed studio portraits of the 2010 NUI royalty (Miss NUI, Little Miss NUI, and Jr. Miss NUI) as well as made photographs of the health fair and pow wow. I'll keep you updated on when those photographs will be posted online as well. :)
As promised, here are the webisodes that can also be seen here. It's definitely humbling to see the webisodes after the countless hours of research by the producers, 7 days of production, months in post, and finally distribution. All which is translated into something that everyone can enjoy!
BIG UPDATE: The National Geographic project, "Earthquake Swarm" that I was an Assistant Camera last semester is going to air on November 5th at 7pm PST. The show will feature insight into the Reno Mogul earthquakes from last year. Including UNR professor commentary and shots around Reno, Nevada!
According to the producers that I worked with, the Nat Geo website will also feature video webisodes as the November 5th air date nears.
If you have the National Geographic Channel be sure to tune in!
People wanted to know what I've been up to lately. Basically, I have been shooting photos and video all around the Reno area. As well as pushing around ideas for a gut wrenching, in your face and subsequently makes you think photo portfolio. I've also been illustrating fun little projects for friends as well as myself.
My photo instructor gave an outstanding speech today that can only be summarized as "thinking outside the box." Sure, this statement has been used an infinite amount of times. And I'll admit, it's tough to think outside the box. Anyway, here is a video thinking along those lines as well as a social commentary on the future of print journalism:
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