Thanks to 1st AC Jeff Saldin for taking this photo of me next to one of the Sony F900 HD cameras that was used for the shoot.

Call time isn't until 3p today, so I have a little time to expend on a little blogging. Over the course of this job, I've found myself searching for an explanation of why I want to be a part of a film production crew. After much pondering, I may have found it. When I was a child, I was in a short film that was shot in Waco's Cameron Park. It could have been such an influence on me that I felt compelled to work on movies for all of these years. Now that I've searched out the reason, perhaps I can heal, if that's indeed what is needed.

When we wrap around midnight, I'll return to my wife, whose job as a bureacrat often prevents her from grasping the peculiarities of creative endeavor. Today she's having a particularly difficult time at work. I don't think that she realizes how well-off she is to work in a building that has air conditioning and no wheels on it, and a job that is a mere twenty miles from where she lives. I have to find paying work a hundred miles or more from home, and must work in conditions that are a constant assault on my person and my equipment. Now that it's done, I can honestly say that I've learned a little about being a still photog on a movie set. Prior to this, I had been a camera assistant on shoots that did not have still photogs, so I was at a loss as to how to conduct myself at times. I've made some good contacts, and may continue to pursue work in that vein. I'll need some mentoring along the way, that's for sure.