After a short 1 year stint back in California we have been drawn away by a great job offer for my wife Pattiewack. We moved ourselves and all of our "stuff" to Nashville, TN for yet another adventure. Music city here we come:



While in California from March 2007 until February 2008 I had the great opportunity to work on quite a few great projects with my buddies over at Valencia Production & Post. This shot of Jim Piccirillo-Mr. VPP- while I was working as the Camera Tech Supervisor on a production at The Reagan Library:



In the sidebar I mentioned I might add a few tips. Well on this shoot we learned that having an extra DigiBeta camera on hand (4 total) proved useful as we lost one
unit on our second day when it decided to "jump" off the steadicam C-Stand holder and crack the lens mount. Bye-bye insurance deductible. I think I saw a tear in
JP's eye later that day.

Here is a wild shot with my cell phone with Ed Riley and the ANG Blackhawk helicopter we were working with for this portion of the shoot. Crazy how the shutter speed of the cell phone gave the rotor blades the bent effect. I had to lay on the ground and guess when the Blackhawk would pass overhead and adjust for the lag in the camera shutter.



And just to prove I was there:


I know...not pretty.