i’m a big kid
Movie Studio Fun
Imagine working on a project where you literally have every single thing you could ask for at your fingertips, the project is super unique and exciting, and you receive an overwhelming amount of support from everyone around. Now imagine yourself in a hallway with a series of doors. Open stage door 10 and you might find yourself inside of West Beverly High. Open stage door 15 and you’ll be on the set of CSI Miami. Maybe door 19 will take you to the rooms where they make fake body parts. Then there was the “movie set” stages that I can’t talk about until it’s released. Working with Farm Advertising to update the studios portfolio, I think this may have been one of the most exciting shoots of my life. We didn’t work, we played, and the studios rolled out the red carpet. Need a model, “Here’s three.” Want to go up 50 ft, “Choose a boom lift.” Don’t like that wall there, “It’s gone!” Ha ha, this was such a blast! Three days photographing behind the scenes, filming going on all around us, watching the Hollywood magic in action, talk about a kid in a candy store! I may have been even a bit gitty.
Heat Rises
If there’s one person you can’t complain to about heat, its a fire fighter. Even when shooting the new Fire Fighter Training Facility in Visalia, CA, in 115 degree weather, with natural fires starting up all around town, (HAHAHAHA) well, we jumped in two feet first. Turnouts on and 250+ degree rooms waiting, this was one hell of an interior shoot! The walls were all rigged with propane and the experience of the space helps fire fighters work through the anxiety of a real fire situation. In many ways, this building can help save lives. Hopefully, my images will accurately show the value of this type of training facility and assist in obtaining funding to build more of them. More cities with burning buildings that is.
Fire! Fire!
Okay talk about one of the most exciting shoots of my life. This is the Riverside Emergency Operation Center designed by RRM Design Group. The facility not only serves as a central hub for the county in times of disaster, but also as a training center to all those who save our lives every day. My job was to communicate the experience of the design provided by my client, and to promote this facility that better prepares us in times of disaster. In addition to the operations rooms with large screens and computers, this EOC featured a full Burn House and Burn Car. With a flick of a switch we have fire. While this was a very valuable learning tool for the fire fighters, it also made for an exciting project for us to document. These are real 40 ft. flames, no Photoshop required.
Disneyland!!!!!!!!
What does every child dream about? Full and unrestricted access to Disneyland! The New York Times called me to photograph the new “Home of The Future” exhibit at Disneyland and with all professionalism aside, I jumped at this shoot. I love Disneyland and I’ll always be young at heart. To top it off, at the end of our shoot, I received free Disneyland Ice Cream!
Dad, Can I Borrow The Car?
This is the Crevier Classic Car Club in Irvine, California. I don’t even know where to begin with all the stories that occurred on our shoot this evening, however, I can tell you that my assistant Lorie was driven around in a bright yellow Lamborghini Diablo while rearranging our props! I asked if I could take just one care home. They told me no. :(
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