Something Different Something New

Today was a bit different. No pretty girl shooting for JimmyD. Instead, I was hired to shoot some corporate stuff for a national, event-staffing company. It meant getting up before 5:00 A.M. (Yikes!) so we could be in Long Beach, California, by 8:00 A.M. That's a two-hour-plus drive--in morning traffic--from Casa JimmyD to Long Beach.

The shoot took place at the Long Beach Convention Center, just a stone's throw from the Queen Mary... assuming you have a pretty good arm. The staffing company hired about twenty actors for the shoot. The images are headed for company brochures and other marketing media. I have to admit it was fairly challenging, especially lighting groups of people in cavernous areas of the convention center.

Leesa, my partner in photo crime, was part of the team and shot a 2nd camera. This helped insure we had everything covered. My son-in-law was also there and helped out as a photo assistant and grip. He worked his ass off moving gear all over the convention center.

The images look great. We reviewed some of them on the laptop and the corporate communications woman, who flew in from D.C. for the shoot, seemed very happy with what she saw. It seems this company provides staffing for, amongst other things, concert events. After seeing some of the images, the corporate types asked if we'd be interested in shooting at some of the music venues they staff. "There's a Police concert coming up soon, would you be interested in shooting for us there?" the communications woman asked.

Uhhhh.... yeah.

We'll see if this leads to some interesting gigs. I hope so. It's not that I want to quit pretty girl shooting but it sure was fun shooting some stuff of the kind I haven't shot in many years.