It was finally time to strip away the shackles of the past and finally embrace Los Angeles fully. Long gone will be the days of up turned noses when giving a 714 number. Starting today and continuing for at least the next year, all calls to my old number will be forwarded to my new telephone number. I won’t be able to received text messages sent to my old phone number, so please make the change to your address book, cell phone or other communications device.
Also, to my New York friends, I’ve got a local-ish number for you. I’m east and left coast-able now. Thank you Google Voice!
Requiscat in Pace
[714] TACO_GOD
say hello to “nothing-at-all” & “DISTORT-BUM”
Earlier this year I purchased a 5D. Love it. Absolutely, love it. I’ve done some food photography, taken some wonderful photos of my pets, and captured some behind-the-scenes photos from some of my productions as well as holiday memories. Without a doubt, the larger chip and image processing with the 5D is leaps and bounds better than my last DSLR. As for motion images, nothing significant as yet but I might in a couple of weeks when I shoot a music video.
This weekend, I had a chance to shoot a trailer on a reservation just outside of Reno using the Canon 7D. The verdict… images are great, the working pipeline not so much. I’m hoping to have some screen shots soon. I’ll also write more soon as I collect my thoughts on the process. Till then here are some photos from the shoot. (Photos take with my iPhone & 5D)
Crew and director review a shot.
Brave actor shivers in the cold – Stone Mother and Basket at Pyramid Lake
The Pyramid
Me standing in front of what I think is the Temple of Doom.
No one is likely to care about this but here it is… If you’ve worked with me in the past year, you probably can’t hear me on my walkie. My old earpiece got replaced with one that supposedly has noise canceling and a kevlar in the wires. Great but no one could still hear me. During “Zombie Roadkill” the gaffer’s father came by one day and brought some goodies he sells. What did I get? By far the best earpiece I’ve ever had. It’s a single cable instead of the usual two and best of all, everyone can hear me now. He also sells a version that lets you plug into your iPhone. Email me if you want his contact information.
I can’t wait to write more about this fantastic project but it’ll likely have to wait until the series is released. For now, what I can say is that this week I shot a web series directed by David Green. It’s being produced by Ghost House Pictures and will be shown on Fearnet.com as well as on Pay-Per-View on the Comcast cable television system.
We’re shooting with two the Panasonic HPX-3000 cameras, a couple of Panasonic HVX200 cameras and a Sony EX3. Almost all of it takes place at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA. Quantum Creation FX created our puppets.
It’s a long list of great people who worked on the project. I’ll update and thank a bunch of those folks in the couple of days. Till then, a heartfelt thank you to all the wonderful folks to worked on this project. You’re the best.
Here’s some online news clips: Fearnet.com / Variety / Huffington Post / IMDb
