This weekend, on my first ever paid photo shoot, I saw a sign warning drivers of “controlled” explosions and gunfire, which drew my attention to 8th and Broadway where a massive crew was filming on the set of the upcoming Transformers movie. Luckily my clients were cool enough to allow me to make a b-line over and take a few photos. I suppose I could include these in my Hassle Project as the crowd wranglers adamantly denied that I had the right to take photos from the public sidewalk, stating that they had “permits” for the whole area. I am sure they did have permits for the section of the block they were shooting on, but I am also sure that those permits didn’t prohibit me from shooting some photos from across the street. If I hadn’t been working I would have spent more time and taken some photos of the explosive action.
This movie is giving me such mixed feelings. I know with current CG tech they can make an awesome-looking film and hiring Peter Cullen as Optimus is a step in the right direction, but there’s so much that can go wrong including the current design for Megatron. Really I should go in with lowered expectations and maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Oh my God, did you kiss your Mom when she dropped you off to start your work day at Moobies?
Haha, um I haven’t lived with my parents since I was 16 (over a decade). I have been gainfully employed as a programmer for a decade. Photography is just a hobby of mine, but I woudln’t mind doing it for money more often.
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