Bride and Groom Ride a Tandem. Well, Sort Of.
June 19th, 2009

We had a great time yesterday shooting a magazine cover for an article on marriage. The biggest challenge of the shoot was figuring out a way to safely hold up a tandem bike with two people on it. We had to construct a 17 foot wide support from 2×4’s and use some high boy stands to hold the rig. Then came some fancy cable and clamping. We got to test out our new little Canon SD780 to shoot a short video of the whole experience. Oh yeah, and we are still working on the music for the new MacShorts graphics. Maybe next video. Check it out.



















The lines between video and still photography are becoming more and more blurred all the time. I have been telling friends for a while now that eventually I will have one camera that I can shoot commercial photography with, and work on our film production at the same time; one camera for both. The quality and functionality is not there yet for video, but the Canon EOS 5D II that we shoot with is a step in that direction. Although it is just a little point and shoot, our new 
The week in Ethiopia shooting the documentary has been challenging but good. Lack of internet has made it difficult to share all that has been going on. We have seen many difficult and dire circumstances. The last two nights have been the toughest. On the first night, we were out until 3 a.m. interviewing street children and needed police escorts for the slums we went into. Last night was just as difficult as we interviewed young prostitutes and heard about the hopelessness in which they find themselves. Some really sad stories.

I recently was able to find the out of print Worlds in a Small Room by photographer