Music Video and Red Rock Shoot in Vegas

What's the first thing on your checklist when you know you'll be heading out into the desert for the day? Batteries charged? Check! PVC from Home Depot? Check. Of course none of us thought to bring food or water. Ha!!!

We spent one day in the desert town of Nelson. You can see every house from Main Street. All are on wheels. Shooting a music video for Hannah Violet was a challenge, but rain and the lack of food and water was not going to stop us! Our music video crew included Jordan Oplinger, Matt Jeppsen, and Abad Rosa.

We were a little concerned about one of the locals who stopped by and screamed "where's your license!" We were not worried because Abad told us under his breath, "If I had a dime for every stranger I've buried in the desert. . ."

Working with Hannah was wonderful. I think she had the hardest time of all. I mean who wants to work in 40 degree weather in a sun dress?

The day didn't seem to end. We spent the night cruising (and shooting) the strip with the DiCicco's in our pimped out 1958 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible. Yes, with the top down of course. Who knew Vegas would be 40 degrees?

Then it was off to Red Rock Canyon for a photo shoot with Sofia Negron.

Photography by Jordan Oplinger and Sophia Negron.

Pay It Forward Photography at WPPI in Las Vegas

Same Day Edit at the Pay It Forward Photography party, WPPI convention, Las Vegas

WPPI in Vegas, Baby

Jordan and I have the opportunity to be in Vegas next week for the WPPI convention. We'll be shooting a Same Day Edit for the Pay it Forward party on Sunday night, shooting in the desert with the girls at Red Rock Canyon, shooting part of a music video, watching a friend get married, and helping Susan Beard display her WaxWorksPhoto reel.

Balancing a 5D mark II on a Glidecam 4000 HD

Part 2 in a series of Webisodes we are doing for LensRentals.com

Assembling a Glidecam 4000 HD and a Canon 5D Mark II

I often get questions about stabilizing footage, especially now from some photographers who have the ability to shoot moving pictures with the new Canon 5D Mark II cameras.

Lens Rentals (LensRentals.com) commissioned us to shoot a series of webisodes for their site. This first webisode shows how to mount the Canon 5D Mark II camera to a Glidecam 4000 HD.