Teamwork, Yo

Two of us at Monkeywhale Productions have had the good fortune of joining up with Mark Wagoner Productions in the last couple weeks for two fun shoots. The shots above are from a lovely piece coming soon from Mark. I hesitate to give too much away at this point except to say that yes, we did drop the camera off the bridge. A couple of times. When you got it, you got it folks!
The stunning shots below were taken by me during a music video shoot for Irata. (Please keep in mind I was often holding lights and sometimes shivering while taking these shots). Smoke machines, creepy woods, models, rock stars, cold temperatures and sometimes a bit of wind: you name it, we had it. Fun stuff and a very nice crew, I might add.

Puppeteers are Cool

This week Mark Wagoner Productions met up with the Paperhand Puppet Intervention people in Saxapahaw and I was lucky enough to get a chance to take some production shots with Mark's camera while we were there. Lots of interesting stuff goes on in this building, as you can see above, and really exciting, beautiful things happen when they take all this art out into the community. These puppets and their creators have been all over the country getting involved in all sorts of things from Earth Day festivals to puppet shows to World Trade Organization protests. This is art on a giant scale (some of the puppets are literally over 30 feet tall) and it's made of recycled materials and things people throw out. It's beautiful and surprising and inspiring to people of all ages. Click HERE to find out more about all that is cool in the world of puppets. Very soon you will be able to see a short piece about Puppethand by Mark Wagoner Productions on CurrentTV.

And we're rolling...

Dogs and toddlers make for an amusing shoot.  Here are some production shots I took last night at Viewpoint as Mark Wagoner Productions and a lively crew did a video shoot for Mohawk Floors.  Fun times.  

Shot on Mark's Canon EOS-1 DS

24-105 mm lens

wheeeeeeee!