Today I headed to Bradenton, FL to shoot a live concert for the band “We The Kings.” I got the opportunity to jib operate for Omni-Adept Productions. The shoot took place in a warehouse that had been turned into a bar/venue called The Hall. We had to get there pretty early to set up the jib and made sure all the equipment was working properly. We shot an interview with the band for about 45 minutes and then they had a select few come in for a meet and greet. I was originally planning on leaving the concert and driving back home for Christmas Eve, but I decided instead to stay at the hotel they got for me and left early in the morning. The concert was fun to shoot and I’d love to do some more jib operating soon.

These last two days I was out shooting a commercial for the new Amway Center with the production company DME out of Daytona. It was a pretty long two days, but we got a lot accomplished. It was nice to get to see the new arena before everyone else, they were still putting in light bulbs and painting walls while we were shoot. I was the 1st AC most of the time, but shot a couple of the scenes as camera op. The photo above was taken on an iphone while we were shooting at the Gentleman Jack’s Bar near the room of the stadium. I’m standing next to the camera waiting for the next shot, the weather was  around 40 degrees all day, which made some of the outside shoots a little cold!

Today I was shooting B Camera footage under a RedCam, pretty neat. We shot in Downtown Orlando around Lake Eola and it was a beautiful day. This is a screen grab of the current CEO of SunTrust Orlando looking at the lake.