Getting Ready For the Set
I had all the best intentions of waking up at 9am today to fix myself breakfast, & prepare for my 1pm photo shoot with Detroit rock group Fluxphonic.
In my head the plan was solid! Well, it all went to hell when I woke up at 11am.
I jumped out of bed, rushed to get dressed, packed my camera bag, gathered light equipment & loaded the car. Before you know it was 1150, everything was in the car & I was on my way to the set with a very empty belly.
I totally had no time to stop for a quick bite. Oh my!
I HATE working while hungry!
Well, none of that mattered because I had to make it happen.
Then… I get to the set & realize that I left a vital lighting accessory at home. Bummer! So I improvised like one should.
The clock tics & tocs & the shoot is going great; before you now it, we wrapped about 4:15.
Before heading home, I stopped at Popeye’s for a quick meal, which I later suffered from. BIG TIME!
Lessoned learned from today:
– Set 2 alarms, maybe 3
– Triple check the equipment checklist
– Pack snacks no matter what
– Never eat a Popeye’s spicy 3 piece on a totally empty stomach
With all this said, my clients never saw me sweat or heard my belly growl (I think).
Pictured above: Fluxphonic (Steffanie Christi’an (Left to Right) Kris Wilson, Danny Lecours, Russ Dobson)
If you’re in the Detroit area Saturday March 27, you can see Fluxphonic at the Charles H Wright Museum of African American History “Black Women Rock! A Tribute to Betty Davis”
Side Note: Who is Betty Davis?
A wildly flamboyant funk diva with few equals even three decades after her debut, Betty Davis combined the gritty emotional realism of Tina Turner, the futurist fashion sense of David Bowie, and the trendsetting flair of Miles Davis, her husband for a year.
It’s easy to imagine the snickers when a 23-year-old model married a famous musician twice her age, but Davis was no gold digger; she turned Miles onto Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, providing the spark that led to Miles’ musical reinvention on In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, then proved her own talents with a trio of sizzling mid-’70s solo LPs.
See a few more out takes from my shoot with Fluxphonic here.
Thanks for telling us about your getting up late, great and professional photo shot that led to the popeye’s incident. The link on your FB page led me to your blog which led me to find out about the event Black Women Rock! A Tribute to Betty Davis. I loooooveeeee, with extra’s oo’s and ee’s Betty Davis. So many thanks, because I don’t think I would have heard about this event.
I know the feeling when you’re doing a shoot and something doesn’t go as planned… like one of the lights heads not firing or leaving a piece of equipment. Hey, you just keep on moving and make it happen. From that shot above, looks like you did your thang!
Tafari! Like I said, next time I will bring you all the snacks! I had a wonderful time today at the shoot and thank you for making us feel so comfortable today. We will be using your skills again:-) Much love and respect!
Sheralyn – Thx for stopping by!!!! I found out about the show yesterday as well as learning of Betty Davis. And I think its important to spread the word about local groups & about the Museum. Support Support Support!
Mary – The piece I left home was the weight to my boom. I was devastated. LOL!!!! But we made it happen with a can of paint & a bottle of detergent! Talk about major improvising. LOL!!!
Steffanie – LOL!!!!! Snacks baby!!! It was a great time & Im so happy that we got a chance to make it happen together. Im looking forward to the show on the 27!
No matter what, you rock that camera like nobody else!
Great story! I’m so terrified of that sort of thing happening to me, that I’ll randomly wake up in the middle of the night thinking it’s time for me to be at my shoot and that I slept through it. lol Ironically, I have yet to even NEED my alarms because I always randomly wake up and get terrified about an hour before they’re set to go off.
Anyway, I love the shot. I love the all white (where’d you shoot this at, anyway?) and the post work. You gonna post any more? I’d be interested in hearing details about the shoot as well! Sounds like it was fun.
I would also sleep right through a clock alarm until I got wake assure alarm clock with bed shaker. It can be a little startling at first, but it does get the job done. I’m not a morning person, so this is a must for me.
http://www.amazon.com/Clarity-600-Assure-Alarm-Shaker/dp/B0002P33AC
Misty – Thx you know I try!
Michael – Thx man! And LOL!!!!We got to get you some Ambien & a good alarm clock so that you have the best of both worlds!
I did the shot at my friend’s studio (@themrmr on Twitter) on the west side of Detroit. I think I may post 2 more shots on Flickr but it depends on how my week goes. You know how that is. LOL!!!
And I could tell you more about the shoot, but them I would have to kill you Jason Bourne style. (*evil grins*)
lips44256 – OMG, That is a serious alarm!!!! Does it make coffee too. That would be the ultimate!