A new kind of WEEKEND WARRIOR

Second weekend in a row working with Sam Macon directing on a video shoot. This weekend we did a video for Decibully. It was dope. Tons of photos (from my camera) are here. I'd keep an eye out for more, there were heaps of great stills being taken!



We were scheduled to work at the Pabst Theater from 9am to 9pm. We did exactally that, in by 9 am and out at 8:58pm. The day went so smoothly with the first half spent shooting the band. The second half was the part that I was way more hands on with. I had spent the week prepping for the day and felt like it all came together really well.

We did three set-ups total after the band shots and nailed them all without any massive disasters. Sam had a really good idea of how he wanted things to look and we all followed his lead. Nolan & Gene made all of my sets functional and everyone was attentive and really into the shoot.

I think it was Nick who I overheard after we wrapped saying this is the kind of day where you look around and think to yourself that you would be happy to work on a project with anyone of the people in the room. And I totally agree, it was the PERFECT example of watching your friends do what they do best. Mad love for my peeps right now.

Now it's time to get ready for a visit from Penelope Green, the writer from NY Times who is doing a story for the Home section on our house. Totally nuts.... I'll believe it when I hold the paper in my hands!

Have a good week!

P.S. if you are interested here is the Decibully Shoot Info:
August 17th, 2008
Pabst Theater
Milwaukee, WI

Decibully is:
Jim Neumeyer
Andy Menchal
BJ Seidel
Kenny Siebert
Aaron Vold
Nick Sanborn
Ryan Weber

Director: Sam Macon
Producer: Jonah Mueller
Producer: Timm Gable

CAMERA DEPARTMENT
DP: Alex Garcia
1st AC: Colleen

GRIP DEPARTMENT
Dolly Grip: Rob Wernette
Grip: Travis Auclair
Grip: Travis Huss

ART DEPARTMENT
Set Designer: Faythe Levine
Art Director: Gene Rueter
Art Dept: Nolan Treolo
Art Assist: Sarah Wojner

CREW
Craft Service: Nathan Lilley
Stylist: Sunny Shokrae
Location Still Photographer: Dale

Under-appreciated Milwaukee city-scapes

John Riepenhoff who run's the Green Gallery is collecting photos from 20 Milwaukee artists of an under-appreciated Milwaukee city-scapes, park portraits, or building portraits and installing them in an old vending machine near Sherman Park.

The postcards are rumored to only cost .25 a pop out of the machine. I'll update when the machine is installed. My submissions are below, I just happen to have a large catalog of what I consider to be under-appreciated city-scapes. Not sure if my images will be included in the machine or not, but I love the idea of the project!

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tree memorial mural, 2007
sadly, this mural has since been removed



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building near downtown post office, 2003
sadly, this mural has since been removed



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riverwest phone booth center st., 2004