gabriel and i arrived in new orleans a couple days ago, greeted by sunny warmish weather. it feels so good to be here. i love changes of venue. i suppose that is my gemini sun shining through. i always loved those scenes in westerns when someone turns a table over and the everything flies into chaos.
i'm working the first week here on a film being produced by a faerie friend. we had our first shooting day yesterday. i was a bit nervous because we are shooting high definition wide-screen, which i've never done before. the cameras are new and excellent, sony xdcam ex. these cameras have no tape, pure solid state. it took me a couple hours to get used to the controls, and my greatest frustration was confusing the start/stop button with the detail focus button, so i'd get a good shot going and would go to focus and stop the shot. but, otherwise, i found the camera easy to operate and love the manual focus, zoom and iris. we do a second day of shooting today.
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