Here is a video show of a few of the pictures I have taken in and around Welch, West Virginia using my Nikon D80 and Nikon D90 DSLR cameras. The first song you hear in the video was written by my friend, Barry Clevenger. He is playing the banjo, Charlie Davis is playing dobro, and I am playing bass, mandolin, guitar, and keyboard. The second song was written by me and I am playing all the instruments.
From virginiapagephoto.com – The talent, make-up and yours truly arrived around 4 at The Carriage Mill Building downtown Amesbury and began immediately getting ready. The talent headed towards wardrobe and make-up while I began to shoot as the crew created the set and perfected lighting. The filming began around 5:30pm and stopped just after 11:00pm. During the shoot it was my job to capture the crew & cast in a photojournalistic style from various angles while they were working on set. Producer — Matt Ruhe Producer — Eban Hathaway Writer — Brian Arndt Camera — Tony Melfi Jib Camera — Chris Simmons Lighting Dir. — Mark Devin Grip — Dan Bouchard Photographer — Virginia Page Make-up — Dianna Quagenti Location Mngr. — Richard Belanger Casting — Angela Peri Talent — Brietanya Lee Anderson (lady luck) Talent — Brian Christie (card dealer) Talent — Danny Audette (card player wearing blue) Talent — Justin Page (card player with cowboy hat) Talent — Samuel Faulkner (card player wearing black) This shoot showed me the behind the scenes happenings of a network television on location commercial shoot. I learned a great deal from this experience and I’m happy to have been hired to document it! The images presented here include the crew/behind the scenes shots in b&w and the cast scenes in color. I choose to do this to help illustrate the different feel of the work portion of the shoot and the polished looked of the cast & set. **Prior to the shoot I was asked to …