After getting all our bags and the rental car, we checked into the Hyatt, then headed over to US Airways Center for a walk through with everyone involved with the shoot...the art directors (Dave and Becca from 361 Sports Marketing), the video guys from True Story Films and a rep from the Suns who took us through the locker room and the practice court where we'd be shooting.
Now, I haven't been in TONS of pro locker rooms, but I've seen my fair share and MAN, The Suns have it made! Nice wood trim, a gigantic flatscreen TV front and center, big lockers, all the free Gatorade, protein shakes, and FANTA you would ever want, etc... It was awesome!
By the way, the worst locker room I've ever been in? The Buffalo Bill's visitor locker room...worse than the Raiders'. They're pretty close though.
Anyway, we finished the walk through in about an hour, then headed to the top of the hotel with Dave and Becca for dinner at the Compass Restaurant. I was pretty pumped for this since it was my first experience eating at a rooftop restaurant that rotates! I felt like a little kid in a candy store... Until I sat down.
Not knowing any better, I sat on the side of the table that wasn't facing the direction we were going. For those of you are who are still rotating-restaurant virgins, I highly recommend sitting at the table facing the direction that the restaurant is moving. While I think I have a pretty strong stomach when it comes to the motion-sitting combination, it definitely took a good twenty or thirty minutes to overcome the threat level orange feelings of nausea that haunted me erratically. After dinner, I had a couple beers with Jamie and Dave, then called it a night so we could get some sleep before the big shoot on Thursday.
For a project such as this, we usually over-prepare by bringing way too much equipment, then end up using about half of it. Not this time though! We used just about every piece of lighting that we brought with us. The shoot went smoothly, but did end up taking the entire 4 hours that we had with Leandro. He did show up 45 minutes late which definitely didn't help, but he was very nice and professional the entire time. We alternated with the video guys while shooting in our various setups which helped us move things along throughout the day. Some of the stuff we shot required extras (in this case, kids) because part of Qwest's campaign is to show how they are reaching out to the community through youth programs they sponsor.
We finished the shoot right around 5, then went to the airport to get back home for Christmas!!! I'll post next on Monday when Kristin and I head to her brother's house for Christmas Eve. In the meantime, I need to go find Kristin a present....Rrrriiiiiiiiight......
Enjoy the pics,
TSB2
Me at the Phoenix airport with all the bags...making the call to The Wife.
The walkthrough...
Jamie (left), Art Director David (middle) and Leandro looking at some hot photos of me...
Jamie (left), Art Director David (middle) and Leandro looking at some hot photos of me...
David and video guru Cari looking at his shot...
Sitting in for Cari for some last minute lighting adjustments...
Leandro acting like he is yappin' on the phone...
Jamie shooting the scene in the practice court with the kids and Leandro
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