For a lot of these shots I was lying prone in the street shooting; prone in the MIDDLE of the street shooting.  I had no way to tell if a car was coming by; I could not see, could not hear, nothing.  There was enough nearby traffic that if a car didn’t see me, I would have been toast. I would never have heard it coming.  Thankfully that did not happen.  Most people stopped and more than a few times, people were staring at us trying to figure out what the heck was going on.

It was hard to keep a straight face for some of these!  This was a lot of fun.

But even with that, a lot was done and a lot of success was had (with some fun of course).

Just as I was getting ready to wrap up, I was walking around to make sure I captured some of the little things, when all of a sudden two girls yelled at me from outside the fence.  They wanted to know what I was doing and why was I taking pictures.  They were not part of the event, just some kids passing by.  Before I could even answer, they asked if I would take their picture.  Who am I to say no to that! Thankfully, I had my 14-24 lens on my camera and I could pull this off.

I stood up on my toes, put my hands (and camera) through the barbwire and pointed it down. There was no way I could look through the viewfinder.  I just clicked  the shutter, Luck must have been on my side as I think this ended up being my favorite shot of the day.  I know that it doesn’t fit my purpose of the day, but for me personally I love everything about it. The smiles on the girls faces, the way the boys line up behind them.

A sneak peak at one of last nights shots!

Many years ago Larry was a typical hollywood struggling writer.  He graduated from NYU film school, but was having the hardest time finding consistant work.  But with a bit (OK, a lot) of  fortitude, Larry’s success has finally come.   His resume now reads like a hit show wonder.  And to be honest, I think it is about to get bigger.  Larry has either written or produced for shows like Six Feet Under, Alais, Boomtown, Millennium. But this next Sunday, one of the most exciting projects he has worked on thus far will start to air.

I am not exactly sure how long I have known Larry, but my guess is we are at about 20 years or so.  Larry is one of those people that I consider one of my best friends. We may not speak every day, or even every month, but when we do, it is like not a day has passed since we last saw each other.  Each day when I come to my office, I get to see Larry, along with Bear, (Bear’s name is another story), in a photo from many years ago right after we all jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.  The smiles on our faces were as wide as they could get.

Larry and I have been through a lot together.  Truly the good bad and ugly.  That photo is certainly from the “good”.  A number of years ago, Larry was writing for a show and called me a few days before one of the eposides to let me know that he has a little shout out for me that week.  I was not sure what to expect, but when we watched it, I laughed out loud. Two of the shows characters that week were “Chris and Priti” (my wife).  Thankfully neither of us died in the show, but it was truly funny and one of those things that Larry will at times pull out of his hat.

A few weeks ago, I was in California and had the chance to spend some time with Larry.  Just as he was about to take me to the airport, I took 5 minutes and shot a few frames in his backyard by the pool.

If you have a chance and would like to see some of Larry’s work, on Sunday, HBO will start the 10 series show The Pacific.  Larry has written two of the episodes for this series.  And while I have not seen the final product, I can tell you that the previews look awesome.

Yea, this is a parent/dad thing.  But I could not resist snapping a shot of my little princess.  And yes, I think she is way cute!!