Rockaway and the Surfers

My friend Chris is doing a documentary about the urban surfing scene in the cold weather, as he feels it is a practice that a lot of people don't really know anything about.

Today, I went out to the Rockaways with him to do some shooting. We set up an Ex1 on a motor controlled CineSlider and he did some video shooting with a Canon 7D with a 70-200mm lens and I shot with a Canon 7D with a 24-70mm lens. We got some nice stuff, I'm interested to see how it came out.

I brought out my GoPro but didn't really end up shooting with it. Here's a picture of Chris getting contact information from one of the surfers we interviewed.

Project 61

A project that I'm starting with two friends is finally underway. We'll be departing for New Orleans on October 23rd and staying a week where they'll paint a mural of Dr. John and I'll document it on video. Our goal is to travel the whole Highway 61 for a few weeks and they'll paint murals to honor the evolution of blues along the way while I document (I imagine I'll help paint also). We're starting small to work on financing the trip. I'm excited about this adventure.

The website is http://project61.net , we have a blog also: http://alongroute61.wordpress.com