Beezy Bux - Realities

Beezy Bux
Realities
Directed by: Curtis Harper
Place Productions, LLC

Behind The Scenes Photoshoot - Alla

Jim Mazza, 30 year vet Photographer, and I have the opportunity to work together ever so often. He's a Nikon guy. Here is the behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot with talented model Alla. She is from Czech and was awesome to work with. She pretends to be a little quiet, but is a true natural, and even with the language barrier speaks volumes with her subtle, natural movements between poses. Big thanks to Jim and Alla for inviting me out!!

DJ Romi Photoshoot!

Last week I met an awesome new friend and client, her name is Romi. She is a DJ from Czech. She currently spins at Cleo's every Tuesday night. The theme of the shoot was simple, DJ! As I work with talented individuals like her, it only makes my job seem less like work. Romi was basically the Art Director for this shoot! I gave some very basic instruction early on, and the rest of the shoot we talked about music and her hometown.

I chose to use two small flash units to light the talent. This enabled us to move quickly and I could place the lights almost anywhere I wanted. I used an umbrella to soften the fill light and left the key as a bare flash. After taking some test shots, I turned the power up a little more to drown out the ambient light, which was a mixture of sun and incandescent lights. Stay tuned for more!

Live Broadcast of "Let's Chat"

At My Christian Films, we are excited to receive another blessing, and using this blessing to bless others! One of our newest shows "Let's Chat" has been chosen for television broadcast. This show just began it's first season this year and is already picking up very quickly. On August 31, 2011, we will be shooting a live show, which will air on DoersTV.com at 7:00p EST. It will be syndicated to Jesus Daily.

For more info, check out MyChristianFilms.org/.

Chrish Johnson Interview

Interview with Tennessee Titan Running Back Chris Johnson.

Website Progress

Rather than have a splash page up for months, I decided to release my new site in phases. These will be rough phases. Really you will see the site as it is being built. As of now I do not have a date of completion, as I have other things to take care of. I actually agreed to hire a developer to create a site for me, but the day of, he didn't return my call, or email. So here is the site so far as developed by yours truly. This is the background, which was inspired by another design but I can't find it), and the video player (unstyled). At least now when you go to the site you can check out some dope videos. Thanks for your time and patience guys! PlaceProductions.com.

Sometimes a Task List Doesn't Cut It

For quite some time, I was the guy that never wrote anything down. I know what I had to do, and I did it. Who knows, maybe back then I wasn't doing much of anything. I thought I was. A few years ago, I started writing things down. Before, I would look at people odd, thinking to myself, "do you really need to write everything down?" Well, one major benefit of writing things down is that that is one less thing you have to keep on your mind. You can now use that "space" for something else.

Creating a task list is something that has helped me visualize what I need to do, but still I rarely refer back to it. I write everything down, and then usually just complete it as normal, without ever referring back to it. My task lists usually looks similar to:

- Mail xxxx DVD
- Finish xxxx edit
- CC xxxx video
- Clean desktop

and so on.

Now, a task list just doesn't do much for me. Today, I started creating a schedule. It only make since, every major corporation does it. If you work a 9-5, you are on a schedule. They made it that way for a reason, it works. If you are trying to manage a large amount of data, or people, you need a system (also known as management). So, now my tasks all must be completed by a certain date. This is also beneficial to the client and will aid in your overall business process.

- Mail xxxx DVD --------- 7/17 by 5pm
- Finish xxxx edit ------ 7/17
- CC xxxx video --------- Submit by 7/19 to xxxx.xxxx@gmail.com
- Clean desktop --------- 7/20

It's great to get things done as you get to them, but if you want to grow, then your business model needs to grow as well.