2024 05 25

Balloon man selling the goods. Nashville, Tennessee. April, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

Oh boy. It was nearly my first missed day this year, but here we are, with a daily blog.

Yesterday I was busy directing and shooting a motion piece at the local bar Meadowlark for 50 Best. Today, I was busy photographing that same bar’s new cocktail menu (all 16 drinks) in my studio. I’m exhausted, but it was a productive few days and I’m excited about the new work. I gotta say, however, shooting video is such a different beast. It wasn’t my first time directing a piece, however, it was my first with both directing and camera operating; today I woke up noticeably sore.

Shout out to my buddy Dave Rentauskas for lending me his Canon R5 C rig.

Video is still wild to me. I’ve spent a lot of time shooting and editing video but am still amazed by the sheer amount of variety in decision making options available to you, and how it’s basically impossible to do all of the required jobs yourself (recording sound, lighting, editing, shooting, acting, etc). Over the course of a seven hour shoot, the possibilities are basically endless. Over the course of a two month feature film production, it’s a dauntingly massive feat involving so much brain power and things that can go wrong, it’s no wonder so many movies turn out to be crap even when so much money and talent goes into producing them.

Anyway.

Until next time.

-Clayton