Here We Go Again!

On of my goals this year was to take part in the DC 48 Hour film festival. Not only did I accomplish this, but I also signed up for the Baltimore 48 hr film festival, and completed it as well. So I'm going for the trifecta.

In 10 days, the 2011 National Film Challenge kicks off! It runs from Friday October 21 through Monday October 24. I will be doing it again. The festival works in the following way: 7:00 pm Friday each team is assigned a genre for their movie. Then all teams are assigned a single prop, one line of dialogue and a character description that must be in each movie. At 7:00 pm Monday, the completed movie must be submitted. So for those few days, all writing, shooting, acting, and editing must take place. It is definitely not easy, but it is a fun time, and an amazing experience.


If you want to join and be a part of it, let me know! I need actors, writers, camerapeople (and cameras), editing people, and so on. No experience necessary, but it does require some commitment during that weekend. If you can be a part of it, that'd be great! (if not, that's okay too)


The following clips are the previews made for each of the two movies, stay tuned for worldwide movie premiere...


DC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XVm4dNXjFY

Baltimore - http://youtu.be/Jx3TivSPgWU

DC... here we go!

Wow, our lease ends January 31... and it seems me and my roommates are willing and almost ready to move into the city. Its starting to feel real, with how close we are to doing this. So close... yet still so far. Finding a 3br apartment in NW is not easy. In addition, both my roommates have cars, so parking will also be an issue. But I try to be ever optimistic, and we have seen a couple ads for places that are reasonable. Well if anyone knows or sees something... help a brotha out.

Hopefully two months from now, I'll be able to wake up to this view.



(Well not exactly, but you get the picture.)

Picture Overload

So many pictures! Its not even funny. What does one do with 30,000 pictures taken over the course of 3.5 years. It is true that 20,000+ have been taken since April. And most should be deleted, but that task alone is so intimidating... if i go through 1 picture/second thats 3600 pics per hour, and a 6 hour effort. But I guess thats what Blizzards are for. When I was home, I copied all my photos onto on new library on the external drive.... and it took four hours. Bit I did at least make some progress on the deletion and organizing front. Which brings me to my next idea for the new year.

I'm thinking of starting a new blog, specifically for my photos but also for life in general (it gets hard to separate the two). Well, im not sure yet how to do it best. But it'll help sort out some pictures that never made it to facebook/flickr and it may come in handy during the new year and potential resolutions. So if you like or can suggest any titles let me know.


ideas so far:
JustPhotos
JustAPhoto
JustInPhotos
JustPhotography
JustInFocus
JustInPhocus
JustMezinAround

Or something more random
outside of my name completely.... Thoughts? (please)

Out with the old...

My last few days in DC I had made some plans with people and they all fell through. Yet, I still had some good times and good conversations with people that semi-inspired me. One thing that I also recognized, is that its pretty hard to go from a social situation of deep conversation, fun and real friendship. And walk into cobalt/town where things are more shallow and maybe even fake.

This year, Im going to focus on the former. Focus on things and people that I enjoy. That's part of the reason I stayed in NYC, to invest in family. And I think I had a real conversation with my youngest bro for the first time. In addition to thoughts on family, a lot has happened with a number of friendships, that have gotten deeper or at least inspired me.

So out with 2010 and welcome 2011! Hope this year will be even better an more memorable!