My day starts pretty much the same way everyday (when I'm not working) by checking and submitting to the posts on Mandy and Craigslist and then checking my emails throughout the day to see if anyone actually responds. Over the years I've been listed in the LA411 and the NY411 both of which were expensive to join and except for a couple grip jobs, didn't really amount to much.
In January I plopped down fifty bucks and signed up with procrewbook in both LA and NY because an AC friend of mine booked a pretty sweet gig from being on there, but I had low expectations (I'm kinda cynical like that, bad attitude maybe?). Anyway, my last gig was with an Australian client who found me on there and said he was flying into New York in two days and he needed a camera operator for a commercial spot and I was one of three people he contacted and the first to get back to him. The guy was incredibly cool and had a Crocodile Dundee Vibe. Ended up shooting for four days and at night he wanted to party like a rockstar... with me. I had heard the Aussies liked a drink, but well... It's true. He paid me in cash, gave me a Tenba bag that must have cost a couple hundred bucks and invited me to visit him in Sydney. I guess it's another example of technology helping our industry.
In January I plopped down fifty bucks and signed up with procrewbook in both LA and NY because an AC friend of mine booked a pretty sweet gig from being on there, but I had low expectations (I'm kinda cynical like that, bad attitude maybe?). Anyway, my last gig was with an Australian client who found me on there and said he was flying into New York in two days and he needed a camera operator for a commercial spot and I was one of three people he contacted and the first to get back to him. The guy was incredibly cool and had a Crocodile Dundee Vibe. Ended up shooting for four days and at night he wanted to party like a rockstar... with me. I had heard the Aussies liked a drink, but well... It's true. He paid me in cash, gave me a Tenba bag that must have cost a couple hundred bucks and invited me to visit him in Sydney. I guess it's another example of technology helping our industry.
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