Brandon J Barron

So I've been brought on for a gig on monday to cut and install some hard gels on the outside, first floor of a fancy antique-ish house. While I've cut quite a bit of plexi in my days working at a frame shop I've never actually used Hard gels and I'm looking for any thoughts on how to affix it to the outside of these windows minimizing(to nothing) the effect of the windows frames. Any advice welcome, thanks. _b

What kind do you prefer? Dexterity to tie cables but insulated enough to pull scrims and move lights. Blew out another pair of gloves, soaked in the snow last night and am curious what type you all go for? Basic leather,"Setwear" or something else. And why. _brandon

Hey, thanks for the replies. I appreciate the honest advice, no need to candy coat any of it, getting work in a new town is tough. Sounds about like what I expected. Austin is a great place to work, when you get it. Things can dry up here in a hurry, the weather and the work. But the people are great and there is usually something shooting somewhere in town. Take Care, hopefully I'll see y'all on set one of these days. _brandon www.brandonbarron.com

Another thing I would consider is, while putting lights 25-30 feet off the ground isn't what I would classify as uncommon as we all know, if you could use tungsten and move some of that HMI rental money towards a more experienced gaffer to CYA on the safety thing that might be something to look into. Just a thought. Good luck and let us know how it goes. _brandon barron www.brandonbarron.com

Hello all, I am a young(read strong and abuse-able) electric currently living and working in Austin, TX. I have 4 years of experience lighting for printing photography as well as about 2.5 lighting on smaller projects and whatnot. Anyhow, y'all know how it works. My question is this: What's it like working in NYC. Is paid work around? All I really see anywhere is free/deferred. Which is fine if you're into that but I like paying rent and whatnot. Also, how necessary is a car for working in/around the city? How likely is it that a person would be able to find non-union work during the 18-months before you can join IA-L52? Really, I am just trying to get some first hand anecdotal information so anything helps. Hope y'all are keeping warm up there, take care. _brandon barron www.brandonbarron.com

Remeber, an incident meter is going to measure the light falling on the snow for 18%. So, use that meter and set your camera to that and, BAM you're whites are white. Now, spot meter is going to give you 18% reflection off the snow. So measure the snow, that will make all your snow gray, over expose 1stop and you'll have 36%, +2 72%, +3 and you'll have 144%, which will be blown. That theory being said, I would use the incient meter when possible and, and still underexpose just to be safe on the whites. As we all know, when reversal film blows whites, they are gone. Besides, underexposing slides will give you a very nice, saturated chrome. I hope that helps. All those years of photo school should have taught me something. Enjoy the Alps. -Brandon