Mike Angelo Torres

I own a red to make money, I own an arri sr2 to make things look good. The RED is cool for what it is. I think its sad that most people dont feel its worth the extra work to shoot on film. If bleeding in to my mags made my film look better I would be cutting my wrists.

So this is the story. I am a working DP that has busted my ass to get clients and representation that now gets me work. I own 2 very pricey camera packages and my bills are not small if I don't shoot I don't eat. I was shooting a national commercial spot and on set was the executive producer from a production company that has hired me 3 times thus far (all with the same director). We were shooting in a small house in LA and the director requested that all 9 of the clients and producers be put in a separate room so we could work. The video village was near to the camera staging area and when my AC disappeared for a bit to long to retrieve a lens I went back to the area where the lens and clients were side by side, and what I found was my first AC showing the man who hired me and is responsible for my paychecks his reel. I was shocked and I confronted him about it. His response was its not what I think and that this producer is just going to help him find a rep. I feel this is extremely disrespectful and in poor taste. How did this AC even know who to talk to unless he was planning. I know he had never met my client before this day. What would you do? This is my trip. This AC is not even the guy I usually use on jobs. He asked me to get on this one and I had him flown out to LA to give him a shot. The last thing I want to worry about when shooting is some punk kid trying to get in with my clients. If he would have asked me I would have sent his reel to this producer and to other reps, but he didn't, he came on to my set, on a job that I booked and got him paid for and started showing his reel. It was a reel slap in the face (pun intended) Thoughts??