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Tom on Red MX with Duclos 80-200mm

Red on shore of Lake Powell

People watching at 200mm

On Thursday, me and Dustin (who took all these blog pics by the way) went back out to the “Holy Land” for one last hurrah. We arrived at the remote location before sunset, scouted, and got our first dolly move off around 9pm. The next dolly move we started about 11pm. By 3am, we were freezing some serious balls in the sub-freezing temps, not to mention barely being able to stay awake around our little campfire. We wrapped the final dolly move around 5am, just as the sun was lighting up the sky before sunrise. Only one thing kept us going.. thoughts of hauling ass to McDonalds for some breakfast sandwiches, hashbrowns and coffee! That was pretty much all we talked about around the fire from 4am on…. Hahahaha.

As you can see in the above photos, the weather has taken a turn for the better here at Lake Powell!! Today was sunny and warm. I just soaked it up all day, messing around with new gear out on our sunny little patio. Check out this ridiculously awesome “timelapse crane” that Eric Kessler from Kessler Cranes built for me. I cannot wait to try it out on a windless night at Joshua Tree, for example:

New Kessler “Timelapse Crane” from Timescapes Behind the Scenes on Vimeo.

We have an epic 9-hour drive to Coachella music fest coming up on Monday. I’m not looking forward to that. Once I drop the trailer and Dustin off at the artist campground at Coachella, I am zooming over to Vegas for 2 or 3 nights to schmooze, see some of my clips in two different Canon reels, pick up the new camBLOCK dolly axis, and attend the Red party. Should be crazy being around all those people, sounds and lights after spending nearly 2 months out in these beautiful, quiet, remote locations.

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