Since we sent our RED One Camera #759 back in to RED headquarters to get it upgraded before the feature we had a new and great experience with the camera and didn't have to deal with some of the issues that were there before the upgrades. The main things that were great about the upgrade included the new audio board that had much better performance and made the on camera phantom power usable for the first time as a full time usable option rather then a last resort noise ridden, scratch track option. The addition of i-pin support was also cool for the RED 18-50mm lens.

Overall the movie was loads of fun to shoot. I would like to thank Skin Mead the Executive Producer for having us on his show and the director Jennifer Tadlock for letting us have a lot of room for creativity with the shots and what we could do as operators. We had a great time with DP Shane Foster and he was great to collaborate with when we had to get down to business and find a way to get the shots we needed. My old buddy Joaquin Juarez was the Assistant Director on Finding Hope Now and we got along great but I expected that since we had worked together on one of my previous features Sinister Heaven. Two LA guys came in for the show and really helped out hugely. They were Line Producer Stephen Ritchie and UPM Allan Hagan. My friend Mark Aro did all sorts of key jobs on set and was very instrumental in the success of the shooting. His brother Mike Aro was also great on sound. Nick Soares was the producer and BLARE Media looks forward to working with him later on this year on his next feature which should be a lot of fun. Christine Mitchell was our Pre Pro Production Manager / Coordinator along with the help of my bride Nicole McAleece and then during production she transferred over to Scriptie and was excellent a keeping a keen eye on what the lens saw.

My 1st Assistant Camera was Tyler Groom. I gave him a hard time but he was very cooperative and did an excellent job in one of his 1st roles. A last minute addition and huge help was my 2nd AC Robert Abilez who was super cool.

I loved the whole Grip and Electric Crew which included Troy Ruff, Ian McAleece, my old friends Alan Agazarian and Jeff Smith and some new friends Jason Orosco, Edward 'Bos' Bosworth, Kyle Gentz, and a great guy with a lot of experience Ralph from the recently disbanded Pappas Teleproductions.

Working on a set for a month you get to know pretty much everybody and so if I didn't list you by name know that I didn't forget you and it was a great experience all around.

Now we are off to shoot our next feature Phase Two in the blistering sun of Bakersfield, California but I'm sure it will turn out fantastic with all the awesome locations and props we have lined for there terrific script.