Love Hate Relationships

A perfect sky, a perfect sunset, a perfect shot - the perfect way to end a soggy week in St. Louis. All went well our last day in Missouri which is not to say the whole trip was Utopia.

On the contrary, I misplaced a portable monitor, was threatened by my producer, pried my eyes open until 6am digitizing footage and busted my camera viewfinder. Far, far from perfect. But living and working together with the same people day in and day out is bound to make anyone crazy, especially if there are sharp personality differences between otherwise strangers. Still, seeing that the subject matter gets shot the best way we know how keeps our little unit from splintering. In this case, our subject matter includes the magnanimous folks of Hermann and who better to keep us from tearing each other to shreds.

But that was yesterday and this is today and I'm off flying solo for an assignment in Bolton Landing this weekend. By Sunday I'll make my way to Providence, Rhode Island then Boston,MA then Hull, MA then finally back to Albany by Thursday. For the first 300 miles I'll savor the solitude of me and my car radio but after the 301 mile passes I'll wish I had my crazy crew around to bat innuendo and quips with, maybe...