I set a new bar this past week. But before I share my success story, I’d like to set the atmosphere. On June 1, Carla and I attended DIAC (Durham Integrated Art Camp) and were there until June 9 (save my one day adventure back into Toronto to shoot a wedding on the 6th). This was my third year taking pictures at DIAC and it was great to have Carla with me who was also taking pics and putting together slide shows of the visual arts students’ products.
But when we got back from DIAC, we hit the ground more than running, we were speeding. June 8, 9 and 10 were loooooong days. Carla and I were up past 3:30am all three days. Not that I’m bragging or looking for sympathy, I just want people to recognize that we work our A$$ off for our clients. We gave’r for several 12+ hour days on two and a half projects. One of them is our new bread and butter project “DASS 2009″ – a documentary we made with the Durham Board of Education to secure more funding for the Artist in Residence program next school year. It’s a 20 minute DVD with 5 sections of special features. James (who presented our video along with his own material) at a special function with representitives from all the other regions (Durham, Toronto, Peel, York…) said that our video destroyed the other multimedia presentations that were done. How satisfying! It makes the insane hours worth it (somehow).
The other project was for a friend of mine Lindsay Daniels who co-runs the Brooklin Dance Company here in Whitby. Empty Cup was in charge of taking the dance photos and recital video. On top of that, we made 9 mini videos to be played during the recital – which is what kept me busy in the wee hours of the morning those same mornings.
So both of those projects are wrapped up (or 95% wrapped up anyway). And there are many more projects that will keep us at work past regular business hours during the summer months. 9-5? Ha! Try 11-9. 6 days a week. Now there’s the life of an entrepreneur 
I’m glad I have Carla and Gryffin to keep me entertained while I’m there. All of these crazy work hours are re-enforcing my ultimate goal of having a real at-home studio. And the way things are going it looks like we’ll be there in a few years.
