I really enjoy working with Randall Gray. I had met him at a group shoot and the thing I love about group shoots is that you get to meet and work with many different people. It’s a bit like speed dating, but for photographers and models. You get the chance to see if you connect …
The first movie I did with Will (William Waters) was Pestilent Vapors. It’s an incredible, fun movie and I’ll be honest, working with Will was so refreshing. I’ve had a few bad experiences in Hollywood, but when you work with someone like Will who is so good at envisioning what he wants it makes all …
After working with Mark Elias on The Juggler, he called me up and asked about producing. He was looking for some producers for The Adventures of Lewis and Clark. I brought on the other producer Jus Riddick and we all worked together. I noticed when I was working on the web series that we didn’t …
Working with Hector Gutierrez is a lot of fun. I had met him at group shoots and by then I had already done a few one-on-one shoots privately. At the group shoot we were going to bodyscaping but I wasn’t called to do that. He mentioned to me though that he felt I had a …
Another important thing to say about money is that even if you’re not going to do stocks, maybe your thing is collectibles. I have some collector’s edition coins for example. I invested in them and will definitely sell them at a profit one day. Perhaps your thing is art or Disney collectibles, or maybe it’s …
I confess that I haven’t always had a very friendly relationship with the camera. I am only human and at times I didn’t like what I saw on the screen. For me, the first step to becoming more at ease in front of the camera was to become more familiar with the camera itself. This can be …
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Let me start by telling you that I am not a professional model. I have always been passionate about acting and worked on stage and screen, but modeling was a new world for me when I first decided to give it a try. One of the professional photographers that I really enjoy working with is …
Bruno Sammartino Documentary Artist what it is to be one Working on the Bruno Sammartino Documentary was such an excellent experience for me. Jack Tucker had been my editing teacher and his partner, Patrea Patrick, who we all call Trea, was directing. They had decided that they wanted to recreate some of what Bruno and his family had been through in Italy during WWII and …
A New Slant on ActingCharese MongielloiUniverse, 158 pages, (hardcover) $26.99, 978-1-5320-7089-1(Reviewed: July 1029) Charese Mongiello has held many jobs in Hollywood, including producer, director, actor, script supervisor, and second assistant director. In A New Slant on Acting, she leaves the how-to of acting to teachers who specialize in these skills, focusing instead on helping newbies …
