What would you do for a hundred bucks/minute for work? I'll tell you what I did: I got hired by MTV to play the part of a Paparazzi-style photographer for a new 'gotcha'-type reality TV show pilot called MTV: Spoofed.
So I show up at noon at the designated meeting place (a park in central west Vegas) with all of my camera gear ready to rock n roll. The call sheet said '12:00 show, 2:45 paparazzi go'. I'm thinking I'll be done by 3:00 with a hundred bucks in my pocket and all the happier.
11 hours later and two payscale increases later we paparazzi spring into action and work (shooting low res, low size .jpg images with the flash popping to give a realistic paparazzi effect) into the rear sliding-glass door and startle the poor sucker who was gettin' Punk'd.
I worked for exactly 2.5 minutes. Rounding that up to 3 minutes means I got paid a hundred bucks/minute! Never mind the 11 hour wait. JESUS!!! Is TV always like this??? I was assured it was not. However, this being my first TV experience, it did leave me somewhat skeptical.
I did get to network and talk shop with a couple of other local photographers (for hours) and got some very valuable information about the photography opportunities here in Vegas. I also ate very well all day. That is one good thing about working in television, I suppose - they make sure you're fed.
~ Aeon
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