Rhode Island Pride Parade

I had just spent a month in RI so I wasn’t thrilled to drive back up any time soon. But I got a call from a producer saying she had a shoot in Providence and got my contact info from a girl I worked with on An Impossible Place. I said yes because why turn down money? Strange enough I didn’t ask how much or even what the shoot was.
I showed up the following week for what I thought would be some basic shoot where I would be doing general PA work like lock-ups or runs, but to my surprise I found out that we were shooting the Rhode Island Pride Parade for Google. (My jaw dropped to the floor) You mean you are paying us to party? Their reply: basically yes.

We had to go around to the different floats, get interviews, take pictures, and get releases. When the actual parade started, we had to photograph it. And you exactly do you photograph a parade to get the whole experience? You have to walk it yourself!
Needless to say this was the most enjoyable shoot. Met a lot of cool people and got to hear their stories about coming out and why Pride Parades were important to them. Also I got to dance in the street, hi-five people in the side lines, and see some of my own friends from Hartford.

When we were done, we had to do paper work and fill out our day rate. (BTW, this was only about a 6 hour day) I expected $120 or $150 but we got paid $200 plus $15 for our meal.

Lesson of the day: be flexible and open to all opportunities that come your way.

 Production Date: June 14th, 2017 

Production Company: Google

Pictures Taken By Me