Mark's BlogMark's Bloghttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2010-03-10T02:43:56ZSquarespaceHeading to LAhttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2010/3/10/heading-to-la.htmlMark Russell2010-03-10T02:43:55Z2010-03-10T02:43:55ZOne of the benefits of my job is that I'm able to get back to LA every few weeks. I lived there for 14 years, so naturally there are things that I miss. I don't miss the traffic. I miss my friends really and it's always so hard to make time to see people when I'm usually in and out in less than 72 hours.

I'm off to Lala land tomorrow, but I'll be back in time for Dylan's second swimming class at the Y!!!

]]>Snow day!!!http://www.russelling.com/blog/2010/2/10/snow-day.htmlMark Russell2010-02-10T15:16:00Z2010-02-10T15:16:00Z

I've lived in New York for 5 years now, and I'm pretty sure this is the first NYC snow day since I've been here. They say it'll continue to pile up, but, so far, this ain't so bad.

]]>Walk on the promenadehttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2010/1/23/walk-on-the-promenade.htmlMark Russell2010-01-23T22:04:33Z2010-01-23T22:04:33Z

I took Dylan for a walk tonight on the Brooklyn Promenade because she's been pretty fussy since our move. This ought to mellow her out.

]]>The eagle has landedhttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2010/1/21/the-eagle-has-landed.htmlMark Russell2010-01-21T14:58:22Z2010-01-21T14:58:22ZWe've moved. It was a painful week, but the worst of it is now over.

Poor Dylan. Not only was she home sick with us during this ordeal, but she slept in her own room for the first time last night which I'm sure caused some sort of deep rooted psychosis that will take her years of therapy to get past. All in I'm pretty pleased. The apartment isn't totally ideal for us, but it's only short term. I'll post some pictures tonight after we've cleaned it up a bit.

]]>Moving day approacheshttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2010/1/15/moving-day-approaches.htmlMark Russell2010-01-15T14:25:24Z2010-01-15T14:25:24ZBeth and I are moving out of our home of five years on Wednesday. I'm sure you'll agree that moving is one of the worlds worst experiences. To go through all of the crap that you've accumulated and decide what is worth saving and what isn't is no task for the faint of heart.

The up side is that we'll have less "baggage", a second bedroom and a washer and dryer. I'm certain it'll be worth the pain, but now it's just pain.

]]>Fighting the FLUhttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2010/1/10/fighting-the-flu.htmlMark Russell2010-01-10T16:45:42Z2010-01-10T16:45:42ZAaahhhh. I am home in my pj's at noon on a Sunday hoping to avoid what yesterday felt like the inevitable onset of the flu. I'm sure it didn't help that we also started packing up the apartment. We spent the day yesterday cleaning house. Beth and I are moving in a week, so we began the awful process of clearing out the stuff we don't want to move. Don't get me wrong, it felt good to get rid of stuff - We took a trunk-full of clothing to "good riddance", I mean, goodwill.

 

I felt immediately better.

 

Time to rest.

 

 

]]>Nearing the end...http://www.russelling.com/blog/2009/12/15/nearing-the-end.htmlMark Russell2009-12-15T01:58:04Z2009-12-15T01:58:04Z

I'm so close to end of principle photography on The Adjustment Bureau that I can taste it, or maybe that is the what's left of my dinner. In either case, I'm looking forward to things slowing down a bit and getting to spend a little more to with my amazing family.

Here's a picture.

]]>Coconut Waffles... with Mangohttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2009/11/26/coconut-waffles-with-mango.htmlMark Russell2009-11-26T14:37:00Z2009-11-26T14:37:00ZFor breakfast this morning I made Beth coconut waffles with mango from Bill's Sydney Food:

http://www.amazon.com/Bills-Sydney-Food-Bill-Granger/dp/1741965543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259246000&sr=8-1

If you've ever been to Sydney then surely you've been to Bill's. It's one of those perfect memories for me that will always remind me of the great city.

Beth liked them...


]]>Plate shoot at the Statue of Libertyhttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2009/11/11/plate-shoot-at-the-statue-of-liberty.htmlMark Russell2009-11-11T14:28:00Z2009-11-11T14:28:00ZOne of the best thing about my job is access to places like this in order to photograph them. I've been lucky enough to go to places that most people only get to see in photographs.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of shooting VFX plates at the Statue of Liberty. We had a crew of about 20, and some pretty heavy equipment.

This picture was taken by Bryan Wengroff , who is coordinating and data wrangling for me on The Adjustment Bureau. I think it really captures the feel of yesterday's shoot.

]]>Second spot for WebVethttp://www.russelling.com/blog/2009/8/19/second-spot-for-webvet.htmlMark Russell2009-08-19T14:06:00Z2009-08-19T14:06:00ZThis went live about 3 weeks ago, but I've been to busy in prepro to get it posted:

I hope you like it.

]]>