more from the Animal Blessings shoot

Tommaso Praturion

more from the Animal Blessings shoot

Actors: Loredana De Luca, Tommaso Praturion, and Emanuele Ferrarini

more from the Animal Blessings shoot

The first scene is finished!

First day of shooting

The reason for the Friuli excursion was not pleasure but business. I was hired as set photographer for the shooting of "Animal Blessings," the latest film by director Claudia Medina-Culós (shown in center of frame). It was a total of five 12-hour days (some went even longer), with some very talented people, like director of photography Luca Coassin, shown here with his finger pointed to the skies. His assistant, the beautiful Angeles Parrinello, is shown here marking a film reel underneath the watchful virgin.

More on Claudia Medina-Culos: www.enmedia.ca
More on Luca Coassin: www.lucacoassin.com

On the way to Friuli

It seemed like endless hours, but I did transport myself (Ryanair nightmare included mid-way) from Lanzarote to the Friuli region of Northern Italy. After busses, airplanes and trains, I finally arrived at the hotel around 1am and had to be up and ready (and extremely creative) at 7. Yeay! Thank the Italians for delicious (and powerful) coffee...