Early to shoot...

Sitting in an empty parking lot in Delaware. It's raining. Again. About to shoot some physical therapy.

Camera surgery...

So about a month ago I put a P.O.S. hot shoe cord on my camera and it got stuck on there. I've used this cord a million times before with no problems except for this one time.

Believe me when I tell you that I tried everything short of a saw to get it off of there but with no luck. Well today I used a saw. I took a saw to my baby. A hack saw.



I was hesitant to do this until yesterday when the hot shoe built into the top of the cord adapter stop working with my radio. So I had to do something since I have a ton of shoots coming up and I'll be damned if I'm going to use a sync cord. Oh hell no!

So I basically decapitated the adapter then cut down the top of it to get as close to my camera as possible without hitting it. Then I put a flathead screwdriver between the hot shoe and the adapter and turned it until the piece cracked in two. Worked perfectly! Not a scratch on my camera and my radio is working again! Praise Jebus!

(top and bottom split pieces)



I think I have to credit my plumbing background for this repair. Basically the same as splitting a tub flange and chopping it out. Go me!

Location:Home

Ordered chaos...

What a whirlwind past couple of days it's been. My car has been in the shop for past week but we're still managing to get some work done somehow.

On Monday, I shot some soccer stock shots with the big man himself, Chris Crisman, up at Red Bull stadium in New Jersey. I can't wait to have a minute of free time to sit down and take a look at them. So stoked on those.

Then today we were up in Hackensack shooting a heart warming story for New Jersey Monthly.

All this while juggling my normal workload for my magazines that I shoot for locally. Whew!!! *wipes sweat from forehead* I'm tearing through some hard drive space...

So I don't like making blog posts without posting some sort of picture but since I'm on the train out to pick up a loaner vehicle for the rest of the week and all I have is my phone, I'll leave you with this - my fantasy football starting lineup.




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Early to shoot..

Washington Square Park at 2:01pm. About to head into Talula's Garden to shoot some food.



..and this is my gear for today. I'm on a bike today so I had to pack light.

Going green...

So we here at world headquarters of Jared Castaldi Photography are going green. This is how I'll be getting to my next shoot. By choice? No way. But hey, we're getting the job done. Guess I won't be taking strobes on this one! That's green too. Haha going au natural today.

On the road again...

Hi all!

So to the right you'll see a little window. That would be my new project that I'm trying to get off the ground. I'm looking for backers to put me back on the road again. My plan is to motorbike around each state in the union for an undetermined amount of time collecting photos and stories of the people, places, and scenery that each state has to offer. After each trip, the photos will be brought together into a photo book for each state. Pretty cool, right? Yup.

So even if you're not interested in backing my project, please just share my idea with everyone you know. I bet you know a lot of people. And I bet all of the people you know probably know a lot of people. So help me to at least get the ball rolling and spread the word!

Thanks!
Jared

Me in Nova Scotia in 2008 on my old 1976 Honda CB750.

Early to shoot..

City Hall Park in NYC at 12:41pm