Bertrand in front of the Renaissance Arts Hotel in New Orleans



Mark in front of the Renaissance Arts Hotel in New Orleans



Simon and Michele in front of the Renaissance Arts Hotel in New Orleans



Simon prepping for DEJA VU at the Nims Center in New Orleans



Bertrand and Florian prepping for the DEJA VU shoot in New Orleans



Helen prepping for DEJA VU shoot



Helen with prop ambulance Denzel drives in DEJA VU



Helen by set made for explosion of Orstadt's house in DEJA VU



Simon and Bertrand at Starbucks near Nims Center in New Orleans



Bertrand Florian at Starbucks near Nims Center in New Orleans



Jay and Helen at Starbucks near Nims Center in New Orleans



Helen and Jay at Office Max near Nims Center



Bertrand prepping for DEJA VU shoot at Nims Center



Bertrand prepping for DEJA VU shoot



Jay drilling out super clamps for camera rigging at Nims Center



Helen in front of Denzel's truck



Helen at DEJA VU base camp behind Nims Center during filming of Claire's house interior set 



bridge across the lake going away from New Orleans



Helen at la Madeline French cafe in New Orleans (across the lake)



Florian and Bertrand return to the hotel after a day of work prepping for DEJA VU shoot



Bertrand in the hotel bar after work



Mark in the hotel bar after work



Florian and Dalton outside of the Renaissance Arts Hotel in New Orleans



Mark and Helen at Harrah's in New Orleans



Florian at Harrah's



Helen at Lucy's (across the street from the hotel) at breakfast on our day off



Me at Lucy's (Helen took the photo)



Simon in front of the hotel with Lucy's behind him



Helen joins two disgruntled workers (Jay and Dalton) for a photo in front of the hotel



Bertrand after jumping onto the tire of a lift at the Nims Center, Helen laughing



Dalton, Michele and Jay with 160 lens Timetrack camera on the Claire's house set at the Nims Center



Helen in Claire's kitchen set



Helen standing in for Paula for test shoot in Claire's house set



Helen's test playing back on laptop after develop and transfer in LA



Dalton watching Jay on live video-assist camera while Jay preps Timetrack camera on shoot day



Simon, Jay, Michele, Dalton, Bertrand and Florian on shoot day at Claire's apartment set



Helen in front of Jerry Bruckheimer's chair at Nims Center



Paula ("Claire Kutchever" in DEJA VU) rehearsing and Les (key grip) prepping on Claire's house set


follow spot mounted on a remote head on a Panavision Technocrane to provide moving light source



Tony Scott (director) rehearsing with Paula Patton ("Claire")



still shot of Paula while simultaneously shooting with Timetrack camera



Jay watches Les (key grip) discuss light position with Michele while documentary crew tapes "making of" video



Paula's motion-blurred action - the shot will look similar in the film but with motion



Tony Scott shooting with two Panavision's on DEJA VU



Timetrack 160 lens camera and Panavision Technocrane (for moving light source) in Claire's bedroom set



Timetrack 160 lens camera and Panavision Technocrane (for moving light source) in Claire's bedroom set



Paula turns into a streak of light as she passes through Claire's bedroom



animal actors working hard on Clair's apartment set



Michele and Jay (aka "Moby") drive back to the hotel after work - Frenchies in the back



Helen and Jerry Bruckheimer (Producer) at the DEJA VU cast and crew party



Barry Waldman (Executive Producer / Production Manager) and me at the DEJA VU party



Mark (2nd Assistant Director) and Amy (Barry's assistant) at the cast and crew party



Paul Cameron (Director of Photography) at the DEJA VU cast and crew party



Florian, Bertrand and Dalton dancing at the cast and crew party



Bertand pulls a cartoon pose while dancing at the cast and crew party



Helen, Mike (grip) and Michele at the cast and crew party



Barry and Helen at the cast and crew party



Helen at the cast and crew party



Me upstairs at the Palace Cafe on Canal Street in NOLA (Claire's work location) - Helen took the picture



Helen upstairs at the Palace Cafe



Beast (1st AD), Rick (rigging grip), Paul (DP) and Les (key grip) on a Mardigras tech scout at the Palace Cafe



Palace Cafe looking downstairs from upstairs



Helen, Jay and Michele prepping to shoot downstairs at the Palace Cafe



Paul (DP), Phil (gaffer) and Tony Scott (director) discuss the Timetrack shot downstairs at the Palace Cafe



SLRs rigged to sweep across the top floor then crash through the floor and sweep across the ground floor



SLRs rigged to boom down from the ceiling then abruptly traverse the ground floor at the Palace Cafe



Phil, Helen, Simon and Mark upstairs at the Palace Cafe



Michele, me, Jay, Simon, Mark, Florian, Bertrand, Dalton and Helen after the Palace Cafe shoot



Mark, Rebecca and Jay at the pool on the roof of the Renaissance Arts Hotel in New Orleans



Florian, Bertrand, Dalton, me, and Simon (Mark, Rebecca and Jay in the background) - Helen took the photo



Florian and Bertrand at the pool on the roof of the hotel the morning after the Palace Cafe shoot



Bertrand being served beer by Dalton - 9:00am the morning after the shoot at the Palace Cafe



Bertrand relaxing by the hot tub after the Palace Cafe shoot...



....only for a moment though.



Florian, Helen and Bertrand pose by the pool



Mark celebrates



Simon in New Orleans



Florian at Snug Harbour (restaurant in NOLA)



Florian at Snug Harbour (restaurant in NOLA)



Mark and Helen at Snug Harbour (restaurant in NOLA)



Bertrand on the street in NOLA after dinner at Snug Harbour



Bertrand and Florian on the street in NOLA



A parrot...



...and its owner on the street in New Orleans



Florian, Bertrand and me getting yet another beer on the way back to the hotel from Snug Harbour



Helen and me on the way back to the hotel from Snug Harbor - taken by local photographer using my camera



Bertrand and Florian walking back to the hotel from Snug Harbour



Florian wrapping the equipment (with inventory) at the end of the job



Dalton and Florian putting wire ties on the cases before shipping (so I can see if customs opened them)



Jay, Michele, and Simon riding the forklift like a bobsled on our last day of work in New Orleans



Me supervising the dumping of thousands of pounds of junk I purchased in LA with the Matrix cameras



Alexandra, my sister's daughter, in Las Cruces, New Mexico



Alexandra behind my mom's house in New Mexico



Alexandra feeding the neighbor's horse in Las Cruces



Alexandra feeding the neighbor's horse in Las Cruces



Alexandra and Carolee saying hello to the neighbor's horses



My mom and Alexandra with my mom's neighbor's horses



Carolee



Alexandra and Diana



Alexandra and Diana



My sister showing off her great love of horses...



...and their great love of her



it's just a matter of getting the right...



pose



Alexandra and Diana



My mom with her house in the background



Carolee, standing beside her house in Las Cruces NM, March 2006



Carolee



Alexandra in front of a pecan orchard in Las Cruces, NM



The Garzas - Alexandra, Diana and Luis - Las Cruces, NM



Diana and Alexandra at my mom's



Alexandra



Diana



Luis



Alexandra doing a drawing on wood in Grandma's studio



Carolee in her kitchen in Las Cruces, NM



Diana with Alexandra in my mom's studio in the background



Carolee and Allan in front of a tree that blew down in front of their house in Las Cruces



The Garza Family - Texas style



Jet wing over El Paso, Texas - Mexico in the distance



Jet on a taxiway at CDG airport in Paris - on my way home



Woman walking down the jetway at CDG to board a flight to Geneva 



Stephane and Mila greeting me from the other side of the glassed-in baggage zone at Geneva's airport



Mila and Ruben in St. Jean



Mila at the organic market



Mila at the organic market



Mila at the organic market



Mila and Stephane crossing the French labor-law protests in Annecy



Simon, Catherine, Mila, and Stephane at Simon's birthday party in Annecy



Bertrand at Simon's birthday party (Florian was there too, with his girlfriend, but I failed to take his picture)



Catherine and Simon



Mila and Stephane at Catherine and Simon's apartment in Annecy



Mila and Ben at Simon's birhtday party



Mila, Ben and Catherine



Mila playing games on Simon's big Mac



Simon at his birthday dinner in Annecy



Charles-Pierre at Simon's birthday dinner



Catherine, Mila and Simon at Simon's birthday dinner



Mila at Simon's birthday dinner



Mila at the Hotel les Tresoms in Annecy



Mila at the Hotel les Tresoms in Annecy



Stephane and Mila at the spa at the Hotel les Tresoms in Annecy



Mila eating - French-style - at the Hotel les Tresoms



Mila watching Stephane cut her salmon



Mila showing off her first tooth to fall out!



Mila and Stephane - the proud, toothless women I love



Mila falling asleep at dinner at the Hotel les Tresoms



Stephane at the Hotel le Tresoms



Mila in the game room at the Hotel les Tresoms



Mila at Cafe la Ferblanterie