The Siesta Key Drum Circle

Amon Focus — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:09:04 +0000

About a year ago I was flying back home to NYC and I met a gentleman on the flight only known as Freedom. After we completed our introductions, we got into the topic of music and some how or another the Siesta Key Drum Circle came up. The drum circle happens every Sunday at Sarasota’s own Siesta Beach. He told me to check it out and I’m kicking my self because it took me over a year to so. I took some pictures. Check it out:

Fishing with Captain Scott

Amon Focus — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:16:48 +0000

Greetings everyone out there in the land of the world wide web. I’m going to keep this post short and sweet with a 2 minute treat.

The Skipper and I headed out on the Gulf of Mexico with Captain Scott of Rodbender Fishing Charters to get some outdoor adventure footage. Once we got all the shots we needed they let me give it a go. As you know, I could sit here and write a long paragraph of the experience but I decided to change the game a little bit. Check it out:

Well that about sums it up for me.

Till Next Time

Amon Focus

Simmering Seaweed Eau De Toilette

Amon Focus — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:21:19 +0000

La Chica and I headed out to Siesta Key in Sarasota to film two expert videos about snorkeling and beach safety. It was super foggy on my red eye commute from Bradenton to Sarasota but by the time we got to beach it was all cleared up. Garland stopped by to make sure we were off to a great start and brought us some Munchkins from Dunkin’ Donuts. It had been well over ten years since I indulged in these tasty pastries so I welcomed the nostalgia by eating three or four. We met with David our beach expert and then headed down to the water to begin filming. The first thing I noticed when we hit the beach was miles of piles of seaweed that had washed ashore from a storm earlier in the week. The second was a scent that I didn’t recognize but became quite familiar with by day’s end.

After we finished Dave’s introductions we ventured further down the beach to film at a specific part of the beach known as “Point of Rocks”. Point of Rocks was the ideal spot to get Dave snorkeling but there was a price. This portion of the beach was nestled behind a concrete wall that you had to either swim a very short distance around or shimmy on the provided walkway. Being that I had my tripod and camera I chose to get my shimmy on but there still two obstacles to overcome. The first was the scent that I mentioned in the above paragraph was now a stench. Once I shimmied my way to the middle of the walkway I was saturated in the smell of rotting seaweed (yuck). I quickly began to shimmy back to shore because one step further in the direction of such a stench would lead to the liberation of three or four Munchkins that I had been holding captive since the morning. Once back on shore David, La Chica and I began to reevaluate our plan of action. Simply shimming the wall wasn’t going to cut it.

Somehow we managed to make our way around the walkway and we were met with our second obstacle, water. We were so close. Point of Rocks was literally about 50 feet away but the water was too deep for me to bring the camera and tripod. I leaned over and took a few shot and we head back. Since the show must go on, we set up shot about a 1/2 mile down the beach and got the rest of our shots of Dave snorkeling. I even got knee deep in the ocean to get closer to the action.

Aside from the seaweed problem, I thought shoot went great. Believe it or not that beach is so beautiful I’d do it again in a heart beat. David was super cool and easy to work with. Doing multiple takes in the hot sun can be draining but Dave’s a trooper.

La Chica and I scaled the rest of the beach for b-roll , interviews, and sound bites then headed back to the base.

Till Next Time

Amon Focus

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The Siesta Key Drum Circle

Fishing with Captain Scott

Simmering Seaweed Eau De Toilette