Left Hanging

Wow, this past week has been fun as well as unusual. I had a shoot on Friday for an ad agency where the client was a maker of playground equipment. They make colorful, high quality, commercial playground for public parks, schools, and other high traffic venues. So, the ad agency asked me to shoot an installation in Michigan for a catelog. One of the shots required that I shoot the entire playground while suspended from a boom-lift about 25 ft. above the ground. I was in the basket alone and pushed the button to lower the boom. To my surprise I hear a whirring sound, followed by a loud “CLUNK”, then “beep, beep, beep”. The boom didn’t move. I tried it again and got the same result. The owner of the ad agency asked what was going wrong and told him I can’t come down.

To make a long story short, he had to call the company that rented the lift, and they had to call the manufacturer to find out what was wrong. A guy came out to the site and used a manual override to get me down. So I spent about 30 minutes hanging around about 25 feet above a playground in Michigan.  🙂

Overall, it was good shoot. We got some great shots, and I have fun story to tell. Unfortunately, I can’t share any of the photos due to commercial contract considerations.

I love my job!  🙂