Des Moines Capitol at night #desmoinesiowa #desmoines #iowa #capitol #night
#desmoinesiowa #desmoines #downtowndesmoines #downtown #iowa #cliché obligatory downtown des moines photo of the principal building
Iowa Barnstormers vs Chicago #arenafootball #iowa #desmoines #chicago
Twins playing with chalk on the sidewalk @tamalesindustry #desmoines #iowa #kids #outside #chalk #tamalesindustry (at Tamales Industry)
#tamalesindustry #desmoines #iowa #smallrestaurant @tamalesindustry (at Tamales Industry)
#desmoines courthouse framed by the jail and a tree (duh) #iowa #downtown #downtowndesmoines (at Polk County Courthouse)
Dustin Dooley is probably one of the coolest person I have met so far. He is going to be the director for a feature film produced in Des Moines, Iowa.
I got invited to his house to hang out a little bit, get to know each other, talk shop (movies and stuff). I asked if I could invite a friend: my movie friend, Ali, but she already had something to do; my longboard friend Bill, but he was turning in for the night. So i thought I’d invite my dad and my brother and we went to his house.
Dustin greeted us in and he was really cool! He showed us his editing studio, his stabilizer, his camera (Red Scarlet) and some of his artwork that he has hanging in his living room.
We talked about movies and what we do, I got to show him a little bit of what I’ve done in the past year and he liked it! That was so cool to hear and I told him about my experience and he said he’d like to hire me to edit.
My dad was with us and with my dad, our conversation evolved into just two people getting acquainted with this movie director to actually a couple of friends telling each other stories and exchanging viewpoints and ideas, so we’d steer off filmmaking for a bit and then come back. My dad would point things out for me and show me off and criticize me, but it all helped me to get a spark going that would get me to work with Dooley on the movie and future projects!
I liked Dooley a lot, he’s a humble guy and a very interesting artistic person. From what me and my father have talked with him, I can tell he’s going to be a great guy to work with and as a potential new friend working together on a shared passion.
I’m thankful to God, because I think that even through my own free will, I found the path I was supposed to take to walk towards my passion in life. I cannot wait for what will come next and I cannot wait to work on this feature film.
Des Moines, Iowa principal building #desmoines #iowa #city (at Des Moines Public Library Central)