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Who else has "Friends" related assignment today?
Jack Howard, Photographer
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Somerville | NJ | USA | Posted: 12:22 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Just wondering what other SS members have a "Farewell to Friends" related assignment today-tonight?
I've got a "Superfan farewell party" from 7:30-9 tonight. Should be interesting. Definitely Pulitzer-caliber stuff going on here!
On the positive side, it is only 7 blocks from my house, so that's not a bad drive... |
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Denis Rochefort, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Flint | MI | USA | Posted: 12:28 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> I got one. I have to shoot a "Smelly Cat" talent contest and then the finale party at U of M-Flint. How exciting. I was hoping to get out of work early today, but instead I got an extended shift.
Oh well.
-Denis |
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Andrew Hendershot, Student/Intern
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San Jose | CA | | Posted: 12:41 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Hey Jack,
We have a similar assignment here at the Spartan Daily (SJSU). However, I dodged that bullet so that I can go see Carolyn Cole speak tonight in San Francisco. Have fun, and say good by to Rachel for me. |
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Marc F. Henning, Photographer
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Bentonville | AR | USA | Posted: 12:48 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> all i can say is THANK GOD IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!
think of all of the people in this country who'll actually be off their asses on Thursday nights from now on.
marc |
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Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 1:18 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> I had to shoot the Rembrandts, the band who sings the title song "I'll Be There For You" this morning on the Today Show's concert series. After the 2nd time singing it I tuned out.
I never liked that show. Glad to see it go
Debbie |
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Jeff Stanton, Photographer
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Tucson | AZ | USA | Posted: 2:00 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> We shot our Friends stuff last week in advance. On Tuesday, I shot the Frazier images that we will be using for its finale next week. Pure excitement. |
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Caleb Simpson, Photographer, Assistant
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Denton / Dallas | Texas | USA | Posted: 2:13 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> Why would anybody cover this? Big deal, another television series is gone. It happens. Is there really nothing else going on that people are covering Friends watching. |
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chris curry, Photographer
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Peoria | IL | usa | Posted: 2:13 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> Eric Behrens if you are reading this please do not give me the "Friends" assignment tonight. I loathe that show and do not in anyway want to be a part of it. |
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Kevin Kreck, Photographer
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Colorado Springs | CO | USA | Posted: 2:29 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> I didn't catch it, but The (Colorado Springs) Gazette is covering it. I think you cover whatever has caught the fancy of whatever community you're in. If people are bothering to have parties over it, it probably ought to be covered. It would go on a long list of stuff I've covered that doesn't interest me, but that's one of the things I like best about newspaper work, it exposes you to tons of things you'd never see otherwise. Sure am glad it isn't me, though. |
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Rachel E. Bayne, Photographer
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bellingham | wa | | Posted: 2:39 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> marc, you forget about the people who are addicted to survivor! they'll still be on "their asses" every thursday night that show is on. personally i love both shows... friends started my senior year of high school and it was a show i watched with my friends through college. i'm sad to see it go... seems like most of you don't like the show but there must be a ton of people that do or it wouldn't be this big of a deal. i have to work tonight and cover a memorial service for a college kid who fell out a 4 story window. that's what the VCR is for.... and yes, i'm recording survivor on another VCR. =) |
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Michael P. King, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Athens | OH | USA | Posted: 2:41 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Caleb~
When Seinfeld went off the air, it was said that the streets of NYC were eerily quiet that night... so many people had gone home or to parties to see the finale. Friends has been a huge success like Seinfeld was. TV has been a large part of American culture ever since its inception, just like sports, cinema, politics, and religion. Why would we not cover a political rally, or a sport event because we personally disagree with what it is, what its about, or the people who are involved with it.
--MK |
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Bill Ross, Photographer, Assistant
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Colorado Springs | CO | USA | Posted: 3:02 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> My assignment will be "Leave the house until it's over" and let my wife indulge. |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Nashville | TN | U.S. | Posted: 3:15 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> Any takers on Fox starting a new sitcom called "Foes". |
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Grover Sanschagrin, Photographer, Assistant
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Albany | CA | USA | Posted: 3:21 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> Which is worse? The "Farewell to Friends" assignment, or the annual "Day-after-Thanksgiving Busiest-Shopping-Day-of-the-Year" assignment? |
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Sean Browne, Photographer
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N. Attleboro | MA | USA | Posted: 3:24 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> How about one that I seem to get in my lap every year....
Day after Christmas, holiday returns....uggghhhhh, I can't stand that one. Miserable people talking with store employees to try and get permission to shoot in their establishment.
Sean |
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Marc F. Henning, Photographer
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Bentonville | AR | USA | Posted: 4:08 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> better yet....HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS!!!
they're right around the corner!! AAHHHHH!!!!
we've got a buttload of high schools here, thank god we don't cover all of their graduation ceremonies like we did at my old newspaper. i realize graduations present the opportunity for some great images, but after the sixth or seventh one you're just ready to run up on stage and cold-cock the guest speaker so they can move on to the diploma passing. GRRRR!!
marc |
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David Bitton, Photographer
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Colorado Springs | CO | | Posted: 7:01 PM on 05.06.04 |
| ->> I landed the Friends assignment. There are three parties going on around Colorado Springs that are open to the public. One of the parties is at a La-Z-Boy store in town. That's where I'll be..... |
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Scott Bort, Student/Intern, Assistant
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Champaign | il | USA | Posted: 7:18 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> HA! i knew i wasnt the only one side-stepping the horrid "friends Assignment" It makes the finals i have tomrrow morning look enviable.
Then again, if there is anything i have learned it is out of the the assignent you could not stand that will give rise to some of your best work.... |
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Jack Howard, Photographer
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Somerville | NJ | USA | Posted: 10:15 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Since I posted this this morning, I had to pick up another assignment...
It involved shooting around the camera crew and the 'REVEAL' of one of those decorating shows, 'Make Room for Baby'
With all their production delays, I almost missed the Friends assignment...
Oh well, all in a day's work.
Remember, it beats sitting behind a desk working in the payroll department folks! |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 10:20 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Just finished shooting a woman watching the last episode in her living room.
Luckily, I have not seen the show in 3 years, so I had no idea what was going on :0) |
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Sarah Coward, Photographer
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Pt.Charlotte | FL | USA | Posted: 10:50 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Grover...getting up @ 4 a.m. and taking pictures of lame loonies lined up around the block for the privilege of spending vast amounts of $$$ is just plain bizarre. Fun, though.
The median age in our community is around 122, so no one really gives a crap about Friends. No big to-do's around here... |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 11:09 PM on 05.06.04 |
->> Grover:
Day After Thanksgiving is much worse.....it happpens every freakin' year.
Every year one of my clients seems to send me to Boston or New York to shoot photos which I am usually sure I shot the previous year of a mad frenzy in Macy's or Filenes , in FAO Schwartz (in either NY or Boston), packed sidewalks ladies loaded with bags, guy sleeping as wife shops.
Friends, it is over, done with, won't be asked to shoot it next year. |
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Howard Curtis Smith, Photographer
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Rockville Centre | NY | USA | Posted: 8:14 AM on 05.07.04 |
->> Grover,
The day after Thanksgiving is worse, because it is not the busiest shopping day of the year anymore, but all the news outlets love to say that it is.
The Xmas season starts in October now, so the post Thanksgiving sales spike is lessened. The busiest day is usually just before Xmas depending on where the last weekend falls. |
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