Took a Trip

So, I just recently got back from a wonderful trip back to Europe for a few days. I headed over there to see my little sister graduate high school. Ridiculous! There's no way she's old enough to graduate! Craziness... anyways, the weather for grad was fabulous. It rained a little before and a little after grad day, but the day itself was just about perfect. So that was cool. I got to see all the people there who still remember me, which was fun. Took pictures with people whenever I got the chance. In a couple years, there won't be anyone there except teachers who remember me! That's a bit of a crazy thought... Hopefully I'll be heading back there in about three years, though, to see my little brother graduate as well. That's a hopefully at this point, since I have absolutely no idea where I'll be and what I'll be doing in three years!

Good trip. Now I'm back, and being assaulted by jet lag. Which is weird, since I almost never get major jet lag coming back this way. For whatever reason, I was dead tired when I got back, fell asleep on the couch, woke up at 1 in the morning and completely threw off my internal clock. I think I'm almost back to normal, though, which is nice.

We're doing some green-screen keying at work now. My first day back, I worked on a couple shots for a commercial we're editing. It's difficult work. The guys there really aren't set up for green-screen. We have limited equipment, and nobody there really has any experience doing it, so this is a learning experience for me and for them. Needless to say, the footage is really, really difficult to key, and we're spending an average of about 30-45 minutes per 5-second shot to get it looking decent. The commercial's still going to be obviously green-screened, which is unfortunate, but we'll be coming out the other side with a whole lot more experience in what the problems are for green-screen shooting, and what the solutions are for keying bad footage. Woot!