Jonathan asked me to help out with his recently booked gig with McDonalds. He had done a few shoots in the USA, but this project would take him Internationally to several countries! Destinations included Montreal Canada, Shanghai China, Sydney Australia, Melbourne Australia, all of which totaled 9 stops in airports. Yikes! I was in charge of setting up a LOT of the travel and accommodations, along with McDonald’s own agency. Special travel Visas were needed for a couple of the countries, which Travisa.com helped me with. I learned how to set up safe transit and smooth transitions between countries for the fellas and especially for their gear. The key to this was an equipment Carnet (a passport for your gear). This was much more work than I had expected, but was completely worth it for them. I was the “man on the ground” for their late night communicatoni requests from across the globe. “Find me an assistant in Melbourne”, “We need transportation in Shanghai”, whatever they needed, I provided. It was a great exercise, and I hope to be on the trip next time!
Here’s one shot from Jonathan archive: http://jonathanchapman.com/archive/92
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