Adventures of a lifetime

Usually when working on a project with specific deadlines, the experiences you have along the way can be brushed over or under appreciated. But by in the process of making my latest application video for school, it was anything but the norm.
It all started with a "quick" visit to the salt flats, or at least what I thought would be. Turns out the Salt Flats are a lot farther away than I had anticipated. I ventured out with my childhood amigo, Scotty Barth. I'm glad at least one person was there to share this moment with me. Everything was going well on the way out there: good company, even better playlist, and the smell of the Great Salt Lake for the majority of the ride. We arrived at what we only could assume were the salt flats, (we had driven forever and didn't have a whole lot of time to make it back). So we set up shop and shot the footage we need.
Much to our surprise, what came on right as we started the car? That's right...the gas light. For anyone who has been to the salt flats, you know that there aren't many signs of life for about an hour in either direction. And I have now grown to hate exits that post small blue signs below them reading, "no services." Several times we were excited when we saw a sign for the next town, only to be devastated at the news. So on we went, with hopeful thoughts and a prayer that the gas tank would run on fumes for as long as possible. You can see from the picture what we were going through.
Thank goodness for early gas light warnings, because we drove for over 40 miles with the light on before we found a gas station about 45 minutes outside of Tooele. It was a salt flats miracle. And it made for a hilarious memory.
The next weekend, we trekked out to Tooele again, this time not quite as far. We found an abondoned building and trolley car to use for a couple other shots in the video. This place was super awesome. Everything was tagged in bright colors everywhere. It made for great shots. It is funny how something that is considered junk or useless can be used so artistically. There were actually several other photographers out there doing similar things.
All this work went into a 60 second self-advertisement. It was a lot of work for a short video, but hopefully it will be creative enough that the Advertising department likes it and accepts me.

Keep your fingers crossed.