Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

Sometimes, we get all caught up in the very “serious” business of making films. So much to do, so little time, even less money … but the creativity, the excitement, the satisfaction of making something we really care about. We do take the creative process and ourselves ever so seriously, sometimes. But there are those other times, those other times when we are just exhausted, silly and having fun. Filmmaking is like that. It’s so stressful sometimes that everyone ends up being crabby with one another. But, like any group that endures difficulty together, there is a certain sort of bonding that occurs. I wouldn’t say it’s like the relationship that forms between those who go to war but it’s certainly stronger than the average work environment.

So, at the end of the shoot or, often, at the end of the day, everyone lets their hair down and gets silly. We’ve seen the worst of each other and have still been able to find a way to work together and respect each other. These photos are of the Mormon Colonies in Mexico documentary crew. We got together after we got back to take photographs. Pamela Jo is so precise about what she wants that the photo shoot was almost as grueling as the film shoot in Mexico. At one point, we all started laughing and goofing around … I think it may have been because we were sitting on an ANT HILL. Justin and I had shorts on so we were quite miserable. Jeniece and Jared were amused at our discomfort since they were both wearing jeans. And then Pamela Jo asked us to hold still for “just one more.” We all lost it.