So....I don't know if I am just not print worthy or what. I have been with my agency for 10 years now and have never booked a print ad. I never even go out for them or get called about them.  But for whatever reason, I booked a Dairy Queen print gig this week.

As you probably notice, I don't usually divulge the actual name of any film or commercial I do. I just like to be on the safe side and not tick any director off by announcing anything, but in this case, a lady who played my mom in the print ad asked if we could share the name of the company that we did the ad for and the production manager said we could, so there you go-I was in a Dairy Queen ad! Pretty exciting stuff.

Now, I have done one other print ad before, but it wasn't for my agency. I was in a video series and they took my photos for promotional material and a life-size cut out of me for a display. That was pretty awesome. I have heard I am in the front entrance of the Nazarene publishing house (my cardboard double) but I haven't been there, so I don't know.

My instructions for the DQ ad were to bring several clothing options in a variety of colors that were pressed and crisp and looked like they just came from the store.

Let me first say that the iron is not my friend. So, to avoid spending hours flattening every shirt I own to perfection, I did the only logical thing....I bout $250 worth of clothes and a new pair of shoes and brought them home, sprayed some water on them to get out the minor wrinkles, shook them briskly and hung them on hangers all over the living room to dry. Problem solved!

But I get there the next day and they already have a shirt for me! I spent 2 hours shopping with my mom and my girlfriend, not to mention all that spraying and shaking! That's 3 hours I can never get back!

My original intention was to buy the clothes, leave the tags on and whatever they didn't pick, I would return.

Well, that was not to be.....

My mom and gf were so excited to see me in new clothes, that they talked me into keeping most of it. Anyone who knows me, knows I am incredibly cheap. Of course, due to my frugality, this is why I had $250 to spare on clothing for a shoot....I save my money and avoid spending it at almost all costs.

SO now I have a new wardrobe. Probably for the best...I need new pics for my agency and to finish up my senior pictures, so I needed new clothes anyway.

So back to the shoot....

Oh my gosh-I have never been so full of ice cream in my life!  I am a guy who really enjoys a Blizzard now and then, but eating three in a 5 hour period  was pretty difficult. Not to mention we also had cheeseburgers, fries and sodas.  Pictured above is me outside being photographed with my 3rd blizzard of the day. I had to come home and worked out for an hour on our Bowflex just to feel normal again!

But it was nice getting paid to eat ice cream-that is for sure! And I got to miss a whole day of school-SCORE! And I met some really great people. SO it was a great day! My agency is pretty good to me. I am lucky to have all of my success.

Below is that cardboard cutout of me at a Nazarene Publishing House display in Florida. That's also me on the tv screens-they were promoting the videos I was in. :)

I booked a commercial a couple of weeks ago, but the interesting thing is that they picked me based on a photo my agency had on their website. They were looking for a cool nerd. Ha! Apparently my argyle sweater vest and bow tie ensemble won them over. They had me wear it for the commercial. Slap on a pair of buddy Holly glasses with tape and BAM! Nerd City! It was fun.

One of the great things I love about doing commercials and film is the ginormous houses we always tape in. I have been in some pretty fancy houses. My commercial taped in a show home in a new neighborhood-ironically, it was just down the street from a house where I taped another commercial a few months ago. Must be a popular neighborhood. :)


Lat summer, in August, I auditioned for a feature film. I didn't hear anything for a couple of months, then I got a call back in October. Still nothing for several months. I assumed I probably didn't get the role. :( But just last week I found out I not only got the part, but I got the part I really wanted! Filming will start in the spring and go through the summer. It's being filmed here locally, but I am really excited about the project and I think it will do really well.

So these are some great things that have happened in the last two weeks and I wanted to share my exciting news.