"You Ought To Be In Pictures" Part 1-Tina Fey

On Friday afternoon while visiting 5th Avenue and Rockefeller Center, my good friend Karin and I saw some activity on 49th Street, just to the south of the skating rink. We wandered over and discovered it was the film crew for 30 Rock. They were setting up shots with a stand-in for Tina Fey and we watched as they adjusted the lighting and sound booms and the crowd. We were told at least three times that we needed to move because our reflections were showing up in the glass windows that would be behind Tina Fey. After about 10 minutes we were rewarded and saw Tina tape about 20 seconds of film in front of Morrell and Company followed by about 10 seconds of film twenty feet further along the sidewalk. She looked just as ordinary, natural, and approachable as her TV persona. I shot several photos and two video snippets from my iPhone but didn't have a good close-up and it's really hard to see Tina. Karin gets credit for the photo above. She used the "Genius" app on her iPhone and immediately convinced me of its value. In addition to seeing Tina Fey I learned about a great new app and had a great time with a good friend. Nice afternoon. Tomorrow's blog entry will be about all the films that are located in Brooklyn Heights, hence the Part 1 to the title. (By the way, if there are any copyright issues for Tina's photo then I'll take credit for the photo. Don't want to get Karin in trouble.)