Spring. Time to move CRY outdoors and tackle the hefty load of exteriors. It's been mild for several weeks now in the North East. On some days its been downright gorgeous out. So much so that I felt confident scheduling our first exterior shoot for this past Saturday. Then I started to remember what shooting exteriors is all about.

Check the extended forcast. Pray for clear and warm. What do you get? Showers. All weekend. Well its early. Maybe the forcast will change in a few days.

Showers. Still. 60 hance. But that means 40 hance it won't rain, right? Or does that mean it will rain 60f the day? Back to praying.

Saturday comes and its raining. Hard? Of course not. If it was raining hard, you'd forget exteriors for the day and move on. You could put the idea to rest. It has to drizzle. On and off. All day. And then the worst thing happens. You look outside and see that grey deary sky and you think about the scene and it hits you - it looks perfect.

The actors look hesitant. The crew looks apprehensive. How do you look? Like someone that really wants to get that sky in that scene. So you see if everyone is willing and then you load up and go, hoping that you're not Custer leading over the hill.

So it went down like this. We arrived at Congers like. There was a mist, but we could deal with that. The location (Congers Lake Park) looked great. Grey skys over the water, the place is abandoned (as it should be), and there is no unwanted noise. We roll on take one and the rain starts. We moved to cover. It eased into a mist and we rolled again. This went on for the duration - roll, duck under a tree, warm up (did I mention is was damn cold) and the roll again.

I'd never done so many one take shots in my life, but with even darker skys rolling in, we had little choice. We wrapped the shot scene in record time and ran to the cars to pack up and roll out. We were cold, wet, tired, and hungry, but we were done.

Much thanks for cast and crew for following me over that hill. It's a testament to how great the whole team has been on CRY - more than I could have hoped and asked for. You guys are the best.

Cold wet and hungry, I couldn't help but smile that I got my sky.