Last week I worked on a shoot that had the potential to be tough for a bunch of reasons:

— I’d never worked with the production company before

— It was their first time shooting with dogs

— I had to cast the canine talent from a distance (we were shooting in Brooklyn)

— Part of the shoot was outside and the forecast called for a 100% chance of thunderstorms all day

— I was going to be in the video and I was using an unknown makeup artist who was meeting me at 5AM 

STRESS CITY!

I always try to...