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Today officially marks 1 year of living in California.  I can’t even begin to describe how fast it has all flown by.  Traveling for 6 of those months, moving 3 times, getting an office.  I barely have time to catch my breath here it seems.  Merely calling it exciting would be a large understatement.  Some of my 5 years goals were achieved in one, thanks to God.  Just goes to show you how much I bottle him up when realistically he can make anything happen he wants to.  He is way bigger than me and the realm of my understanding.  This past year has been a year of growing.  Taking on newer and bigger challenges, always being tested.   I am thankful every single day here and have been supplied with a gratuitous amount of inspiration and energy.  The contacts and friends who have come into my life have made my journey unforgettable.  I look forward to working twice as hard in year 2 and seeing what doors God decides to open.  Thank you family, friends, and everyone who has been rooting for me and sending your love and support.  Whether it’s thoughts, prayers, comments, emails, texts, or phone calls…. Please don’t stop!  It’d be impossible without you guys.  Although I absolutely love working here, by no means is it a cake walk.  Bring it year 2!

Thank you everyone.

Cale Glendening

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Over Christmas break, I went out and did a quick small shoot of my great friend and very talented musician Brett Baggett.  He needed a few promo pics for his new project, so I was very happy to take them.  Brett is an intelligent young talent from Oklahoma who I have had the honor of knowing since 04.  Brett and his wife are two of my favorite people in the world.

We were out about 11am, which isn’t the best time to shoot, but it was very overcast so that was perfect.  It was about 20 degrees with a windchill of 10.  My fingers were the first thing to go.  Its the worst setting up gear and touching steel when your hands are frozen!  This was a simple set up. I only used an octabox and 10 degree honeycomb.  Used my new 16-35mm 2.8L.  I’m in love with the lens.

Interesting story about the shoot.    In the middle of our freezing cold shoot, we heard about 15 gun shots.  These shots were very loud hinting the shooting was not far from us.  Within minutes squad car after squad car made a perimeter around the block.  It had take place on the next street over!  Supposedly there was a gunman in his house just firing outside.  Thankfully no one was injured.  Always interesting times in Muskogee, Ok USA.

Hope everyone is doing well.
Cale Glendening

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As the holidays pass and we launch a new year, I am reminded over and over how thankful I am to be doing what I love every day.  Traveling, opportunities, new friends, and new family made 2009 my best year yet.  I’ve realized my dreams become more and more realistic every passing moment.  I can only pray 2010 will be as rewarding and God will continue to open doors I thought were always locked.  Thank you to everyone for your support, loyalty, and kind words.  You lifted me up, you got me from point A to B, you let me crash on your couch, you drove me to the airport, you answered my questions, you put up with my sarcasm, you helped me on a project, but most of all,  YOU INSPIRED ME! It will not be forgotten.

I apologize for not posting much lately. I will fill you all in on everything very soon.  Great things in 2010!

I just simply wanted to say thank you and I will never take it for granted.

Cale Glendening

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Well this trip has been in the works for a while, but has been off and on as much as the sun goes up and down.  I got word 2 days before I went to visit Oklahoma that the Indonesia trip was 100% on.  I had to bring 3 hard-drives home just to finish projects allowing me time to go do this.  Also had to cancel several shoots previously planned if the Indo trip didn’t happen.  However it is on now and I leave later today.  This visit home has been one of the best homecomings I have ever received.  Getting to spend time with my family. Holding my baby niece for the first time.  Wake boarding, surfing, with Alex, his awesome dad, Tim, Julie, Jessica…. Trying back-flips and front rolls?  What were we thinking?  Brett’s and my b-day float trip.  The best b-day I have had.  It was so incredible getting everyone together.  You guys mean the world to me, thanks for making it so memorable.  Austin and Sarah, so sorry I couldn’t make your wedding.  It was good seeing you both, and I am very happy for you guys.  Barron I am so bummed I wont be there for your show.  I know how hard you have worked to get to this point and I am proud my friend, very proud.  Chad, you are about to be a dad and I will be gone when the baby is born.  I know she will be beautiful and I can’t wait to see her when I get back.  Thanks Jamie for visiting from so far.  It is always such a pleasure seeing you. Sorry you suck at taking directions from your IPhone.   Everyone who took time to see me while in town, I appreciate it.  I could go on and on about you guys. One of the best damn weeks I have had.  Thanks.  You guys make Oklahoma very hard to leave.

Well, onto the next chapter of my life.  Turned 23 and ready for a new challenge. Stoked to meet up with my buddies Joey and Will.  Our journey into the jungle starts soon.  The excitement is building very rapidly mixed with a healthy dose of anxiety.  The thought of packing up and heading somewhere with absolutely no itinerary or plans.  Just show up and hope we are accepted and all works in our best interest.  I will be without cellular service as well as Internet for the entire trip.  That is a difficult thing for me to grasp.  Almost 3 weeks without a cellphone, face-book, twitter…..jeez.  To those of you clueless of what this trip is and why I am going.   I will fill you in with all the detail as soon as I am home!

I would appreciate if you would pray for Joey, Will and myself.  I will definitely need it.
Expect me back around September 1st!  I will have plenty to post and talk about.

Well until next time friends.
Much love everyone.

Cale Glendening

This month has seriously been one of the most interesting months I have ever had.  I am going to get idealistic for a little, while trying not to spew my logic barbarically. While roller-coasters are usually something I refuse, this is a realization I have come to acknowledge, accept, and attempt to prepare myself for.  No not the literal roller-coaster ride, but life.  It is predetermined and shows absolutely no seniority to anyone.  Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Atheist, African Americans, Koreans…..etc, it doesn’t matter.  The second life is breathed into you, your roller-coaster ride begins and there is nothing you can do but be cognizant of the events at hand and do your best to be triumphant.

The following all took place this past month.  In chronological order. (I think)

1.  I shot a video (Below) for a member of my favorite band.  Blink-182.  I will some it up.  Mark loved the video, so he asked me to do Blink 182 stuff.  It turned into me writing a full proposal for full-length documentary over their next tour and making of the new album.   I to go see Blink play their first show back together on Paramount Studio lot. Everything seemed to be fitting itself into place.  Long story short they ended up hiring one of their buddies who had done a lot of stuff for them in the past.  I was extremely bummed.  Was so close to such a big goal and I fumbled the ball.  Who knows, maybe sometime int he future it will come around again.

2. My little Neice is born, and I am all the way out in California.  She wasn’t doing well after birth, but now everything is fine and she is home.

3. Anberlin contacted me about shooting a documentary on their current US tour with Taking Back Sunday.  We negotiated for 2 weeks, and last minute fell through because the label didn’t want to fund it.

4. Leaving Superhero HQ and moving to LA.  I am still going to be freelancing for Superhero, but feel it is in my best interest to be completely submerged into the film industry.

5. Last weekend I was at my friends house for a party.  We were talking film when he mentioned his buddy downstairs was the Chief Designer for RED camera.  Which anyone that has any knowledge of film, knows Red and how they are taking the film industry by storm.  I was geeking out with him about everything Red for a few hours.  When I left I said, “I would love to get involved with Red somehow.”  Then 2 days later I wake up to an email offering me a full position at Red, as a “tech.”  I thought about it very thoroughly, as I do most things, and decided it wasn’t in my best interest.  I would have to put my freelancing to the side.  I would take a halt from the creative side, and join the tech side.  That is just something I couldn’t commit to, because my heart wouldn’t be in it.

6.  Relient K is going to be sending me a proposal soon contracting me to do video work for them here and there over the next year.

7.  Had to cancel my trip home to Oklahoma and Cornerstone so I could get ahead in my work.  Thus canceling a job on a feature film.  They were shooting in Tulsa, Ok while I was to be home, and I got asked to work on it.  Movie is with Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba!

8. Iceland was once pretty certain, but now is looking like 50% as of an email I got yesterday.

9. I got an email today from Anberlin saying they will be contacting me soon about shooting a documentary over their fall tour.

10. Planning a trip to Indonesia and Vanuatu with “The Real Joey Lawrence” to live with 2 different tribes for a month.  I would be documenting the trip into a “Pilot” that a big network is very interested in.  The project may be pushed back into dates I couldn’t attend.

11. Next month I am going to New York to hang and film 2 rap music videos with Joey. It is going to be ridiculous.

I have never been so tossed in my “career” as I have been this past month. I am in the worst Catch 22 scenario I’ve ever encountered.  I am so stoked on one hand and equally disappointed on the other.  It is overwhelming me.  I just have to laugh at the situation or I wont survive this industry.  I am absolutely astonished and thankful for the opportunity and consideration on any of these jobs, however  the competitive side of me doesn’t accept 2nd place.  I’m noway content with that.  It only pushes me to work harder.  I asked myself,  why do we beat ourselves up when things don’t go our way?  Are we really that self-absorbed?  In light of spontaneity, our lives can be tossed up/down, left/right, even throw us for a loop….We have no control. Not being in control is our vice and theoretically what bugs us the most.  Can you imagine if we were in complete control?  I will do my best in the future to not get so torn on what I don’t have power over.  My life isn’t this job, and my life isn’t that job.  Opportunity will come and I won’t always win. Life will never let us off the roller-coaster or let us lay out the course.  We can only possess the tools to fix the ride when it breaks and falls off the track.

Analogy overload.  Sorry for the rant.  A ton been on my mind this month.  Now time to hit up Six Flags!  ; )
Beloved said it best, “We Were Born For Battle.”

Hope everyone is well,
Cale Glendening

ps – Top Photo is by Brittany Everett

Chanley Kay Glendening was born at 12:57am, 8 pounds 8 ounces 20 in, on June 13th, 2009.
This is a photo my mom took with her Iphone.  I can’t wait to go home and see her.  She is so beautiful.
Times like these makes it so hard being away from my family.  I need to go home for a visit soon!

Congrats to my brother Christion and his wife Brandi.  Love you guys, see you soon!