Commanche Moon Tipis
admin January 23rd, 2008
Here are a few pics I took on one of the “Commanche Moon” sets. We setup about 45 tipis in the cold and wind - sunrise to sunset but we had fun. Worked with most of the same set-dec crew that I worked with on “Into The West” so we got the tipis up pretty quickly. After working all day on my last day, I realized that I had forgotten to take any pictures so I grabbed a camera, and shot about 30 tipi pictures just as the sun was going down. As I was taking the last picture on the river, I was squatting on a rock in the middle of the Rio Grande, I had one camera on the tripod and the other over my shoulder. As I pulled the camera off my shoulder, the strap caught my glasses and my glasses flew off into the river.Now I’m pretty blind without my glasses but I did manage to drive the 260 miles home without hitting anybody. Anyway - this is a sample of the tipi pictures I took on the Commanche Moon set - not sure if they used any footage from this set in the final movie - guess I’ll have to go see it.
All of the tipis on this set were Reese Tipis - most left over from previous movies. The tipis shown were all painted by the Commanche Moon set-dec crew in Sante Fe, NM. I love visiting New Mexico and I had a great time visiting with Kathy Smith during that trip.
Hope you all like the tipi pictures. Richard