On Wednesday there was a photo shoot on Third Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, in one of the limestone buildings, like ours, that has a yard out front.

I spoke to the owner of that building today. She has no idea how the location scout found out about her building. He left numerous notes on her front door. Then they phoned her up.

Finally, they came to an agreement — she didn’t say how much she was paid — and a production company shot a still photo for a SONY camera ad.

Here’s what they did: they tented over the entire front yard from the ground floor to just below the second floor windows. Basically, they created a giant black box.

Inside, they spent twelve hours shooting a still shot of cats and soap bubbles. That’s right. And it took many hours to do it.

The owner of the building said that the photo crew was very professional. "It was a bit of a hassle but they were a nice group of people," she told me.

"I have no idea what the picture will look like," she said.