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Packing

September 27th, 2012

So this morning I tweeted “After 11 years of working, I am finally feeling content with the way that I pack most of my gear” and a friend said that deserves a blog post.  So here’s my first blog post in several months.

Packing gear can be a pain, and I think it is an ever evolving process.  You get new gear and you need a place for it to go.  You have different types of shoots, different travel arrangements, etc, and what worked one day for packing may not work for another.  I think the key is to have bags that can be repurposed for different things.  I don’t think my packing system is perfect now, but I am at a point of being content with how it functions, and allows me to know where my stuff is when I’m shooting. Continue reading »

Silencio!

June 4th, 2012

Another spring-time in Boston means another go at the 48 Hour Film Project.  I’ve blogged about past 48 HFPs here and here, and participating in this filmmaking weekend event is something I take pretty seriously.  I think it’s a great exercise in working quickly and efficiently and I encourage all filmmakers at every level to give it a go.  I think it is a challenge for even the most experienced among us, and is just great to create a piece, start to finish in just one weekend. Continue reading »

Keeping up to date

March 22nd, 2012

So remember (probably not) a few months ago when I blogged about wanting to keep more up-to-date on my blogging and what I’ve been up to?  Yeah, well it’s March 22 and this is my first blog post of 2012.  So much for that. In 2011 I only uploaded 5 videos to Vimeo.  Not that [...]

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On the road again

December 15th, 2011

I’ve been pretty lucky this fall that I’ve stayed busy with a lot of shooting, but haven’t had too much travel beyond the Northeast.  I do enjoy, in theory (and usually in practice) the idea of traveling for work, but I often hate the hassle of airport travel with lots of gear, connecting flights, etc.  [...]

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Honoring a Legend

November 1st, 2011

I recently completed a project for Rosie’s Place, a homeless women’s shelter in Boston, for their annual “Funny Women, Serious Business” fundraising event.  This was the fourth video I had created for them (including this piece that I did last year).  Earlier this year, Kip Tiernan, the founder of Rosie’s Place, passed away, so they [...]

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