I was hired in December 2011 to create a highlights video for FanDuel’s second annual Fantasy Football Championship in Las Vegas. We had the challenge of creating an exciting wrap-up video from what basically amounted to a day of people watching football on tv. Read more…
My buddy Keith asked me to shoot a video of a recording session for his new album “Seethrough”. Keith is a charismatic, “interesting” fellow, and one of my favorite people to put a camera in front of so I couldn’t say no. Read more…
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 it really matters, but I do think it helps to keep things more current. I know part of this is because of things mentioned in the post linked above, namely that what I do is not necessarily made for “public” consumption so most of you may not care. But still, since Vimeo basically serves as the easiest online portfolio of my work, it’s good to show prospective clients a range of recent projects. So without further ado, here’s 3 projects, completed in the Fall/Winter of 2011 which I’m adding to Vimeo, and a brief description of the project and some of it’s challenges: Read more…
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 wanted this year’s video to be a tribute to Kip. I had met (and filmed Kip) on a few occasions in the past, and she was a very interesting woman, with a long history of social activism. I felt pretty honored and inspired working on this project, knowing that I needed it to feel worthy of Kip. Read more…
As I’ve written about before, I like shooting interviews, and it’s sort of the mainstay of my work. I know it’s odd, but I sometimes imagine the perfect interview setting, with the perfect wall colors, the perfect background props, the perfect lighting, the perfect audio, etc. It’s weird, I know. Someday I’ll reach this nirvana of perfection and it’ll probably be downhill from there, but until then…
When I was starting out, and my lighting kit was all tungsten (3200K) fixtures, the normal procedure was to walk into a room, close any blinds or window coverings, turn off all existing lights, and start from scratch. The darker the room, the better, as I felt there was nothing to “contaminate” our lighting. Read more…
I often get asked when applying for shooting gigs if I can shoot and light interviews, so I decided to put together a demo reel for this purpose. I have filmed literally hundreds of interviews, and it is an important skill for most shooters. All the samples here were shot with an EX-1 Read more…
I sometimes get asked when applying for a shooting gig if I know how to shoot and light interviews, so I decided to put together a little demo of interview samples just for this purpose. Filming interviews is a pretty essential skill for most shooters and I have done literally hundreds of them. I actually really enjoy shooting them, as it always offers a bit of a challenge. Every space is different and there are many looks you can go for, so there are a lot of options and challenges. The biggest challenge is usually the space, and the space is what can really make for a good looking shot a lot of the time. Read more…