VINTAGE LENSES

I'm starting a collection of vintage lenses! I just got my first legendary lens, the

SUPER TAKUMAR asahi PENTAX 50mm f/1.4 . Its amazing how sharp it is at 1.4. The lens is really warm and flares very easily.

 Here is a shot to show the  interesting bokeh that it creates out of focus. It makes you a little dizzy but I think that could be a good effect!

Here is my next lens. Coming all the way from the Ukraine!

Beautiful Light

I really want to use this light! Made by Lumapanel.

Red Scarlet Tricked Out

My Red Package is complete! I have all the filters,lenses,handheld rig, tripod, and fancy lenses.  

KUWAIT COMMERCIAL

Just got back from a 5 day commercial shoot in Kuwait with Director John X. Carey, shot on the Alexa. Heres a shot from one of the locations.

Shooting in North Carolina

I'm shooting in North Carolina for the next 3 days for Nissan. It is so beautiful here and the air smells so good. It's made me realize how disgusting LA's air really is.

San Jose Earthquakes Commercial

Here is a link to a commercial I shot a few months ago.  Low budget with 5 canon 5Ds locked off all over this house. This made it cheap and possible to return to the same shot 4 hours later to film the same actor in his face paint.

Hidden Valley Ranch Commercial

Just shot a Hidden Valley Ranch Commercial with Matt Fackrell in San Francisco. This was one of our locations.

Shooting in Texas

Just spent 3 days in Texas with Director John X. Carey. We shot on the Red Epic in a border town jail in Laredo Texas, San Antonio, and Austin for a documentary about the Dream Act. Should be a great emotional piece chalk full of perty pictures.

BAD ROBOT PRODUCTION!

I just finished shooting a project for Bad Robot! Directed by the great Andrew Kramer, founder of Video Copilot. It was surreal!!!

Nissan Project Z Commercial

I've been working with director Ryan R. Browne the last few months on a commercial for Nissan with agency TBWA/Chiat Day . This is the first of 2 commercials!

STRANGE ISLAND PILOT

Just finished shooting a Pilot called "Strange Island" for Vevo, directed by the creator of Yo Gabba Gabba Scott Schultz and also Julia Vickerman. It was great working with the Gabba crew. Here are some stills!

  

First Red Scarlet Job

Here is a documentary I shot about Horses a few weeks ago. It's my Red Scarlet's first job. I'm pretty happy with the results! Note: I did not light the interview segment. Click the link below!

Music Video I shot in the Ukraine

I went to the Ukraine last October for a 3 day shoot with director John X. Carey to shoot a music video. We got some really great footage with a small run & gun crew. Here is the video!

SANTA ANITA TRACK DOCUMENTARY

My Scarlets first job. I'm shooting a short Documentary about horse shoes. This is a 800mm lens. I set my camera to 2K and made it a 1600mm. I got some pretty epic horse races today!

MY RED SCARLET HAS ARRIVED!

DREDG MUSIC VIDEO BTS TIMELAPSE

Here is a time-lapse video of the two day Dredg music video shoot directed by the awesome Stephen Reedy.

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

This is a short documentary I shot last year for two days and with a very limited budget, directed by John X. Carey. It turned out really great!

Kuwait COMMERCIAL

Here's some footage from a commercial I shot in Kuwait directed by the talented John X. Carey. The full commercial will come out in April!

Cincinnati Reds baseball Commercial

Just got back from a 3 day shoot in Cincinnati working with the Cincinnati Red baseball team. I shot stills and video of different parts of the city. The baseball players will be later composited on the buildings and in different parts of the city on giant jumbo screens in a pretty epic fashion. The video will be the opener that plays before the start of every home game for 2012. Here are some shots of the city!

lamborghini Commercial

Today I shot a lamborghini commercial for a dealership in Woodland Hills. We had two lamborghinis that we shot around town. We rigged 3 5D's and 6 go pros to them. The White one costs $500,000!

Just purchased a 4K China ball.

After researching for a while I found this great lighting company in South Korea making large china balls. Most of the china balls in the US are up to 1500Watts. I just bought one that is 4000Watts! The craftsmanship is topnotch, made with the best materials. This is great because it has two lines of power which make is possible to use without a generator. I plan to use it as a really soft glamour light or bring it up high in the sky and use it as ambient fill light in a night exterior scene. Here are some photos of it. It's about 4ft in diameter.

San Francisco Earthquakes

On Thursday shot a commercial for the San Francisco Earthquakes soccer team with Director Matt Fackrell. This should be a pretty funny spot. I'll upload a view stills soon!

Nissan Commercial

Just shot the first day of 5 shooting days for a Nissan commercial last Tuesday with agency/production company Chiat Day. I'm pretty excited about this one. Director Ryan Browne and I are filming a Nissan Z car getting modified over the course of two months.  Here are some BTS shots.

Dental Light

I bought two dental lights on craigslist. The light quality is pretty cool. It acts like a beauty dish (a still photography tool used in lighting for a hard/soft directional light). The light is evenly dispersed on the parabolic polished silver dish. Here's a photo of the light and an example from a small music video I did last week.

I might experiment by spray painting the dish white. The vignette is from the light which is cool. I might use the light to emulate a flashlight for a key light.

Padres shoot BTS photos

Had a great 4day shoot in San Diego last week for the San Diego Padres. The commercial will air on TV in San Diego and also at the beginning of every home game of 2012! We shot with the players on the field and also at Miramar air force base. It was awesome!

Kia spot is done!

http://vimeo.com/37024466

San Diego Padres Shoot!

Here are some location photos for a San Diego Padres commercial I'm shooting next week. I get to shoot one full day in a Military airforce hanger and have an all access pass to Petco Park and film all the baseball players, I'm so excited. It's going to be very Michael Bay inspired!

Awesome short film coming soon!

Just completed a 4day shoot with director Stephen Reedy. All I can say is fire! Every shot will have C implemented. Shot on a stage for 4 days with the Arri Alexa and 14 Master Primes! The camera and lenses were donated. I don't think I'll ever have 14 Master primes on one single project! Did I use them all? Of course! Did I need to use them all? No. It was great!

ADOBE SITE IS UP!

The Adobe site is up with all the commercials I shot for Matt Fackrell and Kaboom Productions. Check out the link. More videos will be posted within the next few weeks.

www.uncoverthelegend.com

BTS OF THE WINTER STALKER

This is the behind the scenes of "Winter Stalker",directed by Stephen Reedy for Zero friends films. It's full of fun facts and memories. Enjoy!