Shooting with Michael Giacchino!

Today I got to shoot a part of a short film directed by Michael Giacchino, legendary composer of Up, Lost, Star Trek etc. Also Patton Oswalt stars in it! It was such a blast! At the end the producer convinced him to play the song from Star Trek on the piano. That was pretty amazing!!!

Just Dance Yo Gabba Gabba

Here's a link to this commercial I shot for the Yo Gabba Gabba people. It was super super low budget but still was a lot of fun. Directed by Scott Schultz!

SciFi Short film

Just spent the day shooting a teaser for a feature film with visual director Joe Miale. I'm really excited about this one. Nothing beats shooting a dilapidated set with smoke and hard shafts of light pouring in!

Awesome trip to Kauai

Went to Kauai this week and got some great shots! Wish I lived in such a beautiful place. Took an hour helicopter tour at sunset!

JJ Abrams interview on CBS that talks about the teaser I shot!!!

Hershey's chocolate commercial

Shooting a campaign of 8 union commercials for Hershey's chocolate for the next month in Canada with director John X. Carey! Going to be shooting in Vancouver, Toronto, & Montreal!!! Here's a shot of one of our locations in Vancouver! Shooting on the Alexa!

Curtis coffee maker commercial

Shooting a few commercials this week for Curtis coffee maker. Here's a screen grab!

Just Dance Kids Commercial

Shooting a 3 commercial campaign for the Ubisoft video game Just Dance Kids with directors Scott Schultz, Matt & Nate Fackrell. Also with the Yo Gabba Gabba characters. My 3 year old daughter couldn't be happier!!! 

Nike spot

Here's a link to 1 of 2 Nike commercial docs I shot a few weeks ago!

Shot of back door

Long exposure shot with 21mm.

4K Jemball

Just shot a music video and got to test out my 4K Jem ball from South Korea. I love the quality of this light!

FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK- CHECK OUT THE FORGE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O17aK8tkp9U

BAD ROBOT COMMERCIAL FOR JJ ABRAMS BOOK!!!

Here is a commercial I shot for Bad Robot that's for JJ Abrams new book. It was such a blast shooting this! Click one of the photos for the link.

Flux Pavillion video

Just shot the Flux Pavillion video last week with director Tim Hendrix at

Vasquez rocks. It was a beautiful location! Shot it on the C300 with steadicam and a helicopter cam.

Bad Robot round 2!

Just shot another teaser for Bad Robot a couple of days ago. This one is going to be awesome! I used flash bulbs for the first time. They were pretty amazing!

Amazing rare anamorphic lens

Just bought an amazing rare anamorphic lens on Ebay. It took months to finally track one down. Can't wait to try it out!!!

New bounce material

Just picked a 8x8 Dayblue muz for bouncing outdoors. I learned about this from DP  Caleb Deschanel and David Mullen.  I pretty excited to try it out.

Woodland Heights Short film

This is a short film I shot with director Samuel Gonzalez Jr. We shot this in a day and half. Really gritty B&W with just a few small hard fresnel lights. It's a pretty fun short!!!

BAD ROBOT COMMERCIAL TEASER!!!

I shot a commercial for Bad Robot a few weeks ago, produced by J.J. Abrams himself!!! I shot it on the Epic with Cooke S5s. It was so much fun and nothing beats seeing the Bad Robot logo before something you shot! It's also the first video to kick off their new Youtube channel!!!

Shooting a Flux Pavillion video in 2 weeks!!!

Just found this on video static. Super stoked to be working with director Tim Hendrix on this!!!

SMIRNOFF MUSIC VIDEO COMMERCIAL!

Here is a link to the Smirnoff Music Video Commercial I shot last month with director Jon Jon Augustavo. We shot this on the Alexa with Panavision Ultra Speed lenses!

Also here are some smaller 30 second spots from the footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCI-mU5fADM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUmY8xY-nFIV2D-XwTLLugwA 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSQYP8OjlAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZ3ymyk2Gc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUmY8xY-nFIV2D-XwTLLugwA

Google Commercial

Here is a link to this great documentary I shot last month in New York and LA about the Huffington Post live and how they use Google Hangout.  This was directed by Brett Fallentine with Whirled agency. It was such a cool experience to hang out in the Huffington Post offices and see how everything all works.

Maglight spec commercial

Here's a link to a spec commercial I shot a few months back. Nathan Fackrell directed this. It was really bare bones. I had 1 Diva kino light, 1 source 4, and a couple of mag  flash lights to light the whole thing. Most of the shots where with the flashlights. It came out pretty well!

Sambucol commercial

Just spent the weekend shooting a pharmaceutical commercial for a product called Sambucol in Vegas. Here's a BTS photo.

American Cancer Society PSA

Just shot a American Cancer Society PSA about breast cancer. Our actor was a real cancer survivor. We got some pretty amazing takes! Here's a screen grab.

KUWAIT COMMERCIAL

Here's a link to a commercial I shot last month in Kuwait. It was really run and gun and it was very hot. But felt I got some cool shots!

BECU COMMERCIAL

Here's a link to a commercial I shot a few months ago in Seattle Washington. Directed by Brett Fallentine and produced by the Famous Group.

VIMEO STAFF PICK!

The Forge just got a staff pick on Vimeo! Written and directed by Stephen Reedy. This film definitely deserved it!

Shoot in Texas

Just shot a commercial in Texas for the last week with director Scott Toepfer. He's an awesome photographer that has made the transition of also directing. Here is many of the beautiful skies we had on the job!

Mercedes commercial

Shooting 2nd Unit on a big Mercedes commercial!!! Pursuit car and Helicopter on this commercial. Hoping ill be 1st unit on one of these big car shoots soon!!!

BTS on SMALL HD's Website

Small HD posted about my project I shot a few weeks ago! I just bought the new AC7 OLED onboard monitor and this is the first shoot I used it on. A very worthy shoot, using Master Primes and shooting Amy Smart.

Vancouver Owl

This is an owl I shot at the Capilano park in Vancouver.

FEATURE DISTRIBUTION

I shot this feature years back while I was still in school. It was super super low budget, shot on the 5D but it had a great little cast. Mischa Barton, Malora Harding, and Sal Masekela.

GameStop Commercial

Just shot a GameStop commercial up in Vancouver Canada with director Jon Jon Augustavo with Hello! and The Richards group agency. It was so much fun. Shot on the Epic with Ultra primes. Here's a screen grab!

Hawaii Commercial

Here's a link to a commercial I shot in Hawaii a few months ago. Shot on the Epic.

Woodland Heights Short

Just shot a 2 day short with director Samuel Gonzalez. Its a campy 60's low budget thriller. It was a lot of fun lighting for that genre. Nothing beats the look of B&W it's so much fun playing with hard light and contrast.