Cows are Camera Shy

I have always had a long standing fear of cows.  I mean why wouldn’t you really?  They weigh a TON, they defecate constantly and unpredictably, and who knows when they’re going to decide they want to chase you through an open pasture with no place to hide!  As a youngster I was chased by an angry […]

Telling a Successful Story

When I think of a good story, I think of the theme song from “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”…well, any Will Smith song made before the year 2000, for that matter, but that doesn’t mean that arguably the undisputed king of clean rap has it nailed to a science. This blog will have almost all […]

The Producers

Walkie-talkies . . . check . . . C300 . . . check . . . Teradek and client monitor . . . check . . . microphones . . . check . . . hiring the crew . . . check . . . bed, pajamas, slippers, model releases . . . check . . . 4AM wakeup call . . . check . . . These were the things going through my head as I tried to get some much needed shuteye before my role as producer on the shoot the following morning. Before I made the jump from photography to video production I didn’t really understand what a producer was, and why they always seemed so stressed out.

Responsibility

We have always been proud to be a business that has kept responsibility in mind, not just for the quality of work that we produce, but also for the environment in which we operate. This week we are really kicking our system of beliefs into overdrive. We started by taking stock of our environmental impact. For years […]

We All Have a Story to Tell

Telling stories has always been a fundamental part of the  human experience, whether they are passed down from generation to generation through the spoken word, music, literature, art, or cave paintings, these stories tie us together as humans, reminding us of our accomplishments, our mistakes, and our experiences. “Since the beginning of time we’ve been telling one […]

Why Details Matter

Details matter. The difference between chartreuse and lime makes little difference in our everyday lives. But in filmmaking, there are incredible subtleties that mostly go consciously unnoticed, but subconsciously affect how we see a film or commercial dramatically. Take Breaking Bad, for example. Everyone that watches notices that as Walt “breaks bad” in the first season, he […]

When Work Becomes Play

What makes us passionate about what we do and how do we keep that energy going?  It’s a question I’ve been asked ever since starting my photography career nearly 8 years ago.  It would be easy to say that it’s never been a problem.  “The inspiration just flows through my veins man!”  But for most […]

Drones and the DJI Inspire 1

We Love Camera Drones! It’s not the kind of love where we want to put a nighty on the skyjib, lock the door and spend the evening indulging in mechanical bliss. If you’re stirred by a series of ascending beeps coming from what could be a flying lawnmower in the wrong hands, this probably isn’t […]

Crazy for Tea!

Sometimes the phone rings and on other end is someone who thinks and feels about a lot of things the same way that you do. You know right away that you’ll have a special partnership. Several months ago we were approached by a really unique and innovative company that designed a tea infuser made of […]