I’ve been designing this logo and site for it to live on. It’s still a work in progress, but another exciting project to add to the list.

These two timelapses were shot on the Canon 20D while I was out grabbing some surfers and scenics with Will at Pleasure Point.

Two months ago I traveled down to Houston, TX to film a CrossFit event. There were several games competitors there so we set up some interviews and head shots to use in features leading up to the 2012 CrossFit Games.

I decided to shoot on black for simplicity as we only had a two man crew. Marston Sawyers ran 2nd camera and grip while I was DP/producer/gaffer.

The rental company in Texas had a Hot Rod Cameras 7D-PL. It’s basically a gutted 7D configured so you can mount PL mount lenses. I own a 17-130mm Russian cinema zoom so of course I had to take advantage of the opportunity. I am pretty happy with the results and I was able to get a sick lens flare.

Landed my first freelance gig since moving out West. Work at CrossFit isn’t as crazy as it was during Games season so I’m trying to get out and work on some production crews.

On Sunday I arrived back in California after being in Philadelphia for the wedding of one of my best friends. I grabbed a couple of hours sleep and headed up to San Francisco for the night to shoot a documentary on DJ Cheb i Sabbah.

Chebi was diagnosed with stomach cancer and given weeks to live. His family, friends, and fans raised enough money to send him to Germany to get the cancer under control. The documentary will follow Chebi on his battle and hopefully have a happy ending.

I was hired to shoot DSLR for a benefit concert. These are just a few screen grabs from the shoot. As you can see I had to deal with incredibly low light. I shot wide open on my Olympus glass and in the 1200-2000 iso range.

This week at work I got to light a few setups. The first one was a 3 person interview with two couches and daylight in the background. I decided to go with fluorescent lighting. For this setup I used two 4 foot 4 bank Kinos as key and two 2 foot 4 bank for hair and fill light.

This setup was for shooting CrossFit movement videos. It required a majority of the gym to be lit so the athletes could move freely. I went with two 4 foot 4 bank Kinos, 4 2 foot 4 bank Kinos, and 4 200w fresnels for the background.

It’s hard to shoot surfers and wildlife without a big telephoto lens. So I got a 300mm. Its an Olympus OM Zuiko f/4.5 I picked up off Ebay. On the 7D with the cropped sensor, it is effectively 480mm. Not the fastest, but if it’s anything like my other OM glass it’s should look pretty clean. I haven’t had a chance to shoot any video with it yet, but I grabbed some stills on the way to work this morning. Not the best light, but you get the idea.

Production continues on scenics around Santa Cruz for an upcoming project. This week I’ve only had time to get out and shoot around sunset. Here are some screen grabs from today’s shoot.

My buddy Will and I have decided to embark on a new project. I won’t say what it is just yet, but I will say it’s going to a lot of fun. We’re going to need a nice little library of scenics and timelapses to work with so I headed out tonight after work to get started.