I am really excited that I am in talks with Manu Forti about a new project I have in development. We are also in talks about collaborating on one of Manu Forti’s projects also in development. I love working with Heather Scobie and Damon Williams at Manu Forti.
My project will be a detective drama series with 8 hours of content. I am in talks with Evan Ho to be our Director of Photography and Kathy Swift Albert to join me in writing the series. I am really excited about what I have so far.
I have recently purchased some new equipment made possible by my grandmother, Sophie Karnilow LaBarbera. She passed away in early June and left me some money. I have invested it in my business and will be crediting her as an exec producer on a few of my projects which are in development.
The equipment she provided is as follows:
1 Lowell Go All Pro Lighting Kit
2 C stands
Numerous flags, scrims and a silk
A few lighting patterns
This will greatly increase the quality of what I am able to do, especially in my DP work. Lighting is essential and this kind of lighting equipment will come in handy.
So I thank my grandma Sophie and I hope this will grow my business and make her proud.
I have been informed that When He Left, for which I was the director of photography, has been accepted into the Estes Park Film Festival in Colorado.
Due to an equipment failure, I don’t feel that this film represents my best work but I think you can still get an idea of what I am capable of. I am still happy that some of my work was deemed worthy of a film festival.
After more than a year in Austin, I have finally stumbled upon and participated in a zombie genre project. It was shot over the past two weekends in Boerne, TX at a creepy little shack, and at a house in SoCo. It was actually an advertisement for a Zombie Survival Kit, which are sold by the director of the project. It was great fun and I got to experiment with use of color in a similar way as I did in When He Left but to a greater extent.
It takes place at night I used blue to create a moon. Then I decided to use one of my party bulb CFLs. We just thought we would try a green one under the porch of the run down house from which the victim was escaping. It worked so well that I added green to all the scenes and we had an almost Scooby Doo atmosphere throughout the whole piece with green and blue.
I was really pleased to get to use my new Lowell Pro lighting kit and to work with Cheri Clemons and Rodney Barry as my gaffer and electrician/grip. I have worked with Rodney as a stills guy many times but he showed every bit as much skill as an electrician/grip. Always a pleasure to work with Cheri, as a DP in her own right, her execution of my lighting concept was flawless. I hope to have the advertisement or at least a few stills up asap and to add a few clips to my showreel.
I have been totally remiss in not putting this on the site sooner but you can now find my new show reel on the website. Just look on the show reel page. Enjoy…
I have had several requests for a list of the equipment that I own and operate recently so I will list them here.
1 Canon 7D
1 Canon XH A1
1 Canon EFS 18 – 135 Zoom (just the kit lense, not my favourite)
1 28 mm Nikon Prime
1 35 mm Nikon Prime
1 50 mm Nikon Prime
1 85 mm Nikon Prime
1 200 mm Nikon Prime
1 300 mm Nikon Prime
indirails with a shoulder mount package
1 dfocus (I will update this soon)
2 tripods (I will be udpating these a well)
I am very excited to be working on a short this weekend as the Director of Photography. I have a great team working with me.
The film is about soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who committ suicide.
I am especially proud to be working on this film because of my committment to awareness of mental health.
The film is largely visual so the camera tells the story. It should be great for my portfolio of work as well as helping me support mental health awareness.
Until I can get a new showreel together, I have posted an example of my DP/Camera Op work on my Reels Page.
I am just putting together a reel of my camera op and focus pulling work. I have been concentrating a lot on that lately and have enough material for a reel.
My new website is up and running thanks to Jeffrey Buras for designing it for me. We are still waiting on the forum but everything else complete. Keep an eye on the news feed for information on my projects.