A documentary I worked on called Stormy Lessons (Formerly The Boys In Portable 5) makes it’s debut at the Seattle Art Museum June 13th at 7pm. It follows a group of students through their turbulent elementary school years, and then reconnects with them later as adults. Martel Williams of the Portland Trailblazers is featured.
February 15, 2009 – 12:19 pm
It’s time for another 2-day workshop on the finer points of video production. Join me April 5th & 6th at the Northwest Film Forum for an exciting and informative exploration of the discipline. A class description and registration information can be found at the NWFF Website.
December 10, 2008 – 10:22 am
Want to learn more about After Effects? Links to some great books and tutorial resources are below.
After Effects Apprentice
This book gives a great overview of the AE CS3 interface. Best for someone new to After Effects, it lays a solid foundation of the fundamental concepts needed to get the most out of the program. Some [...]
November 10, 2008 – 10:23 pm
I will be teaching another two-day session of my oh-so-popular video production workshop at the Northwest Film Forum. More information can be found at the Wiggly World/NWFF Website.
October 25, 2008 – 5:02 pm
A quick preamble: I often buy books at a local bookseller. I like them to remain in business so I can wander the aisles and look for new books. But sometimes I shop based on price at Amazon.com. I find that they consistently have the best prices on both new and used titles through their [...]
October 22, 2008 – 8:38 pm
I just shot a short tango video for Seattle dancers Erica Atnip and Pablo Tapia. Working on this really made me wish I could dance Tango. These guys were lots of fun to work with. In absence of a better quality version, here’s the YouTube iteration:
October 15, 2008 – 8:36 pm
I just did a shoot for Tourism Cares. Their Save Our Sites program is making an effort to maintain and restore some of the tourism destinations around the world that are most heavily impacted by visitor traffic. You can see their site for more info about what they do.
August 27, 2008 – 8:24 pm
This quarter I’ve changed the format of my ongoing video production workshop. We’ll be tackling the topics in a more intensive two day format that will give students more hands-on time with the cameras. Twelve hours of instruction split into two sessions, to take place at the Northwest Film Forum. More information and registration details [...]
August 10, 2008 – 11:57 am
We just wrapped up a shoot in an abandoned brewery building for a surreal avant-garde short written and directed by Seattle flimmaker Jessie Calhoun.
It was an interesting story made possible by the work of a great cast and crew. Lots of symbolism and subtext made my work as Director of Photography both fun and challenging. [...]
I’ll be filling in to teach the After Effects Basics class at the Northwest Film Forum this month. Have you always wanted to create your own animations and motion graphics? After Effects is a powerful tool and its flexibility and depth allow you to create almost any effect you can visualize. In this class we’ll [...]