My adventures in the world of filmmaking
Running camera on set
That’s a wrap! Celebrating the end of the a great season with Juan Ibarra.
Exterior night shooting, those four lights in the sky were not happy about working late into the night as they kept shutting off during our takes
Carter Smith and I on the set of Gold Rush.
Filming the frozen north.
Shooting special effects shots for the title sequence of Gold Rush.
Camera team gets photobombed by production
Filmming Anderson Silva commercial at Silva’s gym
Moving camera on the backlot
The highest point I’ve ever brought a jib, top of Mt. Baldy
Beautiful day to make a little TV. 🎥
Readying an over head shot here, I felt sorry for my AC who couldn’t use the monitor on this shot
My camera looking over a frozen Yukon landscape.
Danny Etheridge, Director of Photography extraordinaire, and I working with the jib on Gold Rush.
Casey is the best 1st AC ever. Ready to jump in their with the grips.
Filming a feature film on the back lot
Filming classroom scene, two cameras
Just had a great meeting talking directing and my projects. 😀 Looking forward to where things go from here.
Drone is ready to fly.
Marker!
Celebrating the 4th of July in style with the crew.
Setting up for the next scene
Staging between scenes, as always camera is ready with plenty of time to spare 🙂
My camera on a slider and on tracks
Driving to work with the crew.
Beautiful view on location near Long Beach
Outside the soundstage for the 9-9
Not a bad view for a work day 🙂
First shot with the #Arri #Amira and the show.
Jib flying high while B-Cam rides the rails
Camera is set
Red Dragon.
Shooting on the Red Dragon.
Billy and I are enjoying the views on top of a mountain in between scenes. 🎥
Grips and electrics are busy building for the turn around
Carter (left) and me looking tough on Gold Rush
4th of July BBQ with the film crew.
Having fun on set behind the camera
Red Epic on the jib while we were shooting in a park
“I’m going down to South Park gonna have myself a time.” Setlife.
Back stage
Bundled up while filming.
Leaving the Yukon and Gold Rush after great season of filming
BuzzFeed Studios
Feature film INT. OFFICE – DAY
ESPN NCAA
Selfies with a drone.
Camera team is set, two cameras
Love this crew! One of my favorite crew photos ever!
Saturday shoot, camera on tracks
B-Cam field trip day, out filming quick pops around the valley
Filming at a country club
Talking about it…
Doing my best Captain Morgan pose while shooting on the Red Dragon.
Seeing beautiful locations like this are why I’m pretty lucky to be doing what I do.
Night EXTs on the backlot
Marker! Behind the scenes while my camera wasn’t playing
Beautiful exterior lighting by our DoP
So this was pretty cool. Earlier this year I was given the opportunity to step up from camera operator to director of photography on a TV show that’s aired around the world. Thanks to a lot of hard work, prep and a very talented cast and crew, we shot a full one hour episode in just a day! And shooting in a bar made for a great wrap party. 🎥🍻
And that’s a wrap! 🎥 Ten weeks on location and now all that’s left to do is pack my bags. I had a great time filming with this very talented crew. Now it’s on to the next project!
Sun rise over the frozen north.
Group shot of the camera team
That’s me covering the 3rd base camera
2nd team!
At Panavision prepping for another feature film
Rehearsals up
Filming in a wine vineyard
Shooting special effects shots for the titles sequence of Gold Rush.
How do you like my lighting?
Working for ESPN
Backlot with the jib
Back stage on the sound stage
Camera operating here with the New York Giants, I’m on the left
Filming ESL, a sitcom pilot
My morning commute to set. Trying to stay warm on the Yukon River.
Arri Amira prep at The Camera House.
Between shots on ESL
Sun rise over the mountains on set
Busy office scene
The last crew supper of the season!
RAW TV cake. We had the best cooks on this show. It was amazing!
A-Cam selfies!
Mike, drone pilot and Director of Photography and me, gimbal operator, ready to fly
One of my favorite pictures.
Finding Gold on Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush
My camera set and ready to go.
Beautiful sun rise before final flight to set
The team checking rushes from the day.
Billy’s got the best seat in the house to watch this scene.
Camera’s down but ready to go!
Outdoor exteriors lots of dolly track and jib
Chilling by the camera and enjoying the Fall colors. It’s one of those peaceful moments before the scene starts.
The crew hanging out after a good day on set.
Two cameras on the soundstage
2nd team! Making final preps for dolly shot.
Night shooting
Love the sun sets in SoCal
Moment of honor here. Receiving an Ibarra Industries hoodie from the man himself, Juan Ibarra.
Night exteriors, the generator didn’t go down once!
Crew photo at the top of Yukon with my soundman, Peter Jones and mini-cam operator Freya Davis.
Art Dept. brought Micky Mouse Waffle Iron to set…the crew was never happier
Slider time lapsing
