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Posted in blog on July 15, 2010

Emmy Nominated!

Quick bit of exciting news! The National Geographic Explorer program "Climbing Redwood Giants" has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, including myself and the other cinematographer's for Best Cinematography - Nature. Can't say how ecstatic I am to be nominated for such a prest ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on June 28, 2010

Ethiopia: Water to Thrive

In May I was contacted through a longtime family friend about a non-profit with whom she volunteers, that looking for a videographer to help document their work on a June trip to Ethiopia. With no paid work on the calendar, I was excited to donate my time and equipment to aid the ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on April 15, 2010

Leaping Lizards! And Flying Snakes

I recently spent a month on the island of Langkawi, Malaysia, a hotbed for the gliding mammals and reptiles famous to southeast Asia, and that is precisely what we were there to film for National Geographic Television. In a stark contrast to my last few major projects, I'd be ou ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on February 1, 2010

Website Overhaul

I'm in the process of making major changes to my website, starting with the all new look and feel. Hopefully things are all in working order, but forgive me if anything looks incomplete. My goal is not only to make this site a great showcase of my own film and photography work, ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on January 5, 2010

Manifest Destiny – A Westward Roadtrip

My roommates and I were already scheming about traveling between Christmas and New Years, so when some other mutual friends suggested a road trip out west, it was a no brainer. We first headed straight out to Los Angeles to stay with a friend, and then spent the next week working ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on November 7, 2009

A River Trip in the Amazon

In October I headed back to the rainforest for National Geographic Television, this time to the Amazon in southeastern Peru. While this was my second time to amazonian Peru, this trip would be vastly different from my 2007 trip to Iquitos in the north east of the country where we ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on September 7, 2009

Danum Valley: Borneo’s Garden of Eden

For 5 weeks this summer I was able to fulfill a lifelong dream while living and working in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Home to some of the most spectacular rainforest and primates in the world, the Danum Valley is one of the most ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on October 17, 2008

The Redwood’s Canopy

Since my July adventure with Mike Fay in the redwoods, I had been longing to be out amongst those giant trees again. Biologist and expert tree-rigger Jim Spickler eases the camera back out of the canopy There is just something magical about those ancient forests that had ... Continue Reading

Posted in blog on July 25, 2008

Trekking Through Timber

For an upcoming National Geographic Explorer program, one element of the story involved following famed researcher, conservationist and explorer Mike Fay, as he and a fellow researcher trekked across the Redwoods. Their transect of the entire range of the redwoods would take ove ... Continue Reading