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Felt like competing in the Olympics just to get a shot at buying LA28 tickets, only to see prices through the roof for cool stuff like Gymnastics or the Opening/Closing Ceremony. But at least we got a few – Women's Water Polo and Men's Baseball – to see in person here in 2028. 📷

New work for the State of California is up, introducing CalHeatScore: youtu.be/PPuvrLz4gAk It's a public health mapping tool to help Californians stay informed when temps rise. Director/DP: 👋 Assists: Lena Valentine and Shane Salk Colorist: Rick Galli Production Co.: @fwdlabs.com

Friendly reminder to those who use Adobe Creative Cloud without generative A.I.: downgrade when you can to "Creative Cloud Standard." It's buried in the list of variant plans and saves you $70/year on the latest price hike / forced move to "Creative Cloud Pro." 💰 #TheMoreYouKnow

Grateful to start off 2026 with a week of film work 🎬 Third gig with this happy client and umteenth shoot lately with Lena Valentine rocking the assist 🙌

RIP Ronald Chase. In my high school years, I regularly participated in his non-profit, San Francisco Art & Film Program for Teenagers @sfartandfilm, which introduced me at an early age to the merits of independent and foreign film. (1/3)

That's a wrap on the last shoot of 2025! 🎬 New explainer spot for the State of California dropping in early 2026 – stay tuned. Director/DP: 👋 AD/AC: Lena Valentine PA: Shane Salk Prod. Co.: @fwdlabs.com Shot on RED Gemini with our DZOFILM Arles primes 🎥 Lit with Aputure, bounce, and the sun 🌞

In a world of chasing every goal, competing with shortcuts, and appeasing every stakeholder, I've found there can still be space for personal growth. Looking back, plus looking ahead, I did the homework and made the leap to owning a set of cinema lenses, specifically DZO FILM Arles primes. (1/4)

Fun test driving a set of the DZOFILM budget cine primes, the original Vespids

Proud to be part of the millions of peaceful protestors out crossing the streets and standing on sidewalks voicing their dissent today for #NoKings – like the fine folks here in Studio City, California earlier today 📽️: 👋 🎶: @punchdeck.bsky.social

Excited to share the pilot episode of a new web series I've shot/cut for comedian Allan Havey! New episodes drop weekly, too!

Time for a little upgrade for my directors and clients to see the shots from a distance. 😎 H/t to @ianiscreative.bsky.social for the reminder how inexpensive these things are nowadays when latency isn’t mission critical, plus they can send the feed to 4 phones and/or the handheld-ready 7” Pyro 7. 🎬

The official #Andor zine — plenty at The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los Angeles for free — one per person.

Great event by Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) today at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, which had this reminder on display 💯

Highly recommend the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum until August 24th. Last went to this a long, long time ago and it’s so different — plus you can see the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art right behind this.

#NoKings 🪧

That's a wrap on another little narrative short! Such a joy to reunite with writer/actor Michael Osborne on this and DP for director Jeff Perry. Versatile assist on my team by Lena Valentine. 🎬 (1/4)

Good chats with RED, Panavision, Local 600, and smaller shops like Studio Carts at the J.L. Fisher Industry Mixer 2025 this morning

The number of people out here is growing each week 💯

#HandsOff protest in Los Angeles ☮️🤬💯

My latest promo for LA County Library just dropped on their YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCMG... This was a treat to direct and shoot: interviewing them all (including getting the 1st graders to say more than one word) and having a copious amount of time for b-roll.

#Resist Part of the 50501 movement across America

Loved #Flow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Awesome it won Best Animated Feature at the #Oscars tonight — and set a record for first indie to win in that category. 🏆

Some of my photos from last week for the National Union of Healthcare Workers, whose striking therapist members temporarily shut down Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles in an act of civil disobedience. Kaiser has been dragging their feet for months as the behavioral healthcare workers strike continues.

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Haven’t seen the musical yet but tonight’s the night. Thanks @quartersmarie.bsky.social!

🥾 today to Captain’s Roost, Los Angeles

Newfound appreciation for all the drone ops I’ve hired over the years. Next stop, Part 107.

Catching this one again on the big screen today. Such an inspirational film when first starting my film career.

Time for some ax throwing 🪓

Back at American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre again for their screening of El Conde plus cinematographer Ed Lachman Q&A 🎬

Saltburn screening plus Q&A with DP Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF

An upcoming promotional video of mine for Gentle Giant Ltd. that was just officially approved by Lucasfilm – a first for me. Here's a look at an initial setup before lighting it up for real. This RED Gemini shoot just used a Laowa 24mm Macro Probe lens. I'll drop a post once the final spot goes up.

New 💡 for the kit

Proud to be supporting Cinema Day today. 🍿 Just grabbed a ticket to re-watch Oldboy (2003), which is back in theaters with a remastered / restored update for its 20th anniversary.