That Moment When You Panic For A Video

Pressure. Deadlines. Gotta perform. Now. Two years ago, we took a trip to Waikiki Beach in Hawaii to film an Adaptive Surfing Championship. We were exploring the sense of community felt among surfers. It was an abstract topic to dissect, and we had to identify what “community” means; what it looks like; and what it feels like.Continue reading “That Moment When You Panic For A Video”

The ONE Time I Wanted An Interview To End

This guy saved me.  I thought my interview with him was TOO long, but, no, it was a gem in disguise. I remember the first time I interviewed a person. It was for a newspaper article at a community college, and I was writing about one man’s trip to Ecuador to work with kids. ItContinue reading “The ONE Time I Wanted An Interview To End”

I Shouldn’t Have Bought This Camera

Whoops. This could have saved me a lot of money. Like, a lot. When I first finished college, I was hungry for immediate success. I was willing to do anything and everything to get success — success being a lump some of money. Since filmmaking was my passion, I made the knee-jerk decision to buyContinue reading “I Shouldn’t Have Bought This Camera”