RESUME

SKILLS + EXPERTISE

As a cinematographer and creative professional, I take great care and pride in crafting compelling images and stories. I have spent more than a decade dedicated to the art of image making and technical expertise, all the while keeping a focus on the humanity of the clients I work for and the stories I film. Whether I’m personally holding the camera, directing or assisting, my first goal is always to aim for what best fits the story being told. Through being a strong team player and proactive collaborator, I strive to make myself an asset on every production.
Over the years, I’ve had the honor of working with clients and agencies both large and small. Whether I’m contracting directly with a client, or subcontracting with a production company; quality, competency, and congeniality are my baseline standards. I never want to leave a production having merely done a job, but rather knowing that I have built a new relationship with real people.
I think it’s actually difficult to list every skill a cinematographer must possess in a document like a resume because this job is all about combining technical precision with artistic creativity. Not all artists are good at science and not all technicians are good at art, and when on-set, both of those also need to be excellent problem solvers. That’s basically the job description of a cinematographer. It’s science and good taste and the ability to find solutions.
This is my attempt to consolidate those qualities into a list of skills.

CAMERA OPERATION 

Cameras: Sony PXW-FX6 (4K), Sony A7SIII (4K), RED Epic Dragon (6K), RED Komodo (6k), Canon C300 MkII (4k), Sony PXW-FS7 (4K), Sony A7RIII (4K), Panasonic LUMIX GH5 (4K), Panasonic LUMIX S1H (6K), Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera (4K & 6K), Canon 5DMk4 (4K).

In-camera & external monitoring, wireless monitoring, external recording, use of RAW, ProRes, LOG, HDR, HLG and custom color profiles and custom in-camera LUTs. Exposure & contrast ratio adjustment using both in-camera and external exposure tools including light meters, color checker cards, luminance waveform, RGB waveform, false color & vector scope. Variable frame rate recording, technical & creative use of shutter angle.

1st ASSISTANT CAMERA 

Manual focus pulling, focus marking, wireless remote focus pulling with Tilta Nucleus lens control system, use of in-monitor focus peaking, neutral density & graduated density filtration, use of widescreen anamorphic format. Skilled camera rig building for applications including studio, run and gun, handheld, shoulder rig, gimbal rig, steadicam, dolly, and camera cranes.

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY

Over a decade of image making experience using primarily Canon DSLRs and Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras. Extensive experience in action, photojournalism, portraiture, natural light, studio light, on-camera and off-camera strobes, multi-exposure HDR compositing, time-lapse, low light & astro photography. Subject history includes, commercial, lifestyle, magazine and news editorial, product, adventure/expeditionary, and production BTS photography.

LIGHTING

In-studio and on-location lighting including tungsten, halogen, LED, lighting with practicals & ratio metering. Use of modifiers including silk scrims, overheads, bounce light, negative fill, color gels. Set up of lighting for interviews, b-roll, as well as cinematic scenes.

FIELD AUDIO

Experience with using on-camera shotgun mics, off-camera boom mics & wireless lav mics, slate sync, timecode sync.

SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Cloud – Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge, Camera RAW. DaVinci Resolve 16.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Episodic Credits

Director/Producer/DP/Editor (Documentary. Full-Time Position) American Warriors. YouTube.

1. Episode: Lyle Hicks, US Navy, Vietnam. (Runtime: 21min)
2. Episode: Mark Wirges, US Marines, Vietnam. (Runtime: 24min)
3. Episode: Carl Juhl, US Army Air Corps, WWII. (Runtime: 31min)
4. Episode: Zin Watford, US Marines, Vietnam. (Runtime: 20min)
5. Episode: Lance Powlison, US Marines, Desert Storm. (Runtime: 23min)
6. Episode: Floyd Stacy, US Marines, Korea. (Runtime: 11min)
7. Episode: Jim Kraft, US Naval Aviator (Runtime: 20min)
8. Episode: George Aguilar, Last Warm Spring Reservation Korean War Veteran. (Runtime: 12min)
9. Episode: COL. MIKE BROCK | VIETNAM | BOOBY TRAPS, TOP SECRET RECON. (PART 1) (Runtime: 17min)
10. Episode: COL MIKE BROCK (Part 2) DESERT STORM AND SOMALIAN WARLORDS. (Runtime: 17min)
11. Episode: Major Haden “Gator” Fullam | USAF A-10 Demo Pilot (Runtime: 21min)
12. Episode: Mark Novak | B-29 “Doc” Pilot (Runtime: 17min)
13. Episode: Navajo Code Talkers W/ Peter MacDonald & Lt Gen David Bellon (Runtime: 20min)
14. Episode: Lt Gen David Bellon | Iraq & Afghanistan (Runtime: 17min)
15. Episode: Regan Hawthorne | 82nd Airborne Paratrooper (Runtime: 17min)
16. Episode: Jason Galusha | 9/11 Changed Everything (Runtime: 30min)
17. Episode: Jim Beggerly | 2X SILVER STAR PILOT | VIETNAM VET (Runtime: 27min)
18. Episode: WAYNE DICKSON | KOREA DEFENSE VETERAN (Runtime: 15min)
19. Episode: BEN MORRIS | AFGHANISTAN COMBAT VET | CHAPLAIN (Runtime: 28min)
20. Episode: Kim Brombaugh | US ARMY MILITARY POLICE (Runtime: 24min)
21. Episode: Dave Thomason Pt 1 | TOP SECRET ELECTRONICS INTELLIGENCE (Runtime: 15min)
22. Episode: Dave Thomason Pt 2 | Combat Recovery for Veterans (Runtime: 15min)
23. Episode: Cliff Brumels | Desert Storm and the Shadows of War (Runtime: 16min)
24. Episode: Lisa Herterich | US Army Nurse (Runtime: 19min)
25. Episode: Amanda Allen | Hunting Escaped Taliban Prisoners (Runtime: 26min)
26. Episode: Ben Holmes | PART 1 | Radio Operator – 2 Battalion, 1st MARDIV – OIF 2009 (Runtime: 12min)
27. Episode: Ben Holmes | Part 2 | Radio Operator – 2nd Battalion, 1st MARDIV – OIF 2009 (Runtime: 22min)
28. Episode: Daniel Lubofsky | Part 1 | Louisiana National Guard, Combat Engineer, Bagram, Afghanistan (Runtime: 16min)
29. Episode: Daniel Lubofsky | PART 2 | Hurricane Katrina, & Back to Bagram Afghanistan (Runtime: 18min)
30. Episode: Vietnam War Commemorative Pin Ceremony (Runtime: 11min)
31. Episode: Cody Brown | Part 1 | EA-18G Growler Pilot | A Day on Aircraft Carrier, USS Ronald Regan (Runtime: 8min)
32. Episode: Cody Brown | Part 2 | EA-18G Pilot | Growler Demo Team | Rose City Airfest 2023 (Runtime: 9min)
33. Episode: MIKE COLE | PART 1 | C-130 Pilot, Bosnia & Sarajevo 2002 (Runtime: 9min)
34. Episode: MIKE COLE | PART 2 | Iraq & Afghanistan, MAFFS Fire Fighting and Tyler Rose City Airfest (Runtime: 22min)
35. Episode: Col. James Ray | Part 1 | MayDay (Runtime: 16min)
36. Episode: Col. James Ray | Part 2 | No where to Run (Runtime: 14min)
37. Episode: Col. James Ray | Part 3 | Resistance (Runtime: 28min)
38. Episode: Col. James Ray | Part 4 | Not Forgotten (Runtime: 16min)
39. Episode: Col. James Ray | Part 5 | Return with Honor (Runtime: 19min)
40. Episode: Jack Hetzel | WWII Vet | Pastor | Part 1 (Runtime: 14min)
41. Episode: Jack Hetzel | WWII Vet | Pastor | Part 2 (Runtime: 12min)

Single Production Credits

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