Stories

Southwest Winter 2012

san2c — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:51:43 +0000

I picked a nice time to bug out of Buffalo and visit my favorite place, driving out to Arizona and Utah a few weeks ago to shoot some demo and stock footage with the Red One MX digital cinema camera system.

The roads were rough but the skies were amazing and as soon as I get to grading the footage, I think I’ll want to move to Prescott, Arizona, my new favorite town.

King Arthur Flour and the Google

san2c — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:07:21 +0000

This fine little national commercial produced for Google by Good Corps which I served on as B camera operator went live today and was chosen as “Creativity Pick of The Day” by Advertising Age. DP Adam Richards brought me in to back him up with a 2nd camera and I have to say, despite a 3 hour plus hand held shot in the bakery (ouch), it’s great to see the work put together in such fine fashion.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Domestic Symphony”

san2c — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:27:34 +0000

I just recently completed this piece for the The Martin House Restoration Corporation who will be using it in their efforts to complete restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex.

The restoration has been many years in the making and it was exciting to visit the complex with the Red One and help in the effort.

Darwin Martin House: Before, After, and Beyond.

san2c — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:14:20 +0000

I spent the day yesterday at the amazing Darwin Martin House shooting footage with the Red One digital cinema camera system for a little video piece that will be used in raising funds to complete restoration there.

World renowned photographer Biff Henrich (below left) headed up the project and it was great to see the progress made in restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece here in Buffalo.

Whatta ya do when it’s dark?

san2c — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:04:09 +0000

While working with Washington Square Films recently at Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY, it became apparent that capturing footage of the house (without lighting it) would be difficult since even with their full house lighting, it was still too dark.

I suggested that I shoot timelapse, which is a series of still images strung together to form a video sequence, and was given the go ahead to try it out.

Not being one to settle for the easiest option, I decided to try a moving camera timelapse with my “slider” (a mini camera dolly) to take the subsequent footage to the next level.

Back at school…

san2c — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:10:19 +0000

I spent some time recently traveling around the Eastern end of New York State to some places I’d never been before (and to a few places I have been to), shooting interviews and portraits for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

The Columbia University campus in Manhattan was pretty impressive, as was the amazing TEC-SMART Facility of the Hudson Valley Community College.

I have to say – I really like the way the future looks.

Paul’s Boutique

san2c — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:38:04 +0000

I had the good fortune recently of serving as cinematographer for the esteemed Director, Paul Souter for a bit of work for Independent Health using the Canon 5DMKII HD camera system.

Paul shot stills using the same lighting and set we rolled on for online videos being produced for the HMO.

Celebrating 10 years with Goldberg Segalla

san2c — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:04:22 +0000

I was hired recently to produce a little intro video for law firm Goldberg Segalla which just so happened to coincide with their 10 year anniversary. We spent a single day in their Buffalo, NY office shooting interviews with a number of their attorneys, some of whom were mere minutes away from conference calls.

Nerve wracking? Yeah, a little. But they’re all so nice, we just rolled with it and came away with a nice little piece.

When a plan comes together…

san2c — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:10:47 +0000

The St. John’s Law School Dean’s Report is out and it looks pretty nice.

A New Short!

san2c — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:10:46 +0000

“Valentina” is a prequel to “Davis”, a short film I shot for the 48 Hour Film Project. We shot “Valentina” in an evening in Niagara Falls, NY. Writer/director/actor, Aaron Doolittle had about a week to pull together a cast and find a location to shoot in, and we breezed through 8 or 9 hours of shooting while surviving a little car theft (no big deal).

Editor, Dominic Luongo created these promotional stills from HD footage I shot with camera operator/AC, Shannon Madden. I owe her some Chanel model 5 sunglasses, so if anyone knows where I can get some knockoffs, please let me kn0w (shhhhhhh):