I am a well-traveled cinematographer and photographer. I specialize in underwater work but I am also very experienced with drones, long lens, gimbal, and high speed camera work. Here is a more exhaustive list of my skills and certifications:

  • RED, Arri, Sony, Canon, and Panasonic cinema cameras

  • Phantom and Freefly Wave high speed cameras

  • Aerial filming with DJI drones, FAA Part 107 Licensed Remote Pilot

  • Gates, Nauticam cinema camera underwater housings; Nauticam, Aquatica, and Sea and Sea stills camera housings

  • 15+ years of diving experience as a PADI Dive Instructor and AAUS Scientific Diver in clear tropical waters to cold temperate waters in no visibility scenarios to near-freezing alpine freshwater lakes

  • Rebreather dive certified on rEvo CCR

  • Full Face Mask diver

  • Long lens work with lenses as long as 1500mm, including use of the Canon CN20

  • Timelapse and starlapse photography including motion controlled timelapse and macro timelapse

  • Stills digital photography with Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, and Sony Cameras both underwater and topside

  • Movi and Ronin gimbals

  • Shooting handheld and on an Easy Rig (also have used the BLKBRD Mantis Arm)

  • Shooting sync with a location sound mixer

  • 6+ years grip and electric experience with studio cinema lighting (Arri, Apurture, Nanlux, Litemat, Astera, HMI/tungsten/PAR/other hot lights, etc) rigging up to 12’x12’ frames for diffusion/bounce/negative fill, setting up studio aquariums, etc

  • 15 years of small boat driving experience (up to 10m)

  • 12 years medical experience as a NOLS Wilderness First Responder

  • Pre-production experience in creating treatments, narrative outlines, storyboards, recces/location scouts, creating shot lists, planning logistics, etc

  • Post-production experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, LR Timelapse, Lightroom, and Adobe After Effects

  • DIT experience with ShotPut Pro, Hedge, Edit Ready, Adobe Media Encoder, Redcine-X Pro, and Davinci Resolve