Like many still photographers, I’ve found the love for also producing moving image work. Unlike many still photographers, I have no illusions that simply owning a few Canon 5D Mark II bodies and a Mac Book Pro with Final Cut makes me a filmmaker. From the beginning I have respected the art and invested in learning the technical and conceptual fundamentals of this different form of storytelling. And, more importantly, always recognized the importance of collaboration and the critical capacity and balance a good creative team brings to even the simplest projects. The results? We’ve screened a few of our shorts at excellent film festivals such as Mountainfilm (two premiers), Wild & Scenic, and the Berkshire International Film Festival (one premier), we’ve exhibited a few of our works in some traveling video art exhibitions, and we’re now regularly applying these skills to producing short ‘brand storytelling’ projects for a variety of non-profit and mission-driven for-profit clients. Check out our company, Take One Creative, for more information.
Check out some of our more fun samples below:
A short documentary vignette celebrating nature’s cycles, contentedness, and the last man on the east coast who still fishes for eels using an ancient stone weir. Narrated by artist and author, James Prosek. A multimedia piece produced for Orion magazine. Official selection at Mountainfilm 2011 (Telluride, CO), Mountainfilm on Tour 2011, Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2012 (Nevada City, CA), Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour 2012, and Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA).
The astounding art of iconoclast Jon Piasecki, deep in the New England woods. A short doc made for Orion magazine. Official selection at Mountainfilm 2010 (Telluride, CO), Berkshire International Film Festival 2010 (Great Barrington, MA), Port Townsend International Film Festival 2010 (Port Townsend, WA), and the Adventure Film Festival 2010 (Boulder, CO)
A short video interview and slide show with independent journalist Jake Price made for Orion magazine
A parody on cowboys and the instructional yoga video. ‘Nuff Said. Official selection at the Berkshire International Film Festival 2009 (Great Barrington, MA) and Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival 2009 (Sun Valley, ID).