Going through images this week from my LA > Chicago Roadtrip over the weekend.  Here's one from Monument Valley on the night of the honey moon, a phenomena we aren't supposed to see for another 200 years.  While this very bright full moon ruined any chance for good star watching, it did make for some pretty cool and strange looking photos.

Currently on cross country trek with the new Dynamic Perception Stage One Motion Control system.  More images to come!

A couple highlights from a short piece I shot recently on a furniture craftsman.

The Long Game

Saw this excellent two part essay from Delve about some of history's most well known creative artists and minds, and the difficulties they faced in achieving that success and recognition. It's hard to believe that Davinci didn't start creating his widely considered masterpieces until he was 46, and that the time leading up to that was filled with stories of failure and humiliation. Success in the creative field isn't something handed to you the first time you work hard and create something. It comes when you work hard, create something, fail, learn from it, rinse and repeat.  

For Part Two in this series CLICK HERE

This is pretty great -- achieved with 50 cell phone cameras mounted on an arc all synced and shooting stills.

Dear Iced Coffee - 

I can't wait to drink you this summer.

- Chris

A couple of BTS shots from the Production for the People Allstate shoot. Thanks to Andrew Tomayko for the photos! See the edits here.

Environmental portraits shot around Iowa in the early 2000's

I usually hate this "small world" effect,  but it's pretty incredible looking in video form!  This effect was achieved using several GoPro's in one of these brackets, and then stitched together in post.

Ferrofluid

If you've never seen ferrofluid before you should probably check this out.  Nothing in this video was created with visual effects. 

The Charlie Rowan Story on Fox Sports One

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I was lucky enough to serve as a camera operator on this recent Fox Sports 1 feature Walking Dead: The Charlie Rowan Story.  As a fan of true crime stories, I was so happy to be on board for this job shot in rural Michigan.  We felt like detectives running around this small town asking everyone involved what they thought happened in the end.  

Matt Peterson the DP really did great work with the reenactments in this piece, which is a really challenging thing to do without looking completely cheesy.

Thanks to Matt, Todd, and all of the folks at Fox Sports One!

[Full Piece]

Keep on Walking // God's Eye View

Found these a while back on Vimeo while digging for reference treasure.  

It's always good to have a nice stock of reference materials to use when creating pitches. I'm constantly falling into Vimeo rabbit holes because there is just so much great content floating around these days.  

Nine times out of ten I'll use my own shots from previous jobs to tell the story in a pitch, but sometimes you find that perfect photo or video that conveys exactly what you're trying illustrate to a client.