This year has some potential...
Spent more time with director, Bradley Farrell of Kinetic Fin on a follow-up to December's Gevalia shoot. There will definitely be more stuff to come with Gevalia (including one very exciting bit that I don't want to jinx so I won't say any more). You can check out the previous spots here. I was D.P. for the product shots (with Bradley operating) and some pretty great guys shot the rest of the piece (the party, interviews and such). I can see some pretty cool stuff in the future with Kinetic Fin - will keep you posted.
I've done some more cool stuff with Philip Dolin of Particle Productions recently. He's the chap I went to Dallas with and have done some other pretty cool things with. One recent piece with him was a video on author, Barry Lynn, discussing his new book Cornered. Most recently, we shot author and professor, Bill Duggan of the Columbia [University] Business School. It was a follow-up to a class he had given (that we also covered), titled Strategic Intuition. Over the years, Philip has produced a number of videos for the Business School and I've had the pleasure of working on all of them. It's been very informative as we've essentially audited all of these great programs for free - the client has even joked occasionally about giving us honorary degrees. Anyway, just further reinforces my appreciate for the wide variety of things I get to learn working in documentary.
And totally opposite that, it is now confirmed that in the Spring I'll be shooting an independent feature film, "Director's Cut." There are some pretty great talents signed on and the crew is shaping up to be very nice (including my frequent collaborator, sound recordist, Bret Scheinfeld). There are two days in late February and then the bulk of principal photography resumes in May.
That's about all there is worth reporting for now. Future stuff may include my own feature, festival follow-up stuff for "Johnny B" and hopefully a lot more.
Until then...
