January came out of the gate strong and I was up for two jobs right away. 2 jobs that looked very very good. It was all dreams and possibility and then I lost them both in the same 30 minutes and it was confusing and frustrating and completely unfair. I drove home in the rain [...]

Four new film festivals to announce for the music video, “Let Me In”. I was the Cinematographer for director Matt Schutt. You do so much work that just disappears out there. It feels good to see something that you and a lot of other talented people worked very hard on get an audience around the [...]

The wheels of fate are turning and there is much to speak of. Much to contemplate. Much to prepare for. But for now I leave you with only this commercial I shot recently for director Behnam Mokri. Hope you like it. – Staley Out Tweet

The festival run for Let Me In continues. Below you will find a complete list of all the festivals so far. The cool thing is that it’s going to be in LA’s own Dances With Film Festival in June. This is cool because a feature I shot was in the festival last year. So this [...]

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A few weeks back I posted about Let Me In, the music video I shot for director Matthew Shutt. Well, Matt submitted the video to a slew of festivals and darnitt all if a couple don’t already wanna show it. First up is the Fearless Film Festival in Fortworth Texas on April 8th to the [...]

I shot a couple fashion commercials for director Benham Mokri last weekend. Ben is a visionary talent and great to work with. He’s also a good friend. This is a still taken from the Red One in between takes. Good times. Tweet

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I had a lot of fun shooting this video for director Matthew Shutt and I really like Kellys song. I hope you do too…. Tweet

One of my favorites… Ben Staley: Cinematographer Tweet

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The awesome thing about photography and filmmaking is that you never stop learning. There are always new challenges and new opportunities to express yourself. Here’s the new DP reel. The music is from my good friend at the Dead Beat Project, which I highly recommend if you are looking for awesome original scoring for any [...]