I often struggle to pay my bills on time. And to stay completely connected in group conversations. Focus. My mind wanders and isn’t always interested in taking care of those tasks as well as I would like. I’m painfully aware of my faults and shortcomings. I have no illusions or delusions about these things. That I know of. I’m honest with myself. Who [...]

Completed And coming soon… Tweet

Waves. Busy. Travel. Many hotels in the last month. Downtown Los Angeles. Las Vegas. Newport Beach. Starpower. Strange birds and seashells collected. Friends discovered and enemies embraced. New endings and old beginnings. Inspiration and the lack there of. Resolve. New discovery. Rejection. Last night, the premier of a movie I shot. It was pretty. But [...]

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 [...]

Ben Staley: Cinematographer Tweet

Ben Staley: Cinematographer Tweet

Ben Staley: Cinematographer Tweet

Ben Staley: Cinematographer Tweet

I’ve been here 10 years today. Here being California. Los Angeles. Hollywood. These places seem more a state of mind to me than something geographical. But so much has changed in my life. I think I’ve been dreading this day. I don’t know why. Maybe I do but I won’t write about it. Danielle and [...]

I mostly shoot music videos. But today I remembered just how much I love narrative filmmaking…. Tweet

I guess I haven’t written much in September. I haven’t felt like it. It’s been a busy month. Been moving my mental furniture around. Redecorating my mind. Refocusing my focus. Getting on with the getting on. Not the kind of stuff I like to talk about. There are some things I am excited about. Things [...]

Upon checking my email last Wednesday I found this simple note from my friend, Just A Name. News Flash: Quentin Tarantino has agreed to introduce the 12:01 am Dome show on Thursday night for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. I logged into the theaters website and bought 2 of the less than 10 seats still remaining. Having heard [...]

We had been talking about it for almost a year. Last night and into the early morning hours we finally shot it. We spilt fire and water and blood. I wish I could share some screenshots but I won’t. Saving them for the end result. I think it will be good. Tweet

I don’t know where this stuff comes from. These ideas. I think that the thing I’m most scared of in life is that someday there wont be any more ideas. For me, that is. Hard to believe that I made this over 4 years ago now. I was an inch away from calling it off. [...]

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 [...]