So this one is for my Mom. She gets impressed by this stuff. I stopped into the Academy of Country music yesterday for some brief business and as soon as I walked in it was, “Show Ben, show Ben!” Someone pulled out their (The ACM’s) magazine, highlighting the show I helped em with a few [...]

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Monster trucks, chicks & copters, fast cars & flying V guitars… Tweet

First Shot of the video. 10/28/09 6:45 AM 8,500 feet elevation F*ck!ng Cold No Color correction Resized from 4K to 2K Bless you RedOne Camera Tweet

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 [...]

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. [...]

How strange that in two days I would have been affiliated with two items on RadioJavan. My friend Behnam Mokri publishes this online magazine every few months. I’ve shot over a dozen videos for Ben and I can easily say his talent and vision are extraordinary. He always knows what he wants and he demands [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote about THIS. I brought our HPX and was simply the camera operator for my friend Froggy Gonzalez (the DP) and director Tara Motamedi. Here’s the VIDEO (And just a warning: It’s R rated) Tweet

I took Azure to a shoot with me last week. It was going to be a short shoot and the clients are family friendly. There was a little downtime and Azure discovered the microphone laying around and put me to work. This was ALL her idea. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [...]