Pulse Films just released the Gentlemen of the Road trailer for the Mumford & Sons live concert documentary DVD. Several of the shots are mine from when I filmed with Fred&Nick in Monterey! Check it out:
-D
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Mumford & Sons - Monterey
Yesterday, I got back from a trip to Monterey to film Mumford & Sons.
Mumford & Sons is my favorite band. They have an ongoing mini-documentary series called "Gentlemen of The Road." It's a great little piece of documentary filmmaking by Fred&Nick. It's greatness is compounded by how much I like the band. So when I saw a Facebook update from Pulse Films saying Fred&Nick were on the road with the boys as they started their summer tour in the U.S. I started blasting out emails.
I sent cold-contact emails to anyone who's address I could find online that may have some connection with either Pulse Films or Fred&Nick personally. I didn't know their full names though! You can't find them anywhere. It's always jut Fred&Nick.
Long story short, one of my emails finally landed in the inbox of the right person. They asked if I could make it to the Monterey show, when I said yes they sent me over the call sheet with instructions to pick up Fred&Nick at the San Francisco airport and yada yada yada.
I picked up the gear on my way to the airport... and the sum total value of the gear was worth more than the vehicle that carried it:
This was a dream come true. A once in a lifetime opportunity. I spent the next two days going to soundchecks, staying in the hotel with the band, playing soccer backstage, eating lunch with the band, filming, going to after parties, and even being on stage during the show to get some footage. It was hard to keep the earth below my feet.
Mumford & Sons is my favorite band. They have an ongoing mini-documentary series called "Gentlemen of The Road." It's a great little piece of documentary filmmaking by Fred&Nick. It's greatness is compounded by how much I like the band. So when I saw a Facebook update from Pulse Films saying Fred&Nick were on the road with the boys as they started their summer tour in the U.S. I started blasting out emails.
I sent cold-contact emails to anyone who's address I could find online that may have some connection with either Pulse Films or Fred&Nick personally. I didn't know their full names though! You can't find them anywhere. It's always jut Fred&Nick.
Long story short, one of my emails finally landed in the inbox of the right person. They asked if I could make it to the Monterey show, when I said yes they sent me over the call sheet with instructions to pick up Fred&Nick at the San Francisco airport and yada yada yada.
I picked up the gear on my way to the airport... and the sum total value of the gear was worth more than the vehicle that carried it:
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| Mama Pajama... Picked up camera kit to help film Mumford & Sons in Monterey |
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| Lens bag |
Between you and me, as cool as all that was, the main thing I walked away from that experience with was a new perspective on filmmaking. Working closely with Fred&Nick was a privilege. What a couple of dudes. I learned a lot from them. Cheers!
-D
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| Backstage with M&S |
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Absent from the Rooftop
We were so sorry to miss the Rooftop Concert last night, but I got married and wanted the best videographer I knew to film our wedding video!
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| Las Vegas reception - 2012-05-04 |
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| Las Vegas sunset |
BONUS: Here's a picture from when I proposed (Dehn was there to film the event with hidden cameras)
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| 2012-01-25 |
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Parade Magazine video
In February, the very talented Justin Hackworth was asked to shoot the front cover of Parade Magazine's cover story of Stephanie Nielsen
-D
Monday, February 20, 2012
Parade Magazine shoot
Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating durable images
by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation. So, you’re
capturing light and recording it as an image. At the risk of sounding
all “artsy-fartsy” I would submit that photography is the art, science,
and practice of creating durable images by recording light and emotion.
Justin Hackworth is not only the nicest man on the planet, he is also a fantastic photographer. Justin is more than competent with the technical ins and outs of photography. No doubt the man knows his way around a camera. This competence frees him to focus on the more critical component of what makes his photos so breathtaking. Justin captures images of people and emotions. When I look at his engagement/wedding photos, I see images of people in love. I see images of love. When I look at pictures from his 30 Strangers project (collection of mother-daughter portraits) I see images of love, healing, and respect.
Justin recently photographed Stephanie Nielson (of the Nie Nie dialogues) and her family. I got to shoot the behind the scenes video. It was an honor to be in their home and capture just a little of the behind the scenes of the session on video. The scene I witnessed was much different than the horror show most of us imagine when we hear the words “family portrait session." Justin was able to step into their world a little bit and capture the emotion in their home. The results were spectacular.
Here is Stephanie's blog post about it:
Justin Hackworth is not only the nicest man on the planet, he is also a fantastic photographer. Justin is more than competent with the technical ins and outs of photography. No doubt the man knows his way around a camera. This competence frees him to focus on the more critical component of what makes his photos so breathtaking. Justin captures images of people and emotions. When I look at his engagement/wedding photos, I see images of people in love. I see images of love. When I look at pictures from his 30 Strangers project (collection of mother-daughter portraits) I see images of love, healing, and respect.
Justin recently photographed Stephanie Nielson (of the Nie Nie dialogues) and her family. I got to shoot the behind the scenes video. It was an honor to be in their home and capture just a little of the behind the scenes of the session on video. The scene I witnessed was much different than the horror show most of us imagine when we hear the words “family portrait session." Justin was able to step into their world a little bit and capture the emotion in their home. The results were spectacular.
Here is Stephanie's blog post about it:
-D
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