Here’s a fun commercial I worked on for BMW. I shot all the surfing action on a RED Epic in a water housing. For this one I was able to bring a fantastic team that included big wave surfers and jet ski jockeys Will Skudin and Keali’i Mamala. Some of the footage I shot off the jetski and other footage from the water with a set of fins.

Tearing it up with big wave hellman Keali’i. When he says hang on, you hang on!!!

After the shoot at NYSea HQ. L-R: Me, Will Skudin, Jeff Anthony, Keali’i Mamala

Shot this pilot for a TV series in Puerto Rico in 2013. The theme? Surfing and food. Lucky us, the ocean came alive and we filmed the island’s top surfers riding the waves of the year.

In 2011, I shot a competition series for the German audience. Here’s the promo:

We saw 360 degrees of the main set and the ceilings weren’t very high, so I ringed it with kino flos and screwed 300w fresnels into the ceiling for key lights. This got us a pretty nice cinematic look, and enabled us the freedom to shoot at will, without lighting changes.

I like to weave design elements into shows to create a distinctive look. Since the graphics and colors for the logo and interactive elements had already been created, an iPhone app helped locate a gel that matched the steely blue color used in the web platforms. I used the gel as a background wash and edge light on the competitors.

Here’s a brief look at the show:

Gaida Hinnawi is an amazing, completely original artist. I met her while shooting the recording studio sessions of “Man From Plains” with Jonathan Demme. Gaida asked me to produce a video for her and I jumped at the chance. If you haven’t seen her or her band yet, watch this video for a taste:

Oh, lucky you, she’s playing Joe’s Pub this Saturday Jan 28th, 2012.