Author: Gwoods

The pandemic pushed for digital/virtual versions of everything. Praise and worship has been no different. Erica’s mother is the pastor of a ministry in Pittsburgh and she began to stream her church services online as most churches have since gatherings are shunned. She asked Erica […]

I can’t call this the first shoot here at the new studio (we did a green-screen shoot with a DC artist for a project a couple days before), but it is Erica’s inaugural green-screen, praise-and-worship recording for online church services. We have recorded them at […]

We were back at it again with the 2021 Read Across America campaign. Not the same as the other years, with the pandemic altering the way we produce and all. Read Across America has new branding, with a new logo and an active pursuit of […]

It’s only been a short while since my first post on the new space, but I thought it be nice to document the transformation and frivolous happenings in the space as it evolves rather quickly. While still in what I term, Phase One, these changes […]

I left my 18th Street office, in April of 2020. It had gotten quiet in the building when the lockdown started, and production business was questionable. Having an office when there’s little money to be made had me a bit frantic. After one mid-March evening […]

It was 2005 and I had just finished my first draft of my first feature length screenplay, Finding Harmony. I had also just set up shop with my very own studio on Illinois Avenue in Northwest DC. I had several people read the script and […]

I had the pleasure of interviewing Paradise Gray in 2011, a member of the pioneering Hip-Hop group X-Clan. He shared his perspective on a few subjects, like love and other social/political topics. Here’s what he had to say about Hip-Hop.

In 2000, I was working around the clock. A “day job” to not only pay the bills, but also frame my artwork. Framing artwork is expensive and getting some free materials was part of the plan. If I had an idea, I just did it… […]

In 2003, I had only been a father for a couple of years. I spent all my time with my son, not just keeping an eye on him, but fully engaged and enjoying the experience. I was able to see myself and my wife, in […]

One of my closest friends moved from DC to the Bay Area. After working out there in tech for several years, he took a break to go back what he did when he left college: youth development. He had a chance encounter that transformed into […]