Category: Creative Production

Sinnerman: Performance by Akua & Kris Funn (2011)

I was in full “record everyone that walks into the studio” mode in 2011. I was working on so many creative projects and meeting new and talented people throughout the DMV. It was such an exciting time for sure. I was helping a group of […]

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Beau Soir Ensemble Promotional Video (12/2020)

I enjoyed working with this immensely talented trio of musicians in creating a promotional video, featuring interviews we filmed and intertwining past performances. Michelle Lundy (harpist), Carole Bean (flutist) and Ruth Wicker (violist) needed a promotional video to send to potential venues so we helped […]

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No Strings, Please: A Lesson in Leaping (2013)

It was November 2012 and I just arrived back at the studio on Illinois Ave in Northwest DC, from a meeting with a local PBS station about developing my web series, The Angle. It would be collaborative effort in that the station had enough pull to present […]

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Sirius Lee: The Problematic Time Transplant (12/2020)

My thrice-intern and creative collaborator, Theo Hollingsworth told me about a web-series he was writing and asked if I’d be interested in being the director of photography on the project. I was like, “hell yes!” and so after some rescheduling, 10-days in January it was. […]

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Outsider Art: Art Enables (2011)

I learned about Art Enables from a video profile I did on the organization for the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities in 2009. I fell in love with the organization and the artists that work through its studio. I decided in 2011 to […]

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Darius and Rob Playing Basketball (11/2020)

I play outdoor basketball everyday the whether seems reasonable. That means anything above 48° F with enough sun radiating to warm any exposed skin. Basketball really is life in my world. I purchased a new gimbal for my camera (DJI Ronin RS 2) and wanted […]

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Park Triangle Reel (2018)

I’m definitely not a reel person. It took me many years to even consider creating this. The idea of putting things I’ve done into a smaller is just so hard to do. We’ll do one for 2021 but hire someone else to do it. I […]

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Trope Troupe: New Project and My Acting Debut

I’ve been working on a concept for a new web-based series over the past couple years, usually writing and collecting quirky stories, awkward situations and random sets of dialogue. I did all this with hopes that I’d gather a group of talented and dedicated actors […]

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Excel Monologue – Fences

I just shot Excel doing a monologue from the popular August Wilson play Fences using my Blackmagic Pocket camera (shoulder mount). This monologue was an attempt to extend and display the range of Excel’s acting skills for his Backstage profile. The scene shows the character […]

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Natasha Alford: Educated Negro (2011)

Natasha Alford stopped by my studio back in 2011 and gave us such powerful material. She is now doing her thing big time in TV journalism. Here’s one of her pieces.

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