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 […]

We’ve done a lot of bike riding during this pandemic (it’s still not over at the time of this posting). We’d ride through the city, averaging at least 13 miles every time we rode. We’d also do the trails around Maryland as well, sometimes going […]

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 […]

The struggle most of us face during this pandemic is losing the freedom to be anywhere other than one’s home (if one is fortunate to have one). We are a family that is more often everywhere else except home, so we struggle to sit still […]

We had the extreme pleasure of being able to sit and watch a The Joy Reid Show in Washington, DC at the WRC-TV studio thanks to a kind gesture from our friend, Big Chess (Chester Reis). While I appreciate the wit and skill of Joy, […]

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.

‘Twas winter 2018 and my friend and creative collaborator Baye Harrell came to me with an idea (over the phone because he was living in LA). It was actual several ideas, for a music video associated with a new solo music project through his new […]

It’s been nine years since I released Close Ties: Tying on a New Tradition and just this year one half of the duo profiled in the doc, Wilbur “Chill” Wilson has passed away from pancreatic cancer. He wasn’t given much time to live by the […]

I just purchased the versatile, pocket-sized gimbal from DJI: the OSMO Pocket. This thing looks to a real asset for some upcoming productions. It’s feature packed, so small it doesn’t cause a stir, and has a pretty decent image for such a small device. I […]

I’ve been at this things since I was born. Fiddling with things, breaking things apart, creating things, inventing things, mostly of no real worldly value and mostly entertaining only to myself. Yet, in 1999, I began to envision a creative company, as I plunged into […]