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I’m pleased to announce that my latest feature, Broken Windows, has been released on DVD. Get it on Netflix, Blockbuster, or buy it directly from the film’s website. I even did a commentary track with the director and producer.

I won Best Cinematography at VisionFest’08 in New York, for Yesterday Was a Lie! This is my first cinematography award, and it’s a great feeling. Hopefully many more to come. The trophy statuette is shaped like a candle flame, which I like, because I love to use natural light sources, like candles.

Yesterday Was a Lie recently won the top prize at the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival, and recently screened at the SSG screening series in Beverly Hills, at the Fine Arts Theater. Here’s a shot of the marquee.

Here’s a link to a really weird strange music video that I worked on a while ago, and it surfaced on YouTube. It’s RKelly doing some kind of “hip-hopera”

First and foremost, I have seen a cut of Broken Windows, and I must say, I’m excited for the film to be released. I think it was well acted and well directed. As for my own work, it was one of the most fun experiences of my life, and I took as many risks as I did shots.

When I wrote my original post on the brick wall bounce, I hadn’t seen the dailies, let alone a cut of the scene. Now that I’ve seen it, I am all the more eager to build my portable 4×4 brick wall bounce surface.

The scene is lit with a 6k HMI bounced off the architectural brick of the location we were shooting at. I was using 1/2 CTO on the light, and LLD on the camera. What I got was a really nice look that I can’t really put into words. I remember it being nice on set, but the scene rendered beautifully on film.

I really can’t wait for the online and color timing. Stills coming soon.