Thank You 2011!

2011. Wow, another epic year to recap! I did lots of traveling this year, and lots of editing. A lot of things did not work out this year, maybe they were all waiting for 2012!!!! I’m looking forward to many projects finally being finished and released soon. Super grateful for all the support and inspiring […]
Recordsetter – World Record Book
As The Dust – editing update

Since I returned from the awesome Robot Heart Stories road trip, I have successfully transitioned the editing of As The Dust from my laptop back to my desktop. I have turned off my phone, and have been nearly completely off the internet. I have been editing solid 15-18 hours a day. Since this project has consumed my […]
DIY DAYS Los Angeles – 2011
Robot Heart Stories – the journey

After driving over 3000 miles to get to Montreal, I basically turned around and drove the whole thing back again, except this time I got to road trip with someone, which is always super fun. We got to go through many cities for the Robot Heart Stories project. First driving across Canada for a bit, from Montreal to Toronto, […]
Road Trip to Montreal – Oct 2011

Right after I returned from the unschooling conference in San Diego, after a solid 6 months on the road, mostly on the east coast getting the editing on As The Dust done, I decided to join a neat project that my friends Lance Weiler and Janine Saunders were doing called Robot Heart Stories. The trip started […]
Unschooling Conference San Diego 2011 – Wide Sky Days

As soon as I returned from Burning Man, I immediately joined Tiff, to head down to San Diego for Flo’s great unschooling conference, now called Wide Sky Days. I had a blast shooting the conference. I shot almost 5000 photos, over 4 solid days of shooting. There were so many super awesome kids, a bunch of […]
Burning Man 2011

This year I returned to Burning Man once again. This time, I was part of a special documentary team that my friend and fellow DP Terry Pratt put together. We were invited a week earlier than the event was opened. We shot some great footage of the various artists as they created their projects for […]
California Beaches
Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch – Colorado

While passing through Colorado, I headed out to Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch to meet up with my friend Andrew Hyde. I was only there for one night, but it’s a pretty exciting place. Below are some photos from a typical Colorado Dude Ranch vacation. While there, I did get a great jumpshot of Andrew for my Jumping Book […]
2011 Road Trip Back West

After being on the east coast for many many months editing with people involved with As The Dust, I needed to head back west. After we wrapped on Dan’s short, I left Quebec, and went through Montreal, then to Toronto, where I met up with Kiki and her family. We did some camping and canoeing which is always […]
Dan Gaud’s short film shoot Quebec
NH / Maine Unschooling Families
NYC Jumpshots 2011
CT Editing Reality

After Nova Scotia, I continued editing in Connecticut for several more weeks in June and July. I got to enjoy yummy food that we made, fun adventures to nearby places like the lake, as well as exploring the forest more. Here’s a twitter I posted from June 4th: today = dreaming gardening cleaning creating ATDSing […]
trying to figure it out

Trying to figure out the overwhelming technical problems with ATDS sometimes are so mindboggling, sometimes I feel like I will never be able to get it finished. It has been hard. Very hard. Dealing with all the people involved, as well as the massive amount of media we have. Sometimes I go for a walk, […]
Red Fire Farm Strawberry Soiree 2011

I did the long drive from Nova Scotia back to Connecticut to continue editing on As The Dust. While in the Connecticut area, I got to attend the Annual Strawberry Soiree at Red Fire Farm. It’s a grand celebration, with lots of guests, and lots of strawberries! We had so many flavors, it was great. […]
Nova Scotia

I left the CT area and headed up to Nova Scotia to meet up with some great Burning Man friends, Spitfyre and Shimmer. Every year they are part of the Kidsville Villiage at Burning Man. It was a great adventure. Here’s the photos link. I celebrated by birthday while up there. We celebrated by making […]
Editing Away in Connecticut

After leaving Dayna’s awesome Life Rocks Unschooling Conference, I headed up to the Connecticut area to get some editing done. For weeks and weeks I edited and edited. Surpassing most technical problems. The weeks were filled with adventures in the woods, great food-making, lovely meals, some trips to Red Fire Farm, and some good solid editing time […]
Life Rocks Unschooling Conference 2011
Luna’s Living Kitchen

Luna’s Living Kitchen is a magical place. I have been lucky enough to get to visit there a few times recently. It’s basically an awesome raw vegan cafe. They make everything in the kitchen. Their creations are beautiful and delicious. If you are ever in Charlotte, NC, make sure to visit them, and say hi […]
2011 Trip
SXSW 2011

On my way out East, I went to SXSW in Austin. It pretty much felt like a dejavu from last year, but differnet people, different films, different photos. =) I saw a ton of movies. Here are my photos from this year: link At SXSW, my friends Cherie and Chris from Technomadia, and Tynan were giving talks about […]
Dust & Illusions – Burning Man – Screening LA

For several years I have been filmmaker friends with Olivier, but had yet to see his documentary about Burning Man. I loved his other short form videos he made about the Flaming Lotus Girls and have been promoting his screenings of his feature length documentary Dust & Illusions. On March 6th, I got to finally […]
Feb 2011

February was fun. I got to join some friends on an epic photowalk at El Matador State Beach. We had another update on SIMILO. A couple of the truck rigs were completed. Another step towards getting the VFX finished! I had several friends who were nominated for the Oscars this year. They didn’t win, but […]
Life Tips

I have had a few tabs open for several weeks with a few blog posts that I think are just great. Here they are: marcandangel.com/2010/12/13/28-dignified-ways-to-impress-everyone-around-you/ gracefulbalance.com/2010/11/30/what-life-has-taught-me-so-far/ Look at this one, find the opposites: marcandangel.com/2010/11/29/75-ways-to-stay-unhappy-forever/ and lastly a great post about perfectionism. Even though I don’t agree with every point, it’s been eye opening. bemorewithless.com/2010/why-you-should-boycott-perfection/ Here […]
Sundance/Slamdance 2011
December/January Split 2011

December and January were intense months. When reality is ripping apart your understanding or how you think things are, you hold on. You try to preserve the understanding you have. The restructuring of a huge project I’m working on was tough. My solution was and still is: patience. If Karma is listening, I hope she […]
1127 2010

2010 has been interesting. It has definitely been a transition year. Completing one chapter of my life and trying to start a new one, wrapping up projects, acknowledging that old friendships are over, associating with new people who are honest, as well as lots of travel, lots of shooting, lots of film festivals, and lots and lots […]