In August 2011, I went to Ireland to shoot 2 music videos for a new artist “DANI.” The main concept video is called “One Of Those Days.” The 2nd is a performance video called “DMC.” It was a very exciting, fun, and tiring week. One of those “you get less than 20 hrs of sleep” weeks! You production folks know what I am talking about.  A couple nights going to bed at 2am and waking to leave for set at 4am.  Your brain is working so hard on what’s at hand to even realize or think of being tired.  From the second I got off the plane it was go time. We had a lot of gear to find, pick up, locations to look at, props, even getting the actress…The thing that made this whole job so difficult was the location change.  For 3 months, the videos had been produced for Stockholm, Sweden.  We found out 2 weeks before the shoot that it was being changed to Ireland, due to “Visa complications.”  The team literally had to start from scratch and re-produce 2 music videos in a new country with no help on the ground.  It was a logistical nightmare.  The props, the actress, some important gear, and a couple locations weren’t even found until the day before the 3 day shoot started. The 7 musicians that play with DANI weren’t even originally planned to be in “One Of Those Days.” I found out the night before that the client wanted to make that change. Adding 7 musicians into a video on an 8 hour notice shouldn’t be too hard right?  Shouldn’t add any time to our shooting schedule right?  In the end, the team came together and really pulled through.

Everyone stayed at a big house an hour outside of Dublin, in the good ole country side. If it weren’t for the hard work of the crew and patience of the client/band, it would’ve been a real disaster. There was absolutely no down time on this trip. If we were awake, we were working. Even the interview for the “making of” was done at the airport at 4am the day I left. There was simply no other time. Anyways, I shot my butt off and came back with way more content than I could ever use. Hope you guys enjoy the making of. Can’t wait to share the final video!

The “making of” was filmed and edited by Andrew Philip.
Andrew also shot the behind the scenes photos in this post and plays Keys in both videos.
Super talented and nice guy. Please go check out his awesome work.  Thanks Andrew!

Thanks to the crew, producers, and clients.  One of the craziest and funnest jobs I’ve ever done.

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Had the pleasure of working with Olympic Volleyball player Kim Glass on a shoot for ESPN HS.  Kim is an incredible athlete. Standing in the way of her spike would be like standing in front of a gun. I look forward to watching her career unfold. Thankful she was so patient and great to work with.  Can’t wait to watch her in the Olympics!

These are workout videos for ESPN HS magazine.  They put the videos online and step by step photos in the magazine. Each month they post a new workout from another pro athlete. They are very simple but I had a great time nonetheless.

Client: ESPN
Director/Cinematographer: Cale Glendening
Editor/Colorist: John Carrington
Photographer: Dustin Snipes
Make-Up/Hair: Rene Loiz

Mr. Dustin Snipes was the photographer for the shoot. Please do yourself a favor and check out his work HERE. He takes incredible photographs.

I was only slightly nervous.  ; )

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Seeing my sister get married was a surreal experience for me.  I could never really convince myself it was actually happening.  The whole time I felt it was only yesterday when we were both living in Oklahoma under the same roof, going to the same school, hanging with the same friends.  That is years passed and she has grown up into a beautiful woman. The idea of letting her go to some….Cowboy….was just tough for me.  No, but seriously I absolutely love Lex.  He is hilarious, kind, loyal, and generous. Most importantly he treats my sister right.  He treats her with respect, patience, and shows her he loves her.  I think he knows that if he didn’t, he would have me and my brother to answer too.  Love you Lex, but seriously….watch your back. ; )

The wedding was held on his families ranch(aka why I called him a Cowboy) in the middle of nowhere Washington.  I can’t tell you how beautiful it was out there.  Unfortunately due to it being so remote, they had a reception in Oklahoma a couple weeks after, so the rest of our family and friends could celebrate with them.  She also wore her dress again so my grandmother could see her all dressed up.  It was an incredible moment.

I didn’t shoot any digital photos of the actual wedding because they hired another photographer.  They didn’t want me working the wedding but simply to enjoy it and have fun with the family.
Well long story short I decided to shoot my own photos of her in her wedding dress at the Oklahoma reception.

Digital Photos First.  Yes, my sister broke her hand the week of her wedding.  No, she doesn’t beat on Lex! It was just an unfortunate accident.  She still rocked it though!

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Marcus
I was recently stayed with Marcus(one of the best dudes I know) in Nashville and asked him if I could take his picture.  He said yes, so I took him deep into the woods and told him to take his shirt off….cause that’s what you do.

Marcus is a photographer from Nashville!  Check him out HERE.

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It’s so hard for me to believe this is over 2 years old!  In 2009 after just getting settled into LA, Relient K contacted me (with much thanks due to Ethan Luck) to document the making of their newest album.  I spent several weeks in Dark Horse Studio documenting “Forget and Not Slow Down.”  I then spent another 10 days on the road with them capturing their first tour playing the new material.   This was easily one of the funnest jobs I’ve ever had.  For the first time I saw the intricacies of making a record and the creativity behind it.  I met so many incredible people during this job and with that Nashville became one of my favorite places in the world.  It was a huge job undertaking by myself but in the end it was a massive learning experience.  I have come a long ways since this documentary but couldn’t be more happy that is is finally out!  I am happy it is finally here for you guys to see!  It runs around 54 minutes long.  Watch til the end for Full Outtakes.  Enjoy.

Some photos from the job.  Thanks again Ethan, Matt, Matt, Jon, and John.  Love you guys.

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Tori

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Orlando, Florida
There For Tomorrow

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New York, Sky

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Brooklyn, New York

There is a nice park down the street from JoeyL’s in Brooklyn.  I went down there with Ryan and Brayden to hang out and decided to see if the guys would let me shoot a couple photos.

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New York
The beautiful Lauren P, JoeyL, and Valerie W.

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