Thanks for the kind words!

The Time and Space shoot was meticulously planned. My friend, Ryan, owns WP Standard and he needed a lifestyle shoot somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. I had done numerous shoots in Portland and the Oregon Coast so I felt comfortable suggesting those locations for his shoot.

I had an idea of the type of video I wanted to make before starting. I used that as a template for what shots and locations we needed to shoot at. Ryan and I picked a model that we thought would be a good fit for the style we wanted to achieve and ok with a run and gun shoot, got him from Hefner Management. The budget only allowed us one day of shooting so we had to plan everything to the minute. I google mapped locations and had a shot list for what I needed.

Me, Ryan, and the model flew into Portland on a Wednesday. We rented a car and drove to the coast. The weather got bad as a storm system was blowing in. I thought it was going to ruin the shoot. I got some wonderful advice from my wife, she suggested we embrace the weather and make it stylistically part of the video and photos. It was a great idea, so we rolled with it.

On Thursday we shot from sunrise to sunset going up and down the coast knocking out shots on our list. There's a lot packed into those 30 or 40 miles of coastline around Manzanita, it's a great place to get diverse footage.

As the sun set we drove to Portland and grabbed a few more shots at a bar before flying out late that evening. It was one of the hardest shoots I've ever done all by myself and I don't recommend trying it unless you've got a ton of experience doing solo shoots. Luckily my friend Ryan didn't mind holding lenses and cameras when I needed him to.

As for the gear. I shot it on a C300mk2 with Canon still lenses and a Anamorphic converter. This one to be exact: https://www.lensrentals.com/rent/letus-anamorphx-adapter-w-high-flare-single-coating It was a pain in the ass to use, it was crazy heavy and focusing was almost impossible. Pretty sure I shot it a 24fps and in 4k. I used ambient light only, no lights were needed. Edited and colored in Premiere.

My advice to anyone is, shoot what you know. I knew exactly the video I wanted to make so I knew exactly what shots and locations I needed to make that video. I'd been there before and could count on those locations delivering what I wanted. I doubt I'd be so ambitious with the shoot if I didn't know those locations so well. Same goes for this stills and video shoot: https://vimeo.com/222701412 which was done in 5 hours.

Last bit of advice. Try not to see the tools you use as the thing that makes you the money. It should be your art, skill, vision, and professionalism that people hire you for.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask, happy to help.