With 2024 almost over I wanted to express how thankful I am to have gotten to be behind a screen in so many cool places this year (and with so many great people).
Forever feeling appreciation for the fantastic individuals who I get to 1st for, and the crew Iām lucky enough to work alongside.
Hereās to 2024. Lets go 2025 šŖ
Rather than letting these photos rot in my camera roll, I figured itād be as good a time as any to post them. We rigged out a backpack rig for this shoot for a dance sequence to keep it nice and light for the operator (as light as the Alexa35 can be with Cooke S4s). Took the Teradek, B-Mount Batteries off the camera and popped em right on the operatorās back for that nice weight distribution. Also removed the top handle, Spidergrip extensions, and anything else I could to kill weight.
Got to run with an OG homie on this set: DP @brody_carmichael , one of the first people I worked with in Austin and a good friend š¤ I think the project has over a million views on YouTube now too, so thatās neat.
With a ācoldā front about to hit, looking back at the hot summertime commercial days. Thankful for these people and many more. Yeehaw š¤
šø: @josh_second for the third pic
One more film post before I go on vacation for the first time in two years.
Good people make for good sets. The Austin/Texas film community is one of the most supportive, positive communities with some of my closest friends. I donāt think about it often enough how lucky I am to be a part of this group. Please donāt take it for granted.
šø @pillajer
Film, (Friends) and Muffins
Had a lot of fun recently working on a 16mm project with some old and new homies.
The sets were nuts from us flooding a set to the walls literally lifting off the ground as we dollied between them.
Really fun experience. Hope to see these people again soon.
šø from the legend himself @michaelr.zumaya
Little Alexa Mini Build from a few weeks ago up in Lubbock. Great people on this one. Really enjoyed my time.
#firstac #focuspuller #focuspulleratwork #focuspullers #alexamini #camerabuild #cinematography #1staclife #1stassistantcamera
First Complete Burano Build with a set of Cooke SP.3s for my friends over @bigspringmedia with DP @joeyhuntdp
Impressions of the Burano so far - very solid camera for the cost and size. I like the menu system better than the FX systems by a mile, like a mini Venice in that regard. Camera didnāt tear through batteries which was nice. Arri cage for the Burano is great and I believe everyone Burano owner/rental house should have it. Info out is a bit funky and unfortunately they donāt have a āSafeā mode that lets you keep the data in the black frame surrounding the image (you have to keep the data on top of the image unless you kill the data to the monitor). Media works well as long as you use only 1TB or greater cards from Sony. One downside is that the EVF Loop āSolutionā looks passable but not good. Should really have a dedicated EVF accessory for this camera.
I still need to test how Rotapolas work with the variable ND because theoretically this should be an issue. It was bad on the FX series of cameras but on initial tests from others somehow it doesnāt seem to be much of an issue with the Burano but weāll see. IR pollution with internal ND also wasnāt as big of an issue as it seems online but we didnāt test it much so would still be worth having an additional IR cut filter in the kit to handle it when youāre shooting black fabric in high IR environments.
Other than that, pretty impressed. Definitely enjoyable to work with.
#sonyburano #burano #soncycinema #focuspuller #focuspulleratwork #1stac #lifeonset #camerabuild #cinemabuild #firstassistantcamera #cinemarig
Before we get too far from 2023, wanted to say how lucky and thankful I feel that I got so many great opportunities in 2023. For all of the old friends I worked with and all of the new ones I made. Met some talented, driven individuals and Iām beyond grateful to have worked along side and for. Thank you.
Hereās to a great 2024
#1staclife #focuspulleratwork #filmmaking
Quick weekend build pic post of an Arri SR2 I built for a job with @davidwells_dp and @jpoot recently
Have some ideas on improving the build in the future but it was a solid starting point.
Go shoot film.
#16mmfilm #Arriflex #sr2 #focuspuller #focuspulleratwork #kodakshootfilm
