Resumé

A passionate nature advocate and explorer, and emerging wildlife cinematographer seeking opportunities to shoot, assist and trouble-shoot while on location with a sense of humor and a work hard ethic to make the production a success.

Experience

Assistant Camera

The Biggest Little Farm: The Series | FarmLore Films for National Geographic on Disney+

July-Dec 2021

  • Shot B-cam on ARRI AMIRA with Canon CN20 and Canon C500 with 70-200mm.

  • Prepared gear and assisted in the field with camera, lighting, and grip for long lens wildlife, farm/human verite, and macro shoots.

  • Remote 4K PTZ setup, troubleshooting, and operating (infrared & visible).

  • Tech for Phantom VEO 4k 1000fps shoots, both tethered and untethered.

  • Setup and monitored 4 A7S III remote camera traps (infrared & visible light).

Assistant and Social Media Manager

Professional Photographer and Guide Cindy Goeddel

2017-2021

  • Assisted with three week-long Yellowstone photography workshops.

  • Guided Cindy’s clients with camera settings, wildlife safely, and ethics.

  • Edited and taught Cindy's Lightroom workflow workshop.

  • Lightroom and tech support for Cindy and Clients (remote).

Photographer

2020 Black Lives Matter Protests

June 2020

  • Stayed ahead of march and walked nonstop for miles with two cameras.

  • Adapted to the ever-changing surroundings to create the best images.

  • Safely navigated situations with riot police while capturing images.

Core Team Lead

Sunrise Movement San Luis Obispo

2019-2020

  • Led a county-wide coalition for September 2019 Climate Strike.

  • 6 months of planning with strike turnout of 500 people.

  • Head coordinator of weekly zoom calls with Santa Lucia Sierra Club, Women's March SLO, Climate Reality SLO, ECOLOGISTICS, ECOSLO, Surfrider SLO, SLO Climate Coalition, Extinction Rebellion SLO, and Indivisible SLO.

  • Speaker at 3 protests, including introducing the SLO City Mayor.

Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor

Student Film Backyard Wildlife: The Story of Local Nature

Nov 2018-

Jan 2019

  • Shot and edited 8 weeks and a budget of $300 (professional VO recording).

  • Won Youth Winner Wildlife Category at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.

Skills

Soft Skills

  • Excellent written and oral communication.

  • Highly organized.

  • Focused on efficient workflow.

  • Enjoy working within a team.

  • Safety around dangerous animals - both domestic and wild.

Hard Skills

  • Davinci Resolve.

  • Adobe Lightroom, Bridge, and Photoshop.

  • Google Docs and Sheets.

  • Excel and Word.

  • Final Cut Pro X.

  • Slack.

  • Zoom.

Equipment List

  • RED Scarlet-W kit.

  • Canon L glass:

    • 200-400mm.

    • 500mm.

    • 100-400mm.

    • 70-200mm.

    • 24-105mm.

  • Sachtler Video 20 II.

  • DJI Air 2S Drone.

  • DJI Ronin RS4 Pro.

  • MixPre6 and Sennheiser MKH 416.

Certifications

  • FAA Part 107.

  • REDucation training.

  • HydroFlex RAC mk5 training.

Awards

Youth Winner Wildlife Category

San Luis Obispo Int’l Film Festival

2019

Finalist

Natural History Museum of London Youth Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2019

Semi-Finalist

Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice Awards

2019

Semi-Finalist

Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice Awards

2018