Project Breakdown: No More Monkeys

No More Monkeys The first Short Film I directed Project Breakdown I’d been making videos professionally going on 5 years now –and before that I made weekly videos for a YouTube channel with my sister– but one thing I hadn’t been able to check off my list was directing a full-fledged short film production. The […]

Project Breakdown: Great Places to Work 2021

VirtuSense Great Place to Work 2021 Culture Video for VirtuSense Technologies Quick and Easy This was a fun, quick project to work on – it ultimately served two purposes: First, we had just received news in the mail that VirtuSense had passed the Great Places to Work survey and was officially a 2021 Great Place […]

Project Breakdown: PC Case Feature

VIVO Tempered Glass PC Case Product Video for VIVO I made this video for a VIVO product which is no longer available (you can still find the page on Amazon though) – it was the company’s first foray into gaming accessories, and at the time the only quality budget option for a tempered glass PC […]

The Problem with Aggregate Data

In this information age, we have access to more data and analytics tools then ever before. Between polling, surveys, and the endless data gathering through web and device usage, and the algorithms that turn that data into action through advertisements and social media, we truly live in very data driven society. But there’s a problem […]

Career Retrospective Part 2: My First Video Job

(This part 2 in a three-part series giving a career retrospective. Click here for part 1) My First Videographer Job Learning the Ropes at VIVO My first job in my career of content creation was in the beginning of 2017 with an office supply company called VIVO. They have (and continue to have) the bestselling […]

Career Retrospective Part 1: The Amateur Era

The Amateur Era More Coffee TV My journey as a video professional starts in my senior year of high school, when my sister and I were tasked with creating and upkeeping a YouTube channel as a school project (yep, homeschooling is the best). Well, technically you could say it started 6 years before that with […]

Small Talk Explained (with Flow Chart)

I have always had distinct dislike of small talk. I’m not naturally socially skilled; as a kid and teenager, I could not understand subtext, all sarcasm except for the most blatant went right over my head, and the strange and complex unspoken ruleset for social interactions was a complete mystery to me. I learned (with […]

My Faith and my Creative Work

I have a drive to understand and know God- this impacts my work as a creative, and as a working professional. I don’t believe in a Sunday morning “god” – someone who has given us a simple set of rules to follow and a list of professions to make and that’s how I get to […]

My Biggest Weakness

Professional Overthinker Early in my professional career, there was a memorable time where my boss accused me of overthinking a project. This bothered me, because at the time I believed thoughtfulness to be a virtue of the highest regard. As I lamented this situation to my wife, I further explained: “And he’s objectively incorrect! I’m […]

Project Breakdown: CIS Testimonial

CIS Product Testimonial Testimonial Video for VIVO (This was originally an article I posted on LinkedIn – it has been slightly edited from it’s original form to better match this format) Part One: Planning the Shoot This was the second testimonial video we did at VIVO, and I was determined to learn from the process […]