Japan Nov. 2012

I took a trip to Japan with my grandparents this past November and shot a bunch of video while I was there.  I decided not to take in to account the internet's lack of attention span while editing this one, so it clocks in at a whopping 10 minutes.  SHOCKING, I know... but I didn't make this one for you, internet, I made it for myself.

I start off in Tokyo, then head to the small mountain town of Agamachi where I have a couple friends, then back to Tokyo, and then finally to Kyoto.  

MUSIC

Grimes - Genesis

Stephen Swartz - Bullettrain

Air - Alone in Kyoto

State of Food - Illinois

The travel/ food show I shot in Illinois last month for Allrecipes just went up. It features 5 chefs/ restaurants from around the state including Graham Elliot of Top Chef/ Iron Chef/ Master Chef fame.  Fingers crossed that they'll want more of these so I can travel around the country to do the other 49 states!

Graham Elliot and I

Cook it Forward

McCormick and Allrecipes.com teamed up to create a short video series promoting McCormick's new line of Gourmet Seasoning Mixes, and they brought me in to produce them.  It's a reality/ documentary style series called Cook it Forward featuring Allrecipes members, each of whom tries out one of the recipe packets and then teaches the recipe to another member. 

It's always a little hit or miss working with non-professional talent, but the ladies all did great and it was a fun 3 days of shooting.  Below is episode 3 out of 3.  Episode 1 can be found here, and Episode 2 here.  And below are some photos from the shoot, courtesty of Valerie Brunmeier one of the stars of episodes 2 & 3, and a food blogger at Valerie's Kitchen.

We shot these on a pair of Sony EX1's.  Me on the left, Erik Dinnel on the right. 

Our two rock star food stylists, Jean and Bridget.

Someone's gotta eat it.

Storm Playoffs 2012

Whew, even with the Olympics Break this season just flew by...  Storm playoffs are upon us and here's the TV Spot I produced for them.  You should start seeing this on TV in next couple of days!

Patrón Secret Dining Society

This was a really fun one to shoot. I was hired to document Seattle's Patrón Secret Dining Society Dinner, which featured Chefs Holly Smith and Ben Closson of Cafe Juanita, and mixologist Mark Sexauer of Artussi creating a six course dinner that revolved around Patrón Cocktails.

This was my first shoot with a new camera... I finally jumped on the DSLR bandwagon and got a Canon 5D Mark III. Here it is all set up and ready to shoot at Cafe Juanita.