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🥥 Overdue BTS of us running around St. Maarten for an upcoming documentary about the history and future of cannabis use on the island. Reminiscing on all the people we met along the way (and the amazing views and the hot sauce!!!) as we head across the finish line.

Our crew stayed on the island for a week — a mix of shooting wildlife and nature, basketball, sunsets, traffic jams, and interviews with politicians, doctors, community members. Good food, good weather, good chats, best team 🤍

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Oct. 2025 // Sint Maartin🇸🇽

I got to see and meet the land and people through a short doc project. Thanks to the dream team & local community who made it all possible! I will never forget that insane sunset by the beach while I was internally panicking whether we get the shots in time🥹🫶🏼

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Perfectly timed for giving thanks, we had the first ever PACKAGES screening at a private cast and crew hang in @hellohuman.us cozy and well-appointed NYC showroom (all pics by our cinematographer @mistagomes).

Not a “premiere” — festivals don’t send their Hogwarts letters until 2026, and u know we have to do something proper in the city where this was made — but as of last Sunday, PACKAGES is finally a real movie projected in a dark room that people have watched and enjoyed together.

“Sampling bias” for sure, but I gotta admit… it played. And can now be added to your Letterboxd (link in bio).

I feel like Charli!

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Love an ambitious day during a heatwave and even got to top it off with sunset team drinks on the ferry 💫 Thanks for the memories! 🍎

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I initially was not impressed with the 1200x, this was pre-firmware update. I was shooting 50 Cent, but I needed to light him moody from a distance and it wasn’t going as cool as it should, that’s all been sorted after update. My gaffer insisted on these units.
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I think this is the perfect owner/op light. You can stuff it in a 600 case. It travels easy. And I see at least 2 on every shoot in NY.
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I’ve always seen it paired with the spotlight max, which is big, but it does what it’s supposed to do, well.
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But since it’s fashion season I’ve seen it with a dome on 4 consecutive shoots. They punted the joker curve to the side for the 1200x combo.
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I just found out yesterday if you put it in XY mode you can get full color control. Do not mistake it for a CCT + RGB workflow. But in the hands of a DMXpert. The sky is the limit.
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Off screen @resoundingbone
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Double the hashtags for @tskpictures
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#aputure1200x #cinematographytools #lightingDPs #cinelights #setlife #filmlighting #dpgear #gafferlove #filmmakinggear #owneroperator #cinematographerlife #gripandelectric #onsetworkflow #fashionfilm #ledfilmlights #setlighting #onsetgear #spotlightmax #dmxworkflow #lightshaping #arriwho #filmlighttech #filmproductionlife #creativecontrol #cinematographylove

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🎄Madewell holiday studio shoot 🌈

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When @amy.g.kass asked me to reimagine LA, and San Fransisco through the eyes of a killer in the 80’s I was like.. OK, let’s go! And so we did, and it was terrifying and fun both at the same time! Thank you @amy.g.kass for your clear vision and great collaboration! And huge shoutout to an unbelievable production team and crew!!!!! We made the new doc: Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker Tapes. Is coming to @peacock on Dec. 10 hope you enjoy it!! #documentary #cinematography

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February Al Fresco @2017reflection @filmmakerfred @peterinbrooklyn @ivoryjarel

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One of our favorite commercial shoots this year. Half day on an actual barge on the Hudson River and half day in @beelectricstudio. It was quite a large task getting the request to film on a barge when this kind of thing is almost never done in NYC. But we snapped into action and worked hard to organize all aspects. Thanks as well to our client @boohoomanofficial for trusting us as always and thanks to @liltjay for being featured. Directed by @kc.locke #wearefilms #filmproduction #bts #production #setlife #commercial

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NEW WORK, please enjoy the latest and greatest piece we made for @powertothepatients_ filming hip hop legends @mrchuckd_pe @methodmanofficial @frenchmontana @bustarhymes @richforever and our beloved ambassador @fatjoe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥 it was a true honor and pleasure following director @kevinmorra’s vision to utilize my dear friend and renowned photographer @martinschoeller’s close up language and lighting scheme. For this PSA being all close up I chose to use the ARRI ALEXA65 camera so to enjoy all the benefits of the added resolution and medium format depth of field it provides, paired with the DNA 120mm and the 110mm for their natural soft rendition of the skin, and I was in love with the image it yielded. Colored by @tomopoole of @company_3 🙏 It is the best when you can combine high level of work with this incredibly important message and get to work with literal Icons of the hip hop world! Made possible by incredible producer @pauljmorra and the BEST crews one can have in LA, VEGAS and NYC!! Power To The Patients 🙌🏻 #blessed #cinematography #alexa65 #directorofphotography #closeup #arri #dna #prime #lenses #hiphop #legends #patientadvocacy #patientrights #price #transparency

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☁️The Ballad of Brewster Cloud ☁️ will be playing at the @nyshorts film festival on October 19th at @cinemavillage

thank you the programmers for seeing the merit in this film of a guy playing guitar around the city. Grateful that Brewster has found a home part of this program.

tix go on sale soon 🎫 🎟️

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