This film was shown at the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust’s annual fundraising event in November, 2011 at the Seattle Convention Center. I shot all of the interviews and edited the piece. Much of the footage from the trek itself was shot by Craig Burlingame, who was out on the trek each day with his camera. Check out Mountains to Sound Greenway. They rock.

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Recent Work

• Water 1st International
• The WaterLog (A WordPress Blog)
• Acupuncture Northwest & Associates (A WordPress Blog)
• Swedish American Historical Society
• Sandy Nelson, Artist

I am a videographer with 8 years of local and international documentary experience, working in both nonprofit and corporate environments. I am a veteran of difficult, on-location shooting. I’ve been to the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, ridden down the Ganges on a boat I wouldn’t let my kids set foot on, and hiked into the mountains of Honduras on donkeys designed for people with shorter legs than mine. I’ve filmed brain surgeries in chaotic public hospitals in Addis Ababa, and hiked with village women to their watering holes near the equator in Kenya.

I have spent many years perfecting the art of traveling light, while maintaining a high level of professional results. I am a firm believer in capturing professional audio, even while running my own sound. I carry my own equipment, and know that if I come home without the shot, the shot won’t happen.

I have conducted hundreds of interviews, many times using interpreters to facilitate the process of understanding the story of the person being interviewed. I enjoy learning the details of people’s lives, and how they relate to the bigger story a film attempts to convey. To me, script writing is basically story-telling, something I find comes naturally to me. It starts with documenting the stories of the film’s characters, but the story is ultimately told in the editing booth, and this is something I enjoy and excel at.

I edit all my own footage in Final Cut Pro. I deliver professional results to the Internet, DVD, or broadcast. My films are in use in numerous nonprofit and corporate websites and intranets.

I specialize in on-location photography. I have international experience in documenting nonprofit and corporate events, and my photographs have been featured in Starbucks Coffee Company stores, as well as numerous nonprofit websites.

We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day to have a professional photographer show up at our house to take take pictures of Elise. Sandy dressed up our little darling up in a vintage Hanna Andersson dress, handed down from cousin Frances. Our unkempt yard was the perfect backdrop. If you’re looking for a photographer, we highly recommend Lisa Loop. She’s great, as these shots show.

This film was shown at the Give Water Give Life fundraising benefit for Water 1st International.

Ethos Water is working to bring safe drinking water to people in need in Ethiopia.

This film documents the water crisis in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, India.

Client: Water 1st International

This video was shot in New York, as Ethos Water participated in a Walk for Water with Starbucks employees who were celebrating the launch of Ethos Water in Starbucks stores. Starbucks donates profits from the sale of Ethos Water to help bring safe water to children in need.

The slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh are the home of nearly four million people, most of whom have no access to safe drinking water. This film documents the water crisis for some of the poorest people on earth.

Client: Water 1st International

Shot on location in Bishikiltu, Ethiopia between 2006 and 2011, this film documents the process of a safe water project in Ethiopia, from conception, through funding and construction, to inauguration. Come along and celebrate with the community of Bishikiltu.

Client: Water 1st International.