Best Music Video: Golden Ace Award Winner!

The music video for The Damsells & The TC4's "How Deep Is The Night" has won the Golden Ace Award for Best Music Video at the Las Vegas Film Festival! This music video was directed by Peter Monro and Cinematography by Arron Torres. The Theatrical Lighting was done by myself. Here's the link to view the video!

"How Deep Is The Night" music video

The Henry Clay People EP Release Concert

In an attempt to catch up on life before vacation, I am only now blogging about this fun show! In May I designed the lighting for the local band, The Henry Clay People. It was a two night performance at The Satellite club in Silverlake, celebrating the release of their newest EP, This Is A Desert. This was the first performance for the band since their return from playing at the Coachella music festival. Both nights of the shows were equally fun and exciting. The Henry Clay people definantly brought on some huge challenges for me in the lighting department.

The band wanted something simple design wise. Nothing too showy. The performance was meant to feel like a fun show in their home town; which it was. To keep this hometown club feel, I decided to not to do too many internal cues within the songs and I stuck with the house rig. I kept it simple. Though the show was not a simple task at all. Each night had a different set list, doubling the number of songs for me to learn. Plus, the band was very fond of improvising and changing the set list mid performance and sometimes even mid song! They for sure kept me on my toes. The spontinaety and energy that The Henry Clay People bring to the stage make them so fun to light. I had a great time designing for some real rock and roll music and thoroughly enjoyed my lesson in improvisation. Next time, I'll be sure not to have many plans regarding cueing and instead just go with the flow and feel the music.

To hear their music visit The Henry Clay People's website or Facebook.

Also, every Monday in June I will be back at The Satellite lighting for The Californian's Residency. It's a free show!

Vacations Are Never Long Enough

Recently, I returned from a family vacation in Maui, Hawaii. As you'd expect, it was paradise. I took this opportunity of visiting paradise by photographing the scenery. Photographing Maui was challenging because I was trying not to shoot any cliche imagery you see representing Hawaii, like the beautiful palms on the beach and numerous hibiscus flowers. However, I discovered that those things are just unavoidable and by the end of the week I found my memory car full of floral and palm images. Turns out that these things I though to be somewhat cliche representations of Maui are truly what makes it so beautiful and unique. So, with mai tai in hand I embraced the beauty of the scenery around me and let go of trying to find some different way to photograph a place that's been photographed endlessly and loved for what it is.

To view my Maui photo album.