Hand Cut Films Film/Video Editing and Post-production Services in Vancouver, BC

Summer Makeover

Representing myself strictly as a Video Editor has never sat quite right- I am an artist in many forms of media- so I decided now is the time to update my website accordingly (check the photography page, and more to come). Long before I ever got into video and film, I studied photography (both in college and as a hobbyist). Even after devoting countless hours in the darkroom developing rolls and making prints, it made sense at the time to trade in my SLR for video, as in "..Killed the Radio Star," which definitely killed a part of me. As video took front and center in my career and led me into the wonderful world of film and Television, poor ol' photography sat in the rafters.

A couple years ago I blew over $800 on a fancy 32" High-Def TV, and quickly realized it was a total waste of money. I returned the idiot box a few days later, and exchanged it for something far more useful and beneficial to my quest to suck the marrow out of life- my first DSLR. It awakened something in me, like the old man in Amélie who is anonymously returned a tin box he had accidentally left behind in the house he grew up in. My heart pounding with excitement, I stumbled out of the cave like a bear from hibernation and bought the cheapest tripod I could find! I hit the road for a little solo voyage and rediscovered the joy of slowing life to a single moment frozen in time.

Building on inspiration, I have decided to take my hobby a bit more seriously, and offer my photographic skill set as a service. I don't know if this move will lead me to become a photojournalist for the New York Times, or merely to make people look cool and contemporary, but what is certain is my ambition to aim for the highest vantage point, and shoot.