Category: Documentary

Reception

January 20, 2026

In 2023, the subject of my Photo Center documentary asked me to film his wedding reception. He gave me carte blanche to film the preparations, the guests and the venue (the historic Haas-Lilienthal House here in San Francisco.) I saw it as a unique opportunity to capture the tenor of the times through a typical [...]

That Time I Was Interviewed by Huell Howser

August 7, 2024

Way back in the summer of 2005, I was vacationing with my sons at Camp Mather in the Hetch Hetchy valley up in the Sierra Nevada. While there, we decided to take a hike around the reservoir behind the O’Shaughnessy Dam (the one from which the city of San Francisco gets its water.) After we [...]

Documentary

Fine Arts Film Festival 2023

June 8, 2023

My film, Photo Center, will be shown online at the Fine Arts Film Festival in Venice, CA on June 15-22. I am so honored to be selected for this prestigious festival! Entry to the festival is $15. You can browse the selection of films in the festival catalog: [...]

Documentary

Santa Cruz

August 7, 2022

Earlier this summer, Aaron and I traveled to Santa Cruz to capture some drone shots at golden hour. I brought along my Sigma fp and gimbal to film some 4K footage. I was also eager to try out the stereo microphone that I own to add to the verisimilitude of the scene. I made a [...]

Embarcadero

May 24, 2022

(2022) Here is a short film I made to test the capabilities of my new Sigma fp camera. I took my camera and my 28mm and 85mm Pentax lenses down to the San Francisco waterfront for a walk. I filmed whatever looked interesting with an eye toward testing the Sigma fp’s ability to capture color [...]

Photo Center

May 18, 2022

(2022) A profile of the film photographer Rey Cayetano Jr. and the Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco, California. As a lifelong lover of film photography, I was eager to capture the process in my documentary. I am fortunate that San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department provides the Harvey Milk Photo Center for San [...]