Description
Denver-based Director of Photography, cinematographer, colorist, and owner of Mercantile Films. I specialize in documentary, commercial, branded, healthcare, nonprofit, higher-ed, and live-event production, with a strong eye for naturalistic lighting, thoughtful client communication, interview-driven storytelling, and efficient small-to-mid-sized crews.
Special Skills & Experience
Director of Photography / Cinematographer with extensive experience in documentary, commercial, branded, nonprofit, healthcare, higher education, and corporate production. Comfortable working with agencies, institutions, direct clients, artists, executives, medical professionals, and real people who may not be used to being on camera.
Strong focus on interview-driven storytelling, naturalistic lighting, documentary-style production, client communication, and efficient field production. Experienced with small crews, full production teams, sensitive documentary environments, fast-moving commercial sets, and projects requiring both technical polish and emotional honesty.
Skills include cinematography, interview lighting, location lighting, documentary vérité camera work, multi-camera production, live event production, color correction, client-facing production leadership, crew coordination, production planning, and post-production supervision.
Camera and workflow experience includes Canon Cinema systems, Sony cinema cameras, Blackmagic live production workflows, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Premiere, vMix, multi-camera switching, remote collaboration workflows, and color-managed post-production.
Owned gear includes cinema cameras, lenses, lighting, grip, audio support, live production equipment, and production vehicle resources. Available for Director of Photography, camera operator, lighting camera operator, colorist, live-stream production, documentary production, branded content, interviews, nonprofit storytelling, and commercial production.