Part II of the Around the World Series

Leg two of the round the world trip landed us on the laid back island of Phuket, Thailand. It’s gorgeous and filled with friendly, smiling people. If you ask me where you should go on your trip, this is the place I’d send you.

The first few colorful pictures are from a street market near Kata Beach. I wish I could have spent the day there, the lighting and the people were beautiful. Everyone was engaged in something interesting and was more than willing to let me take a few photos after a smile.

The first three black and white photos are of Chalong Temple near Phuket Town. And the last two photos are on top of the highest peak in Phuket, which also happens to be where they are building a giant Buddha statue, affectionately titled, Big Buddha (not pictured, sorry).

Previous stop: Singapore
Next stop: Phi Phi Island, Thailand

Part I of the Around the World Series

First stop on the RTW trip.

We arrived on Sept. 5th after 26 hours of travel. Felt jetlag. Recovered with our friends at the Holiday Inn. And once we got over the 12 hour time change, we spent just enough time to snap a few pictures and get out.

Singapore is an astoundingly clean city filled with shopping malls filled with escalators. Here are just a few of the pictures I took in the town.

Don’t miss the Durian ice cream in bread at the end. Quite the cultural experience.

Next stop: Thailand

Yesterday was such a beautiful day that I just had to be outside. Frannie and I headed out for an engagement photo shoot in a field with Frannie’s friends Gage & Laura. We experimented a lot with some pocket wizards and a pair of 480 EX’s.

We’re two days away from production on Aaron Marinel’s 35mm short film, Rust. I thought I’d share a little snippet of something I’ve been working on. We may or may not be shooting an underwater scene.

Finished our final film project, Loves Me Not, at Full Sail University. We shot 35mm 2.35:1 on Arri Lite cams. I got to collaborate with two amazing directors, Ewa Pazera and Rebecca Hodges. They had a fantastic script that has been baking since February.

Loves Me Not opens with a love scene between Jan and Helena. As the story unfolds, their relationship unravels. What looks beautiful on the surface has a dark reality behind it.

This was my first chance to shoot 35mm film, and it’s going to be hard to go back to digital. I had an amazing experience. The format is unbelievably flexible and forgiving.

The 20 minute short is currently in post production and will be entering two film festivals before the end of the month. Let’s see what happens.