New stems forming…
The story continues.
Joining CineLove
Joining CineLove became a pivotal shift. It brought larger scale, deeper creative responsibility, and new kinds of challenges that asked me to think not just as a cinematographer, but as a director, producer, and problem solver.
Scale asked me to think like a director, not just a camera operator.
Five Years, Seventy-Five Weddings
That milestone wasn’t just about numbers. It marked years of learning through people, trust, pressure, travel, and repetition. It changed the way I thought about consistency, craft, and the kind of responsibility that grows quietly over time.
Seventy-five weddings built standards that pressure could not break.
Cup of Stories
Starting Cup of Stories with my college friends was the first time an instinct became a real venture. We built it as a team, learned by doing, and figured out what leadership, collaboration, and responsibility actually mean when the work gets serious.
The first time instinct became a real responsibility.
The First Wedding
My first wedding made everything real. It was fast, emotional, unpredictable, and impossible to repeat. That was when I learned how much presence matters when the story is unfolding in front of you just once.
Presence matters most when the story only happens once.
Falling In Love With Film
The first time I made a film, something shifted. Photography had already taught me about frames, but video showed me rhythm, sound, silence, and how emotion moves between moments.
Video taught me that emotion lives in rhythm, not just in frames.
The First Camera
The first time I picked up a camera, I wasn’t thinking about a career yet. I was simply drawn to observing, framing, and holding onto something that might have otherwise passed unnoticed.
This is where observation became a practice.
What Comes Next
A decade in and the work is genuinely getting more interesting. Brand films, commercial shoots, concept projects, creative direction beyond weddings. If you have something that needs someone who can think it through and build it properly, that is the kind of conversation I want to be having.
See the WorkOrigin
The foundation of every story.
Looking back, every frame I’ve captured and every film I’ve directed has a shared origin. This is where the path began to take shape.
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