Learned to sky dive

So today, in one day, I learned to sky dive! I got 8 jumps in and passed all the requirements for each jump so now I can jump on my own without supervision of an instructor. The next goal is to total 25 jumps and get my A license. After 200 jumps I could start [...]

How to: Animated GIF

Nothing is more frustrating to me when someone takes 15 minutes to explain something that could be done in 1 minute. Recently, I was making some animated GIFs and looked up tutorials online that were very slow, the most-viewed one on YouTube takes over 6 minutes to explain! So I decided to make one of [...]

ScoreBigDaily Video

I recently won a contest over at Tongal in a new format they’ve created. This contest was only open to pitches from the top 100 members of Tongal (based off of previous winnings). I was 42nd at the time I submitted my pitch but now I should jump up a couple spots. They haven’t announced [...]

Hang Gliding Dog Mtn and Mattole

I recently made the trip from Vancouver to San Francisco and I stopped at two flying sites to hang glide, Dog Mountain and Mattole. Both were incredible. Check out the video above to see what these sites look like. I finally bought a GoPro and am very happy with how convenient it is and all [...]

Road Trip

Facing away from Dog Mountain.

Well, I finally did it – I bought a GoPro! Because of my hang gliding videos many people assume I’ve always had one, but not until this week! So far I’m enjoying it. It’s definitely convenient and compact. I bought the extra LCD screen for the back too and I’m glad I did! It allows [...]

11-sec Club – Emergency Exit

I placed 15th out of 189 entries in February’s 11 Second Club competition. This was my second time entering this contest, last time I placed 18th. The voting period is always at the beginning of every month and on a scale of 1-11. It’s usually a fairly tight competition: if I had only .5 more [...]

Animating for Encyclopedia Pictura

Isaiah Saxon (left), Sean Hellfritsch and Daren Rabinovitch began collaborating on films in San Francisco in 2003. Their digital animation company, Encyclopedia Pictura, combines live action, stop-motion and CGI components into a unique visual style.

I first heard of Encyclopedia Pictura from a friend who sent me a link to a story that NPR did on them this past year. My friend thought I’d be interested in them because I received my undergraduate degree in forestry and I recently finished film school as well, so my interests share common ground [...]

Cap spin trick shots!

After graduating VFS, I had a little extra time on my hands so I decided to learn a new skill. I saw the movie the Green Hornet a little while back and thought it was cool how he could spin the bottle caps off of a drink. While I can’t do it with a beer [...]

Growing Up – Animated Short Film

One intense year of study has come to a close as I have graduated Vancouver Film School and completed my animated short film ‘Growing Up!’ I hope the message of the short film is clear and that it resonates with some people. I could not have completed this project without the help of my classmates, [...]

11-sec Club – Leftover Thursdays

[Update: I placed 18th out of 202 entries] Fresh out of VFS and I was anxious to keep working! It’s like an addiction! I was talking to my classmates that we should start a support group for recent graduates, ha! You get so accustomed to going to school every day and working, it’s tough to [...]