I am a well-traveled cinematographer and photojournalist. I specialize in underwater work but I am also very experienced with drones, long lens, gimbal, and high speed camera work. Here is a more exhaustive list of my skills and certifications:
RED, Arri, Sony, Canon, and Panasonic cinema cameras
Phantom and Freefly Wave high speed cameras
Aerial filming with DJI drones, FAA Part 107 Licensed Remote Pilot
Gates, Nauticam cinema camera underwater housings; Nauticam, Aquatica, and Sea and Sea stills camera housings
12+ years of diving experience as a PADI Dive Instructor and AAUS Scientific Diver in clear tropical waters to cold temperate waters in no visibility scenarios to near-freezing alpine freshwater lakes
Rebreather dive certified on rEvo CCR
Long lens work with lenses as long as 1500mm, including use of the Canon 50-1000mm
Timelapse and starlapse photography including motion controlled timelapse and macro timelapse
Stills digital photography with Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, and Sony Cameras both underwater and topside
Movi and Ronin gimbals
Shooting handheld and on an Easy Rig
Shooting Synch with a location sound mixer
6+ years grip and electric experience with studio cinema lighting (Arri, Apurture, Litemat, Astera, etc) rigging up to 12’x12’ frames for diffusion or negative fill, setting up studio aquariums, etc
14 years of small boat driving experience (up to 10m)
11 years medical experience as a NOLS Wilderness First Responder
Pre-production experience in creating treatments, narrative outlines, storyboards, recces/location scouts, creating shot lists, planning logistics, etc
Post-production experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, LR Timelapse, Lightroom, and Adobe After Effects
DIT experience with ShotPut Pro, Hedge, Edit Ready, Adobe Media Encoder, Redcine-X Pro, and Davinci Resolve