I'll never forget when I was young and starting out in the film world, I was on a job in San Francisco as a DIT. Just before lunch, in walks the director, an old school guy who has been around for a century, and the DP, who is pensive as ever. The director is complaining about how the subject "didn't give enough" and we should probably interview her again tomorrow.

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The DP comes over to me and asks me to pull up a shot where, right in the middle of her answering a question, he tilts down to her hands. They're fidgeting, twisting, picking at each other and shaky. It's clearly more than nerves. 

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The DP says, "I think that's her whole story right there." And he was right. 

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What I learned, and what I have spent my entire career developing, is the ability to see the story. It's not always where you expect to find it, but it is always there.   

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My promise is simple: my full creative capacity-- a determination to do what is best for the video--no ego, no bullshit. 

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