Summary

Passionate and travel-ready shooter/editor since mid-'90s with experience working in 74 countries on Emmy award-winning broadcasts including ENG, episodic series, documentaries, corporate, commercial, industrial, and educational.

Credits

7/21 – 7/22

Producer/Shooter (Also editor) Bobby Flay/Fasig-Tipton

Racing monitors — Digital — Fasig-Tipton Details
7/21 – 7/22

Produce, Shoot and edit 100th anniversary video of celebrity chef Bobby Flay breeding horses and winning at Saratoga Track.

1/22 – 1/22

Camera Operator Millrose Track and Field Show

NBC Sports — Live/Special Event — Carr-Hughes Production Details
1/22 – 1/22

ENG shooter, b-roll of athletes, exteriors of the facility, scene setters for bumpers and show opens.

12/17 – 12/19

Camera Operator (FS7) Steve Miller Band Interview

Sailor Music — Live/Special Event — Sailor Music Details
12/17 – 12/19

Regular shooter of documentary and shooter of seasonal concert specials at Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC.

6/19 – 10/19

Camera Operator (Sony FS7) Road To The Breeders Cup

NBCSN — Live/Special Event — Carr-Hughes Productions Details
6/19 – 10/19

Shoot ENG of morning workouts, interviews with trainers, scene settings, drone aerials

6/18 – 6/18

Camera Operator (Sony FS7) Blackout Girl

Dolger Films — Film (Feature-length) Details
6/18 – 6/18

Interviews, b-roll, drone op, lighting, audio

2/16 – 11/17

Camera Operator (Sony FS7) 2 Be Me (Documentary)

Dolger Films — Film (Feature-length) Details
2/16 – 11/17

Camera, Drone, Lighting, Audio

4/17 – 4/17

Camera Operator (Sony FS7, Drone) Places to Love (Season 1)

PBS — TV Details
4/17 – 4/17

B-roll, drone, lighting, audio

1/16 – 11/16

Camera Operator (Sony FS7) Santa Rosa: The Chosen Spot of all the Earth

Actuality Productions — Film (Short) Details
1/16 – 11/16

Camera, drone, lighting and audio

Orgs

  • IBEW 1212
  • WMBE
  • NABET Local 21

Self ID

I identify with the following groups:

  • Ethnicity: White or Caucasian
  • Gender: Woman

Recos

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Education

Class of '93

State University of Plattsburgh

BA Mass Communications

My Gear

  • Sony FS7
  • LED Light Panels
  • DJI Phantom 4
  • C-Stand
  • DJI Ronin-S
  • HMI Joker 400
  • 9-foot Dana Dolly Slider
  • Wireless Lectrosonic Lavs and Stick Mics
  • Miller carbon fiber 3-stage tripod with 100mm bowl
  • Sachtler 0475 carbon fiber FSB6 fluid head
  • Sachtler DV 4 II fluid head with 75mm ball base

Skills

  • Editing
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Photography
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Drone
  • PADI certified
  • live-streaming