Several years ago, Finn traveled to West Africa for three months to investigate reports of ritual spirit possession in the heart of Bamako. The resulting project has been cut into a trailer.

Islam holds as its central monotheistic tenant that "there is no God but God," while Animism is based on an elaborate hierarchy of sacrifices made to idols of demons and spirits. While Islam is the official religion of the country, Animistic practices pervade almost every walk of life and is seen as the best way to achieve practical everyday needs. This intersection of two opposed belief system has led to a unique synergy in the hearts and minds of the people along the Niger river. Because while God waits for us all at the river's end, the only way to get there may be on the back of a crocodile.

Marcia Weese payed a visit to our home studio to shoot some videos for her new online marketing campaign around her luminous

Contemporary Tibetan Rugs

The day was cold and overcast, and the light coming in the two side windows was almost perfect. We added some fill to cut the harsh shadows and ended up with this strange and beautiful Masterpiece Theatre kind of glow.

Earth House Productions has just submitted a rough cut of our current film to ITVS and P.O.V for consideration. These are highly competitive venues, so wish us luck as our (formerly) secret project PRISON DOGS is viewed alongside thousands of other documentary films.

Burlington Filmmaker Mark Williams had Finn shoot a short for his Kickstarter Campaign VERMONT VACATION.

We Buried Tabby in the Back Yard

Find out what else Mark is up to at Boat Productions

Season two has just begun for Lakes Region Fishing, a new Vermont-based show airing on the Sportsman's channel. Finn has been contracted as one of the new videographers tasked with bringing the production value up a notch or two. Shooting on the boats is a new challenge, and the cameras never stop rolling (except to change tapes). Generally, each of the two videographers returns with 8-11 hours of footage, and one day of shooting makes one show.

Back in 2010, Finn flew Steadicam for Mark Palansky in Bristol, and now, happily, the

Guster Video is Finally Live

So go see it and enjoy. For an insider's bonus, read back to the original post about this shoot and look out for 2:05 in the video. I'm glad that shot made it in, at least, with sympathy to Georgia P.

Shot with Mark Palansky (director) and Georgia Pantazopoulos (DP).

I flew the Steadicam again, this time for a micro-budget short teen thriller down in southern Massachusetts. It's called The Cockle Cove Inn. I came in primarily for an evening of shooting at Eel Pond. I was supposed to be getting a solid master take for a walk-and-talk along a narrow trail next to a swift tidal channel, but I spent most of the night trying (unsuccessfully) not to fall into Eel Pond. I held the rig up over my head, so everything was all right.

I just pulled a wonderful screen shot from this Seven Days article.

Do What You Want

A music video for Guster. The paint-balloons were a real obstacle. I was fortunate enough to be running Steadicam, and therefore running away. But pretty much everything else was covered in paint, including one of the cameras.

Shot with Mark Palansky (director) and Georgia Pantazopoulos (DP).