Nature Film and Photography Portfolio
Film and photography work focuses on botanical and nature-oriented content, with a visual language that emphasizes the textures of water, forests, deserts and gardens.
Blog and editorial content focuses on the interplay of art and science in horticultural practices showing skills in writing, art direction copywriting, and content strategy.
Films and Social Clips
Water Worlds (2024 - )
Observing and filming water is how I express my understanding of the interconnectedness of all things.
Water Worlds is a YouTube channel and ongoing experiment of meditative video art made with original footage captured while exploring the enchanted waters of the Pacific Northwest.
YouTube Channel (link)
Role: Creator, Cinematographer, Editor
2024 -
Mirai in the Wild (2021 - 2022)
Mirai in the Wild is an original series that follows artist and bonsai professional Ryan Neil as he journeys to the native landscapes of endangered, ancient and significant trees. Embedded in the environment, he processes and understands the elements in the way that the tree does–interpreting and expressing the aesthetic of nature through the art of bonsai.
YouTube Series / Short Documentary
Role: Producer, Cinematographer
2021 - 2022
Emerald Canopies (2020)
There is a place in the Pacific Northwest where miniature redwoods and ancient junipers thrive. A place where emerald canopies are cultivated out of the desire to better understand the natural world, and our place within it, through an intimate connection with the miniaturized tree. Some of these trees were seedlings when Galileo was just beginning to understand our place in the universe, others, the only survivors of forest fires that burned their native homes.
Emerald Canopies is an observational portrait of the creative team and ecosystem behind Mirai– a world-class bonsai garden, horticultural incubator, technical educator, and creator of living art.
Short Documentary
Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2020
Viewshed (2019 - 2020)
I am passionate about urbanism—specifically the interplay of nature and urban design and how it impacts the mental and physical health of city dwellers.
Viewshed is a video art collective I started with a group of urbanists in New York City to explore themes of nature and transportation in the context of urban settings.
Short Experimental Documentaries
Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2019 - 2020
Photography
Blog and Editorial Content
Exposure for R. Neil (link)
Role: Art director, designer, copywriter, editor
Crater Lake Environmental Study for Bonsai Mirai
Role: Art director, designer, writer
Mirai in the Wild: Olympic Mountains for Bonsai Mirai
Role: Art director, cinematographer, designer, writer
Spring Equinox for Bonsai Mirai
Role: Art director, photographer, designer, writer
Elandan Gardens for Bonsai Mirai
Role: Art director, photographer, designer, writer