Hiking the Appalachian Trail, the easy way

Twelve years ago I bought a pair of hiking boots, a backpack and borrowed some hiking gear for a grand adventure along the Appalachian Trail. My friend, Jeb, and I were going to hike about 40 miles on the trail in something like four days. We didn’t get that far. We didn’t get close. I […]

Ready for wedding season

I received Jeb and Sarah’s “save the date” card in the mail yesterday. I suppose that’s the official start of the wedding season for 2011. While I’m looking forward to being Jeb’s best man in October, I’m hopeful the wedding couple doesn’t coordinate anything like this: [vimeo clip_id=”1531870″ width=”600″ height=”425″] Brian & Eileen’s Wedding Music […]

Lights, Camera, Send: Videos for social media

I’ve been a filmmaker all my life. (Okay, filmmaker is a stretch but I like the word). Some of my fondest memories of family vacations are of filming sunlight reflecting off a mountain stream or catching a candid shot of my brother and sister as we packed our gear to go to the beach. But […]