I love baseball – not sure why. Maybe it’s just the idea of baseball that I love. It’s traditional, American and a nostalgic reminder of summers past – at least for me. I’m also a Cubs fan and I know what it’s like to be the eternal underdog, yet forever hopeful. And that’s me – forever hopeful and optimistic. 
I watched the movie “Field of Dreams” recently and I realized that it’s not really about baseball at all. But about a belief in your dreams and following through with what you believe in. And to do that you must be hopeful.
What does that have to do with video? Nothing really, but it’s why I started exploring this medium 10 years ago, when technology was transforming video because it was going from an analog to a digital world. And because of that, it was dramatically changing not only that “industry” but our culture as well. It became “possible” to further your dreams – because of technology. Whether that be shooting a full length “film” from a creator’s stand point or presenting and distributing your “brand” in a new way via a new platform (the web) and one where you can interact with your “target audience”.
Ten years have gone by since I started shooting digital video. It’s been a challenging, yet rewarding time in my life and my career. I have a tremendous sense of hope and see opportunities in this medium because I think it’s just the beginning of how we’ll see, hear and experience video in our lives.
The video world is full of crazy formats and codecs as well as other unknowns and it can be scary for a photographer to jump into an entirely different mind set – let alone skill set. But taking risks can yield great rewards. You just never know unless you take the chance.
Journeys of a Hybrid 