ranch exit

2011-09-30T02:08:00.004-07:00

In Portland, OR directing a TV show about the The Circus Project.
The Circus Project helps homeless and at risk kids get off the street and help get back on their feet through learning circus arts.
Epic.

2011-09-01T21:41:00.000-07:00

My lady is selling her stuff. Buy something handmade for your girl.

2011-07-07T21:38:00.002-07:00

Breaking new ground---I had a documentary project that took me to Paris, Budapest and Prague---I took my high school daughter as sound person, she did a great job and we had tons of fun. We were filming ad students and folk dancers.

2011-05-29T18:44:00.000-07:00

3 Oakley Spots I shot with Justin S. several weeks back. Our homey Shonka took the editing duties. Jack Blodgett and Paggio Handled the logistics. Nice work everyone.

2011-05-23T06:25:00.003-07:00

Just spent 2 and half weeks in China.
Lovely.
Classical music every night, so powerful.
Good People,
and a Jazz club in Shanghai with this cat, Charlie Carr.

2011-04-05T08:54:00.003-07:00

Spent an awesome day with Brad and Aunt Bun Bun.
Last night we had a very powerful interview with Brad about life as a pro athlete, hope, peace and cancer.
Check out First Descents here.

2011-04-02T22:59:00.003-07:00

In Colorado now, Moab, Utah tomorrow. I am directing and shooting a TV show about folks with cancer that are going to camp, this week rock climbing. I met the guy that started this camp about 8 years ago on a shoot for Subaru and Dagger Kayaks that I directed for OLN. Brad Ludden is a goofball and a wise guy with a big heart. We did a very powerful interview with a beautiful woman from Colorado that was going to camp in the morning. Check out First Descents here.

2011-03-30T08:42:00.003-07:00

We didn't have anything to do with this. But it's cool stuff.

2011-03-20T22:09:00.005-07:00

OK, a bit of a welcome change. I am directing a 5 part TV series about the College of Fine Arts and Communications at the university I graduated from, byu. It is a behind the scene show about kids doing art and the like. I will be shooting till Christmas. I am shooting the play "The Diary of Anne Frank," going to China with the chamber orchestra, doing a modern dance program that will take us to a Frank Llyod Wright building in Arizona, doing a printmaking exchange with art students at the University of Hawaii, going to New York City with some ad students that may turn into a Paris trip and a handful of other projects yet to be determined. I love exploring the creative process and I like having an artistic view of the world. I believe that being an artist is about what you put out into the world and just as much about how you take the world in. I will be doing other gigs too but this will be my main project for a while. Peace.

2011-03-17T16:06:00.001-07:00

I've been shooting with my boy justin stephens for the last 4 days. 3 moto dudes for a 30 second oakley tv spot that will run during supercross races. Jack blodgett killed it for us by dialing it all in. we had a high reach at every location. Super stoked on the shoot!

2011-03-17T05:30:00.001-07:00

Shot with bubba stewart yesterday. His compound was amazing!

2011-03-14T11:23:00.001-07:00

Shooting ryan villopoto mx today

2011-03-05T15:34:00.003-07:00

Things change.
I love doing sports stuff but by work has been swinging towards the art world these days.
The Tongan with a bird on his shoulder, the bread girl that writes on her bread... well it was magic day of art that I don't need to explain.
Thanks to all that were there.

2011-03-03T08:21:00.001-07:00

I've been in west palm beach shooting Rory McIllroy, Ian Poulter, and Ricky Barnes for Oakley. We did 11 short videos while i was here. They will trickle out over the next few days of the Honda Classic PGA tournament. This is the first one.

2011-02-24T10:49:00.000-07:00

So panasonic issued a firmware update for the af100. It's not a huge change, but it is a big step for panasonic who has not typically put out firmware updates to address customer feedback. This one was clearly in response to a thread over at dvx user titled AF100 improvement wishlist

The main thing it does is fix a very slight hue shift in the LCD. Also, if you look at the lower left corner of the screen in the photo. That's A.REC with a red slash through it. It pops up when you are in VFR mode to remind you that no audio is being recorded. You still get audio to the headphones and meters still bounce. So it's still not ideal, but it's a good start. Kudos to panasonic for stepping up their firmware delivery. Here's hoping for more in the future.

Panasonic also announced that native avchd editing is coming to FCP through a plugin that they are developing. This is also a huge step for Panasonic as they have historically been very slow to support anything on the mac platform.

2011-02-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

I spent the last week in Daytona shooting the NASCAR races. Crazy loud, crazy fast, and crazy crazy!

2011-02-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

I'm shooting a bit of PGA golf in Arizona. I really don't know much about golf, but this is hole 16 at the scottsdale arizona course. It's famous because it's the only hole on the pga tour where heckling takes place and is in some ways encouraged. It's pretty funny to hear drunk folks from the top deck yelling things out at top tier golfers in a situation where there is usually dead silence.

2011-01-28T09:43:00.000-07:00

Jerry Warren is the mountain director at sundance. We got to spend a day with him doing another mormon.org spot. Jerry shreds the mountain on skis and bikes, I hope i'm half as fit as him when i'm 63.

2011-01-28T09:32:00.002-07:00

I had a meltdown looking for a cable yesterday and it led me to tear everything out of my drawer and build this organizing rack, something I should of done years ago. if any of you need any sort of usb or firewire cable please give me a call I've got a whole garbage bag full.

2011-01-19T12:16:00.001-07:00

We've been working with some great folks lately for the mormon.org profile videos. Here's Jeremy Jones in his garage. Got to spend half a day on the mountain with him, and then a few hours at his place. This guy is amazing. check out his entry into the x-games video comp.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6009096

2011-01-05T23:51:00.002-07:00

Here is a trailer for Season 4 of CAMP WOODWARD on Fuel TV. Tim and I produced the stuff with Chad Kerley the BMX kid. It was great to be at Woodward and work with some great people. Thanks!

2011-01-01T16:13:00.001-07:00

Thoughts on the AF100 after 1.5 days

Overall, it feels absolutely frick'n fantastic to be shooting with a video camera again. I think I never want to pick up a DSLR for video again. Having a moveable viewfinder is priceless, The flip out monitor is beautiful and in conjunction with the focus in red, is easy to use for critical focus.
Audio, Duh. Feels like I'm back on the HVX, audio controls and inputs are straightforward and require no workarounds.
1080 Variable Frame Rates. In a word, stunning. Goodbye 720.
Push button waveform monitor. Awesome.
Slow shutter during time-lapse (up to 1/2 sec), thank you.
The four thirds chip feels like a great middle ground in terms of depth of field control. If you need shallow, open up your stop, crank the neutral density wheel and you've got it. Need deep focus for more uncontrolled situations? Crank the ND wheel to 0 and stop down. Compared to the 5D where I always was sweating about focus, unsure if I was focused or not, particularly on a wide lens where the fall off is not as obvious. With this camera, I will never feel that way again. Also the ND wheel is something I will never take for granted. It's so fast and easy, this will be a HUGE timesaver.
One surprise was that the autofocus with the lumix 14-140 lens is actually quite useable! I had no intentions of ever using it, but when testing it out, I thought it performed quite admirably and I'm now sure I'll find myself using the manual mode with pushbutton auto quite often. One slight bummer is that auto focus for some reason cannot be used if you have VFR turned on.
Another nice surprise was the function knob. It's main use is to move a box on the viewfinder to set where you want autofocus and auto iris to take readings from, but the nice surprise is that you can use it to adjust the whitebalance in kelvin. Just set the whitebalance switch to preset, toggle from 32, 56, to VAR. Then the function knob can be used to adjust it manually! Very cool, I'd love to see the use of the function knob expand to allow other things like switching scene files without going into the menu.
The image itself is fantastic in my eyes. It's not noise free, but it has that panasonic "mojo" look. It's not crispy clean like the sony's, it's got some character to it, and that's a positive in my book. I'm not looking to eliminate every tiny bit of noise, to me it's just texture and character. I wasn't afraid of grain in the film days, and I still prefer an image with a bit of character, I'll take this over the plastic look of grain free images. That being said, I think the 3200 ISO on this camera is very clean for the sensitivity it gives.
Another positive is the wide range of tweakable settings in the menu to dial in the look you want. If the small amount of noise the camera generates bothers you, you can dial it out. See editman's tests at http://theeditman.com/blogg/2011/01/01/PanasonicAF101NoiseTest.aspx.

There is one big drawback and a few minor ones that I want to mention after using the camera for a day and a half.

First up, the big one. Perhaps this won't matter to other folks, but to me it's a MAJOR problem. When VFR (variable frame rate) mode is on, no audio is recorded. That's not a major surprise. BUT AUDIO METERS AND HEADPHONE AUDIO ARE ACTIVE WHEN RECORDING IN VFR, BUT NO AUDIO WILL BE RECORDED, EVEN IF YOUR FRAME RATE IS SET TO 24.
In other words, if you have VFR on, frame rate is set to 24, you start recording, you will hear audio in your headphones, the audio meters will be responding to audio, but when you stop recording and play back the shot, there will be no audio. YOU MUST TURN VFR OFF TO RECORD AUDIO. That's gonna catch a few people.

The minor problems are more just growing pains on my end. The main one is that I really really miss the scene file dial. That thing was a piece of engineering genius. It made it so easy and fast to switch frame rates. It seems like they traded it on the AF100 for the shutter/frame rate wheel. I can get use to it, but I'll always have a place in my heart for the scene file dial.
Another bummer is that you only have 3 sensitivities to choose from at one time. You have to go to the menu to set the sensitivities you want to use as high, medium and low. It would be nice to have it work like the whitebalance does where you can use the function knob to set it manually.
Another minor complaint is that the time-lapse mode only allows intervals of 1 sec, 10 sec, 1 min, 2 min. It would be nice to have more options between 1 and 10. Also, once you turn interval recording on in the menu, it only lasts for one shot then turns itself off. It would be nice to have it remain on until you turn it off.

Overall, I'm super happy. As a documentary/ sports shooter, I am so stoked to be moving on from the SLR world back to a video camera that feels like the right tool for the job. Thanks to Jan and Panasonic for taking this step into the large sensor video cam world.

All the best, Tim

2010-12-30T16:40:00.002-07:00

Got a new tool in the mail today

2010-12-25T21:06:00.000-07:00

Merry Christmas from my people to yours.
Peace,
Steve O.

2010-12-09T22:22:00.004-07:00

Tim and I both have a few days off so it looks like we are both deep into spring cleaning. Here a scan of a screen grab from our colorist in Seattle, Eric Rosen. These are kids from Mexico City that were extras in the Jack Black/Jared Hess adventure. That was one funnest documentary projects we ever worked on.

2010-12-09T16:40:00.003-07:00

Big thanks to Tim for helping me set up my new computer. This is the view from my new office in Midway, I will be back to working out of the house, very happy about that, it feels right. I just had 2 edit jobs, first edit jobs in years. Things are looking good for Tim and I, the calendar is filling up with cool documentary projects. Life is good.
Peace to all.

2010-12-07T14:09:00.002-07:00

More film.
My backyard, 2007

2010-12-06T10:21:00.002-07:00

More films scans.
Colin Provost, New Zeland, 2009

2010-12-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

more old film scans
Collin Provost
360 flip in front of the sydney olympic stadium. 2008
Taken with a disposable panoramic camera.
That thing in the lower right corner is the viewfinder
from the red camera we were shooting on.

2010-12-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

More old film.
Jack and Hector. Oxaca Mexico, 2005

2010-12-01T21:18:00.000-07:00

I've been going through some old negatives i've got. Here's a shot of David law on the road out to the salt flats. Taken during the "scenic route" shoot.

2010-11-15T13:48:00.005-07:00

Hi Everyone,

Steve-o and I are unloading a bunch of video equipment as we shut down one office and
open another. We thought we'd send the list out to you folks first before blasting it out
onto ebay or the like. Everything is priced to move as I'm not to interested in spending
the next 4 weeks trying to sell this stuff.

UPDATED:

EVERYTHING is SOLD!

well, except the Beta SP deck. If any one wants a free one
come by my place and pick it up!

2010-11-09T21:57:00.003-07:00

ENCOUNTER-Skate: FUEL TV ID from FUEL TV on Vimeo.

The 3rd and final installment of the Encounter series.
Thanks Billy Rohan and everybody at Camp Woodward that helped make this one happen... like Dave Metty Matt Henry, Jeffrey Robert Brockmeyer, Don Hampton and all the video camper like Will and the rest... too many cool people helped on this project to mention.
Peace thanks, you too Chris Folau and Derek the DP and Tom the producer...

2010-11-03T19:40:00.003-07:00

Here is our latest spot for Fuel TV.
Thanks to everyone.
Wakeboarder Marc Rossiter was a treat to work wih.
Thanks to Justin and Colby at Company Wakeboards.
Big thanks to Todd Dever at Fuel TV for letting up play.

2010-10-31T02:59:00.000-07:00

I got to spend some time shooting Fabrice, a french airline pilot, he took me along on a round trip. He took me along in the cockpit, pretty amazing how different things look out the front of the plane.

2010-10-28T19:57:00.004-07:00

I am doing behind-the-scenes on a Hollywood film shooting in Utah. More about the film later, but it does make me want to see "Grand Canyon" "A Fish called Wanda" and a few others. Photo by still photographer on set Wilson Webb.

2010-10-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

Tonight is the PEP art show opening in New york. I've got a print in the show and am super honored to be a part of it. I can't make it out there for it, so If your in the city go check it out and let me know how it is!

2010-10-15T09:35:00.003-07:00

Another one of our brothers went down hard. TJ Lavin crashed at the Dew Tour in Las Vegas last night, he is in rough shape and was put in a medically induced coma. We wish the best for our buddy TJ, and pray for his speedy recovery. I met TJ in 1997 and he has been a source of sunshine in my life every since. Check out this video TJ did for Stephen Murray when Stephen crashed a few years ago. Peace.

2010-09-23T22:23:00.007-07:00

The episode of Firsthand that we produced is premiering this weekend. Cam was great and it was fun to travel to Australia and stay with his family on the farm.

“CAM WHITE’S FIRSTHAND” Air Dates on Fuel TV:
Sunday - 9/26/2010 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
Sunday - 9/26/2010 1:00 AM ET / 10:00 PM PT
Monday - 9/27/2010 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
Tuesday - 9/28/2010 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Wednesday - 9/29/2010 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
Thursday - 9/30/2010 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
Thursday - 9/30/2010 1:00 AM ET / 10:00 PM PT
Friday - 10/01/2010 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Thursday - 10/07/2010 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT
Friday - 12/31/2010 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
(The photo: Part of our job, making sure everything is OK, this time is wasn't, get well soon Cam, love you man)

2010-09-13T20:27:00.003-07:00

We are finishing up post on 2 spots for Fuel TV, a wakeboard spot and a skateboard spot.

2010-08-25T20:40:00.000-07:00

We are just wrapping up the post on the cam white first hand. Here's steve catching a moment.

2010-08-18T21:53:00.002-07:00

Paul and Fidalis Art Access Show from Solpin Films on Vimeo.

My nephew Paul Alusa and artist Fidalis Buehler are part of the 16th Annual Partner Exhibition at Art Access in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The opening reception is this Friday, August 20, 2010 from 6 to 9 PM. The Art Access Gallery is in downtown Salt Lake City at 230 South 500 West. The show is part of Salt Lake City Gallery Stroll, there will plenty of other art to see that night. Please come and support Paul. Paul has been doing art with Fidalis for the last 7 months. Paul is recovering from a severe stoke he had several years ago. Big thanks to Fidalis for giving his time and talent to Paul.

2010-08-16T22:32:00.002-07:00

After our Woodward trip, I like the idea of working with kids and i just ran into this. I am not a big basketball fan, but I respect it and respect any one that is passionate about anything---like art, basketball or anything.

2010-08-05T13:12:00.003-07:00

We had the privilege of being the guest artists at the media lab at Camp Woodward in Pennsylvania. We shot a skateboard commercial for Fuel TV with the campers and New York skater Billy Rohan. Thanks to everybody, it was a good time.

2010-08-02T22:11:00.003-07:00

One of the highlights of my summer, getting a kiss from Ed Isabelle. Ed is gnarly, very very gnarly.

2010-07-26T23:08:00.003-07:00

We had a great time with Marc Rossiter on a Fuel TV commercial shoot in St. George, Utah. Marc was amazing. Thanks to all the brilliant crew and Justin at Company Wake for helping set the whole thing up.

2010-07-14T15:44:00.004-07:00

scenic route fuel tv from oi documentary services on Vimeo.

We just got word from Fuel TV that our spot "Scenic Route" won some awards for cinematography and art direction at the Telly awards and BDA awards. The press release we got from Fuel TV said "FUEL TV CLEANS UP AWARDS FOR ON-AIR PROMOS AND GRAPHICS" Thanks again to Fuel TV for the chance to work with you guys again and again and again. Thanks again to David Law the skater in the spot. Oh yeah, this spot is like a fixed gear bike skateboard, a skateboard you can only push.

2010-07-08T00:02:00.000-07:00

It feels like old times. We are in vegas, filming cam and tj riding tj's yard. Greg and Ceasar are here too. Makes it seem like yesterday that we were doing TJ's film. We made that film in 2002. That's when steve and I officially went into business together. We needed to buy a computer to edit tjs film, so steve and I started an LLC together just to own the edit system. It was a 1.25ghz powermac g4, final cut pro 3, a dsr 11, and two 17" crt monitors. The tax lady that we used to help us set up the company warned us " you know almost all partnerships end within the first 2 years!" 8 years and counting. Here's to 8 more.

2010-06-25T20:55:00.002-07:00

We are now at Camp Woodward and we are producing the BMX segment of the Camp Woodward TV show for Fuel TV. We are shooting Chad Kerley, he is a cool kid and an amazing bike rider.

2010-06-24T10:57:00.000-07:00

That's alex. He is a total ripper. 11 yrs old. I hung out with him for a week doing the home part of the camp woodward show. We are on season 4 this year. Once i got to camp i turned alex over to two other filmers and met up with steve to shoot BMXer Chad Kerly for the two weeks we are at camp. More on Chad later.

2010-06-08T13:04:00.001-07:00

Lot of film projects going on but tonight heading up to sail at the Tuesday night racing series with Park City Laser people.
(mental heath day)

2010-06-03T22:11:00.003-07:00

Shooting with the legendary Ethan Vincent in Colorado. Shooting for legendary LEGO. Had a brilliant Indian food dinner in Boulder, after dinner ran into hundred of kids on bikes screaming "Happy Thursday" it was lovely.

2010-05-24T06:57:00.000-07:00

BIrch Creek Service Ranch
Cottage Meeting
At
Olpin’s House
We are talking about camp at our house this Wednesday. There is one girl’s session and 2 boy’s sessions. It is for kids 12 to 15 years old. Like I said earlier it was epic for our 12 year old daughter last year.
So come by yourself or with your kid and learn about camp, we will have some light snacks.
Time: 7:00 pm Wednesday May 26
Where: Olpin’s House
1165 South 1080 East
Springville

2010-05-21T08:23:00.003-07:00

birch creek service ranch (rough cut #1 march 23, 2010) from Solpin Films on Vimeo.

O.K.
Here is a video I did with the kids at Birch Creek Service Ranch. Birch Creek was so epic for our 12 year old daughter, I really can’t explain how epic it was, she made great friends, worked hard, played hard and learned to appreciate the backcountry with several serious backpacking trips (it is funny that in the modern world it seems that people only take kids into the back country is to punish them, but being unplugged and walking 10 miles into places where cars can’t go is all very very good for the soul and you can learn things that you could never learn online) I highly recommend considering this for your kids. Check it out.

2010-05-07T10:27:00.000-07:00

This is Jeff D's uncle Curtis. Curtis is a special effects dude for hollywood features, but in his down time he designs and builds amazing bicycles. Here he is standing in front of just a few of the historical bikes in his collection. Super inspiring dude.

2010-05-06T15:13:00.000-07:00

Steve is pretty critical of images of himself, but this is one of my favorite pictures I have ever taken.
Wamboin NSW Australia, 2010

2010-05-06T07:54:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite shots from our stay at Cam White's place.

2010-05-05T07:50:00.002-07:00

Jared Hess on one of Decker's Triumphs.

2010-05-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Got the chance to work with Jeff Decker again. Always a pleasure.

2010-04-28T16:57:00.004-07:00

Our buddy Stephen got a new van, a very nice van! Great to see people looking after each other. Aaron Cooke, the Athlete Recovery Fund and a million other people made this happen for Stephen. Look closely and you will see a Steve and Tim video playing in Stephen's Van.

2010-04-21T00:42:00.004-07:00

Bad News from Wamboin.
Cam did blow out his knee, in other words he tore his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
So we are heading back to the States and we will see what Cam decides to do this season.

2010-04-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

another shot from cam's yard

2010-04-18T17:27:00.001-07:00

Jaie Toohey at cam's yard last night.

2010-04-18T16:31:00.000-07:00

steve covering the action here at cam's yard.

2010-04-17T01:00:00.002-07:00

Work in the Aussie countryside is starting to feel a bit like a holiday. Don't tell our families we are having such a good time. Cam stressed his knee a bit so he is giving it a few days rest. So tonight we are having a NED KELLY party. I did not know who Ned was then Cam told us about him and now we see him everywhere. Check out Ned's famous armor.

2010-04-16T04:31:00.000-07:00

we have been here in Australia for a week now, one more week to go. Cam is a stellar subject to film.

2010-04-15T18:48:00.003-07:00

We are in the country outside of Canberra, Australia. We are at Cam White's Farm for 2 weeks shooting a Firsthand for Fuel TV. Cam is one of the nicest dudes and his parents are treating us like kings.

2010-04-08T11:32:00.000-07:00

Alusa / Fidalis Art Project Session #3 from Solpin Films on Vimeo.

Video #3 in the Alusa/ Fidalis art project. I will have to admit that I was influenced by TIm’s post yesterday on Ranch Exit and I had to use some Jazz music and make a painting montage. Also I have been doing so much documentation of Paul and Fidalis’ painting together, I though I better give them a little space. We let them paint alone without cameras and when we returned to Fidalis’ studio they were on the floor painting listen to some jazz. There was a peaceful creative spirit in the room. Thanks Fidalis for sharing your time and yourself with Paul.

2010-04-07T16:30:00.003-07:00

We had nothing to do with this video, but it's awesome

2010-04-06T15:53:00.002-07:00

Alusa / Fidalis Art Project Session #2 from Solpin Films on Vimeo.

Session #2 from the Alusa/Fidalis art project.
Also we got some funding and we are part of an art show at Art Access in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 20, 2010.

2010-04-05T10:09:00.001-07:00

Today some more advice from Cory Nastazio.

2010-04-04T22:27:00.000-07:00

More Nasty advice.

2010-04-02T17:29:00.002-07:00

Had a great week in Toronto.
Great crew, great city.
Did two 30 second commercials for Flick Trix the mini BMX bikes.

2010-04-01T04:11:00.004-07:00

Angry Unicorn Queen from Solpin Films on Vimeo.

Angry Unicorn Queen, we used this song in the behind the scene featurette (home DVD version- not Netflix version) of the new Jared Hess film, Gentlemen Broncos. It is a great song, see if you can spot Ollie Hulme in this clip!

2010-03-31T20:02:00.003-07:00

Perhaps the best finger biker in the world, a 13 year old dude from Toronto.
I am having fun doing a toy commercial in Canada.

2010-03-30T19:41:00.009-07:00

ROCK AND ROLL FAMILY NIGHT!!!
This Saturday at Velour in Provo, Utah,
SEVE vs. EVAN.
Bring the kids, bring the family and let the wild rumpus start!
I am trying to talk the band into going out for ice cream with us afterwards.
Bring some ear plugs, your dancing shoes and get ready to introduce your kids to ROCK and ROLL!
Seve vs. Evan = great live show,
they have songs about unicorns, robots, cowboys, pirates, dinosaurs and so on...

2010-03-29T18:44:00.004-07:00

I am in Toronto, Canada again for another toy commercial. This is a great city and it fun to do toy bikes again.

Check out our friend Nigel's bike, we did a Firsthand on him a few years ago.

2010-03-27T23:39:00.002-07:00

Another good day on the Alusa/Fidalis art project, in fact we even got a little funding from Art Access in Salt Lake City. Check out more photos here.

2010-03-27T01:17:00.001-07:00

Another bit of advice from our man Stephen Murray, his 2 sons are in this spot with him.

2010-03-26T15:45:00.002-07:00

We did not do this one but I love this man Donavon Frankenreiter.
Good advice.
He is a pro surfer and a musician.

2010-03-25T11:16:00.002-07:00

BMX advice from the man Stephen Murray.

2010-03-24T08:02:00.001-07:00

About 1 penny's worth of advice from Ronnie F.
I guess taking care of your tools is a good pointer.

2010-03-23T08:36:00.001-07:00

More advice from Nasty, my favorite part is how proud he was of his advice off camera, Nasty Rules!

2010-03-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

More Ronnie Faisst advice, RIP Bruce.

2010-03-21T20:23:00.001-07:00

Even more advice, this time from our friend Stephen Murray.

2010-03-20T22:34:00.003-07:00

Russell Johnson's Theme from Solpin Films on Vimeo.

Clip #2 from the upcoming Seve vs. Evan film. So this is another passion project, no money just for fun, because I love their music and I feel these guys are worth celebrating. So this will be a freestyle sing-along documentary in the spirit of the freestyle documentaries of the great Norwegian filmmaker and artist Maggie Henriksen.

2010-03-19T19:29:00.002-07:00

Some more good advice this time from Freestyle Motocross legend Ronnie Faisst. Ronnie was cool to work with and a good laugh.

2010-03-18T22:17:00.004-07:00

This one was all Stephen and Nasty's idea, good old fashion horseplay. Music by Seve Vs. Evan. So yes I guess it is good advice to take your training serious, especially if you have a personal trainer.

2010-03-17T08:53:00.003-07:00

It is always good to get a few pointers in life. We were honored to work on a campaign for Fuel TV called “Good Advice.”
Here is a lovely spot with one of our favorite athletes “Nasty.”
You know it gets you thinking, how can I be more helpful?
I go to our local skatepark and the kids didn’t lift a finger to get that place built and on top of that they can’t even walk 10 yards to put their own trash in the trash can. Our skatepark is covered in trash.
So I like Nasty’s words, help out, pays some dues and you will get to enjoy the place that Nasty has spent years building and taking care of. It doesn’t take much to show a little respect and gratitude.

2010-03-14T01:03:00.004-07:00

Excuse Me Mr. Captain from Solpin Films on Vimeo.
Enjoy a clip from an upcoming film called:
YOU CAN BE MY PHILOSOPHER
IF I CAN RIDE YOUR DINOSAUR
a freestyle documentary about the band SEVE VS. Evan shot in 1 day by 6 filmmakers.

2010-03-12T10:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a shot of me shooting Bob with the RED at the Bondi Bowl. Photo: Chris Ortiz

2010-03-08T19:39:00.000-07:00

A shot of CAB hanging his art at the Bondi love and guts show.

2010-03-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

We wrapped up shooting for New Pollution season 4 this week. Seamus O'connor was our last kid. Beacham and Seamus got it done for us. Thanks guys.

2010-03-05T23:27:00.004-07:00

While in Bondi we had the privilege of working with this guy, Bob Burnquist. He is an amazing skater, a family man and a peaceful soul that is trying to make the world a better place. His style of skating is like no other, super fantastic. Thanks for the photo, master photographer Chris Ortiz.

2010-03-03T00:28:00.000-07:00

Kira Kotzenberg and Matt Beacham worked hard for us the last couple days on Kira's New Pollution segment. We wrapped it up tonight at the Kotzenberg's place, thanks for the ice cream!

2010-03-03T00:26:00.002-07:00

spent a couple days in the bay area on the math project

2010-02-25T01:21:00.002-07:00

One of the most stylish skaters in and out of the bowl in Bondi, Danish skater Rune Glifberg.

2010-02-13T15:24:00.001-07:00

One of the things we covered here in Wellington was the Love and Guts art show. Here's a shot of Pat Ngoho setting up the gallery.

2010-02-08T19:28:00.001-07:00

Steve and I are on our way to New Zeland for the Oakley bowl-a-rama. One week there then on to sydney.

sent from my phone

2010-02-02T22:07:00.003-07:00

A new passion project for me. My Nephew Paul had very bad stroke over a year ago and is relearning how to do everything including talking. I am getting him together with an amazing artist Fidalis Buehler.