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Last summer I swore I’d never touch my camera again after declaring myself not good enough.
I told myself in business school I’d focus solely on making money and gave up my dream of running a media company entirely.
As much as I resisted, a small photo here and a little video there quickly turned into me rediscovering my passion for videography and content creation. I’ve failed once, so I don’t really care if I fail again :)!
I’m so back, and I’m doubling down.
#contentcreation #videography #videographer
10 years ago I became friends with my booth neighbor at an international robotics competition. She invited me to visit her back in Colombia, and I ended up going for an entire summer. This is my third time visiting, and it’s still my favorite place in the world 🥺🤍 @juanitameneses @anggierevuelta
#colombia #bucaramanga #santander
Wedding film 🤍
Congratulations Julia and Trevor. Watching you two love each other endlessly these past couple years has filled me with so much warmth and happiness, and I look forward to witnessing the wonderful life you build together <3. Thank you both for an incredible weekend—you are so loved 🏔️🐇🤍
Welcome to @mewhaven 🐈 🐾 🧡
Some of you know I adopted the light of my life @hungrytobi from this cat cafe two plus years ago, and it remains today one of my favorite places on earth. The amazing team fosters rescue cats—cares for, socializes, and loves them as they await future adoptions. It’s both a literal cafe and an adoption center, as well as an online source of positivity and joy to thousands. If you haven’t already, consider visiting to support this wonderful place ❤️🐈
#mewhaven #catcafe
My favorite project to date!!! I followed along an incredible design article by Christopher Getschmann who open sourced the STL file for this 3D print.
Check it out: https://volzo.de/thing/recyclinglenses/
Thank you so much @swagarianart for teaching me how to 3D print and resparking my love for @makehaven
Another big thanks to @phutography.ct from @milfordphoto, my favorite photo store in the world, for hooking me up with old disposables. This is my go to store for developing film and all things camera. 10/10 recommend them and the incredible people there.
I’m so back 🫶🏻
#filmphotography #disposablecamera #photography
Make an ad with me for my favorite place on earth @makehaven! Can’t wait to finish this one.
Learning to use tools in the metal shop was one of my biggest highlights in adulting, and I really hope I can inspire others to learn, too!
If you haven’t already, check out @makehaven
#videographer #makerspace #makehaven
My absolute favorite tripod!! I instantly fell in love with the Chronicle tripod by @promasterphoto because of its lightweight carbon fiber build and the sophisticated design features.
ProMaster has always been my favorite brands for camera accessories, and just this year I realized they’re based here in Connecticut, too. The team is so incredibly kind and helpful, and it makes me so happy to support such an awesome, local company.
If you’re looking for high quality accessories, especially tripods, I highly recommend checking them out!
#weddingvideography #weddingvideographers #weddingvideographer #videographer #tripods #videographygear
Such an awesome first solo wedding! Learning a ton, so let me know if you have any questions about cameras or event videography 😊
Highly recommend @lensrentals for anyone interested in getting into video and trying out new gear :)!
Tagged most of my other gear and I’ll do an in depth YouTube video soon on what I bring :)
#weddingvideography #videographer #weddingvideographer #promasterphoto
Drone videography basics! :)
Researching is the most important part to drone videography!! Drone regulations are widely varying and changing constantly, so read up online before to know your height limits, permitted flight zones, and needed authorizations.
On small islands you have to be particularly careful to stay well away from airports and to only fly in permitted areas and airspace (<60m in Aruba.)
ND filters are super important in controlling your exposure triangle (shutter speed, aperture, ISO,) so I’ve been practicing filming more with my @djiglobal ND filters. For a super bright day on the beach I used a64ND filter.
A great way to upgrade your footage is to switch to filming in a log profile like DLog or DLogM. This records a wider dynamic range of color info, allowing for more creative control in post.
I edit my videos in Premiere Pro, but Davinci Resolve is also popular. One really useful tip is to create proxies of your videos when editing. Proxies are basically lower resolution placeholders that prevent your computer from exploding trying to process 4k 10bit video.
#dronevideography
Lil preview :) [rotate phone to view] !!
So happy to create a video for @1bigsustainableisland! My first time going there was the end of last summer when I was regularly traveling from Connecticut to Maine to help film weddings.
The beauty, quietness, serenity, and charm of this small island located on a lake in Monmouth, Maine allowed me to more deeply uncover on my passion for videography and media and set out to create more concrete goals for my future.
It’s a place that means a lot to me, and I’m so glad I got to go back this year and stay in this dope treehouse and film some cool content for the 1BSI team :) (thank you Kent and Heather!!)
If you’re in the Maine area or looking for an awesome place to explore, the island is open to the public sunrise to sunset with free kayaks and canoes, and there are a few awesome lodgings you can book on their site if you’d like to stay the night :)!
Full video is on my Vannmedia YouTube and Vimeo !
#onebigsustainableisland #1bsi #1bigsustainableisland #maine #monmouthmaine
Definitely this doesn’t capture all the amazing food in Shanghai, but here are some of my favorite colors and tastes :)!
My favorite food was the vegetarian nut soup in the first video from a really amazing vegetarian restaurant my friends and hosts took me too ❤️
The oranges in China are unparalleled, and I ate a few every day :)
And yes, even with my incredibly limited Mandarin I always managed to source a Diet Coke and Red Bull when needed 😊
#shanghai #china #chinafood #travelchina
Merry Christmas and happy holidays szn ❤️ footage from a really cool shoot I did earlier this month!! I love Mrs. Claus sm 🤶🏻🎄
Camera: Sony A7IV
Lens: sigma 50mm f1.4 art lens (rented from @borrowlenses)
I loved the lens so much I ended up buying a used one from borrow lenses.
Anyone just getting into content creation or photography/video PLS RENT UR EQUIPMENT ❤️ such a great way to learn different lenses/cameras and a much more gentle investment to start if you’re doing paid work :) always here to answer questions on this stuff 🤓
#photography #nyc #mrsclaus
📍Yiwu, China
I had such an awesome opportunity while in China to take a high speed train to the from Shanghai to Yiwu, a large market hub located in east China in the Zhejiang province!!
My friend @theresa0215 showed me all around Yiwu as we sourced fabrics and manufacturers, and I gained some cool insight into the fabric sourcing and sampling process.
#travelchina #yiwumarkets #shanghai #china #highspeedrail
I’m not crying YOU are 🥹 but seriously working with @betterhalf_films and @thebenjumper for this wedding was one of the best experiences of my life. Ben is an incredible teacher (along with @brothernatureproductions) and I’m so grateful for all the incredible opportunities I’ve had this year with them.
Shooting on two Sony A7IVs and a Sony 7SIII with some other awesome equipment (monopods are my new obsession)
This event was at the Red Barn at Outlook Farm in South Berwick Maine, and the entire night was beautiful. Can’t wait for more weddings in the future :)!
Check out betterhalfproductions.com if you want to see some of Ben’s other incredible work!
#weddingphotography #weddingvideography #mainewedding
Making vinyl stickers for my absolute favorite place @mewhaven !! These particular stickers are for the prom king and queen kitties 🥹💖 if you haven’t been there before, I highly recommend it—or any cat cafe near you!! I got my sweet baby boy, Tobi, here about a year ago 🤍🤍🤍
#makerspace #mewhaven #catcafe #stickermaking #catstickers
BTS: prepping for headshots with @mmlafleur and @glamsquad. These women were so awesome and kind, and it was such a safe environment to learn more about makeup, fashion, styling, and nyc life.
Shoutout to my sister @katevann for helping me break out of my comfort zone and land my first professional nyc shoot.
Every aloof, anxious nerd needs a creative, type-A sister to help them reach their dreams 🙏🏻
I am literally so far away from being a professional and I acknowledge I have so much to learn, but I spend everyday trying, every weekend working, and all that I can investing to pursue a passion I’ve had since I was 9 🤍
Also check out @__beautybykristy !! She did my makeup so absolutely flawlessly and created a safe space for me to learn about products. She’s an Angel 🤍
#mmlafleur
Making a corset for my beautiful cousin @sophiaadeangelis !!! She helped me pick out the fabric and make the patterns and initial pieces!
The fabric was around $7 at my favorite store @ebmnewhaven and the lining and ribbon were free at makehaven. The white grommets were about $8 at Joanne’s, and tbh I would have preferred silver and slightly smaller but that’s all they had and I was impatient.
In terms of time, this probably took me over 20 hours, but I’m also really slow to learn things initially. I know where I can improve on things for sure, so hopefully I will get faster at this.
For true cost analysis, $15 for materials is wonderful, but 20 hours of labor is not so wonderful. With minimum wage that would cost around $315 for one shirt! While an experienced sewer could probably do this in less than three hours easily (say $60 total), it is still really important to understand the true costs of clothing. When you purchase a $10 top online, that difference is very likely being made up for somewhere else (exploitative labor, unsafe work conditions, environmental damage, unsustainable materials…)
That is not to say that all affordable garments are made unethically, and many recent textile advancements have heavily lowered the cost of production, but the overall lack of transparency in the textile industry allows for unethical practices throughout the supply chain to go unnoticed or unchecked. Maybe you know where a shirt is “made”, but you don’t know where the cotton was grown (or oil was sourced), who dyed it, and how many miles it really traveled to reach you.
Part of why I’m learning all of this is to understand the process of textile production, and where I can implement technology to optimize labor and increase sustainability.
For my next piece, I plan to digitize the pattern and cut the fabric using a lazer cutter. This will save time, paper, and allow me to better strategize my fabric use (you can get really creative w placement to minimize waste). Also, more accuracy in the initial pattern production = less time needed to correct errors in the sewing process!
Anyway, lots of thoughts, here’s my first corset! :)
#makerspace #sewing #makehaven
This is my favorite project ever so far! Big thanks to Mara from @makehaven for teaching me so much and giving me a vital spare part she of course had an extra of. Also to @ebmnewhaven for being the coolest vintage shop and to all my smart friends who gave me advice oh and to TomHenry for helping me overcome my weird fear of capacitors
Also I didn’t proof the captions very well so I apologize for the errors
NOTE: Old TVs are are very dramatic and can discharge lots of electricity so pls don’t open them and go playing around 🫶🏻 and if you do (I dont recommend) pls unplug it and discharge the capacitors
I should really list the parts I got and the tv model, but I am very tired and want to go to bed. If you have any questions just dm me or comment and I can send the parts!! I’ll probably comment it at some point just not now goodnight





















![Lil preview :) [rotate phone to view] !!
So happy to create a video for @1bigsustainableisland! My first time going there was the end of last summer when I was regularly traveling from Connecticut to Maine to help film weddings.
The beauty, quietness, serenity, and charm of this small island located on a lake in Monmouth, Maine allowed me to more deeply uncover on my passion for videography and media and set out to create more concrete goals for my future.
It’s a place that means a lot to me, and I’m so glad I got to go back this year and stay in this dope treehouse and film some cool content for the 1BSI team :) (thank you Kent and Heather!!)
If you’re in the Maine area or looking for an awesome place to explore, the island is open to the public sunrise to sunset with free kayaks and canoes, and there are a few awesome lodgings you can book on their site if you’d like to stay the night :)!
Full video is on my Vannmedia YouTube and Vimeo !
#onebigsustainableisland #1bsi #1bigsustainableisland #maine #monmouthmaine](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/503599430_2460582364319996_7471964552873875634_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=X6UHeoMKS7IQ7kNvwHsgZs9&_nc_oc=AdoRvBIk6WKYfrwufvIQXfoHJcgYEwJHysZxjXUHXdxuiY9vrSL5olUCACKrdgCawjo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=QpbQ5juIWise1ExSTZ8w9Q&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQEh5ghpTwZIytUDdxO6wHe9RNZtOb8IHG45dM_luRMmkJ35MUHVEKptx8gNnzJPdrqAMrr809Eo3A&oh=00_Af35SCDsfSgPyjVupvBPhzrydnW4pw6TfUOIc9-zCMXtEg&oe=69DF52A2)


















