Top Freelancer Cinematographer in Colorado

Hi, I’m Colin

Thanks for checking out the website! My life’s voyage started off in Maine, where I spent the first 25 years of my life. Through impassioned parents, family and friends, I spent much of my time sailing on the Maine coast and exploring the trails and mountains in the rugged Maine wilderness. Throughout high school I started to curate my interest in film and video-editing through documenting adventures with friends; mostly getting cold via water or snow and promoting our stellar adolescent behavior. I attended Colby College, a four year liberal arts school in Waterville, Maine where I received a degree in Cultural Anthropology. I also spent 4 years on Colby’s nordic ski team, mostly suffering, but also building a strong work ethic and the fitness base that would allow me to assist cameramen who needed large (read: heavy) quantities of gear hauled around with them in the mountains. This was my ticket to working with Warren Miller Films and my path to my current home in Boulder, Colorado. 

 
 

I make my living as a freelance cinematographer; 15 years and counting

 
 

I cut my teeth working on adventure documentaries with, in my opinion, some to the best action sports cinematographers in the world. I gained a respect for a small and efficient working crew and handling production in adverse locations and climates.

While I still film on the Warren Miller ski movie each year, I have found myself working in a variety of genres and have loved the challenges that each new production brings. I have been lucky enough to film on all 7 continents; from the tops of tree canopies in the rainforest, to large sets with fancy lighting and camera toys.

When I am not messing around with settings and staring at the waveform, I love spending time with my family in the wilds of Colorado. Biking, skiing, and camping are all on the short list.

 
 

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Dallas, Texas was our second location in the Texas Tourism campaign. Even just thinking about Dallas I typically sweat through my shirt and undergarments, but we filmed here during the late fall and the weather was exceptional. Visually we had to duc
Family trip to NYC this summer. I was overwhelmed.. kids loved it!
I made many trips down to Texas over last several months for a Texas Tourism campaign. We started off filming on some of the barrier islands along the coast and moved our way to Corpus Christy. Always tough to beat a little beach time on a shoot. Pre
Streaming now via PBS is episode 5 of Evolution Earth, “Grasslands”. I worked on two segments in this episode, one involving the prairie grasslands in Kansas and Colorado and the other surrounding the release of Yellowstone National Park