Little did I know what I was getting into when I started editing video games at 13 years old. My journey began with a laggy, unpolished video game capture card editing program called "Roxio Game Capture". Constantly fighting with this program, I thought to myself, there has to be something better. That’s when a friend told me about Adobe, a golden goose of video editing, curated for the highest level of video creation. I had to have it. This was back in 2012, when life was carefree and I could edit for 10 hours straight without interruption.
To this day, I still have most of my edits and watch them from time to time, a part of my life I will never forget.
It always resonated with me that this could very well be a career path I might choose, but being a young teenager, I brushed it off because I had a millennium to decide my career field, right?
Fast forward to 2019: after completing two years at St. Louis Community College, I found myself leaning toward advertising and business. Knowing my background in editing, I thought media was a good middle ground. Even though I took a filmmaking and editing class at Meramec, my real film career began when I attended Webster University in St. Louis.
Film School was like nothing I had ever experienced before. If you want to do something out of your comfort zone, go to film school. I took all types of classes; Directing & Producing, Cinematography, Graphics & Effects. Documentary Filmmaking and more. I meant incredible professionals which a few I still keep in touch with till this day. I quickly found out that my biggest interest was Cinematography and the art of composition. After 2 years, I graduated from Webster University in May 2022. Achieving honors and making the Dean’s List were a few accomplishments I was proud of. Even with those, there's one award I hold above the rest: winning "Best Documentary" in the Webster Kinematifest Film Festival for my film THE OUTLANDER. It was my first documentary ever, and something I will cherish forever. We still have so much footage that someday I’d like to release a director’s cut.
After Webster, I decided to gain experience working on set by taking freelance gigs on various shows. Some reputable shows I’ve been a part of include Inmate to Roommate (A&E), Crappie Lake (Bravo, a Real Housewives of New York spin-off), Beachbody Coach Summit, Chris Redd: A Netflix Comedy Special, and Player 54 (Hulu).
Although I enjoyed working on set and assisting a crew, my true passion and love has always been videography. Capturing beautiful compositions that help create and share a story is where my heart actually lies. That’s when I decided to work with companies under my own brand, High Exposure Media.
Some incredible foundations and companies I’ve worked with include:
-Ronald McDonald House Charities & Red Shoe Society of St. Louis-
-Making a Miracle Foundation-
-Mosaic Health-
-Guardian Angel-
-Dreams for Schools-
-Keyway Center for Diversion and Reentry-
-A-Mrazek Moving Systems-
-McCollister’s Global Transportation-
-Disco!-
-Big Blue Spark-
-Millennium Productions-
-We Are Echos-
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