Category: Free Roaming Photography

With work officially underway on my documentary, I’ve decided to set up a sister site to this one to focus on the film itself, as well as other related projects. Naturally, I’m calling the site Free Roaming Films.

Currently the site is just getting underway, but I have a few blog posts to populate it, along with information about the short film I released a few months back. For now, the social media presences still point to the Free Roaming Photography accounts I have set up, but that may change in the future.

While this site will continue to focus on still photography, more of my film and video endeavors and updates will be documented on that site. The URL is simply, www.FreeRoamingFilms.com.

While shooting some footage for my upcoming feature-length documentary, currently titled Reclaiming the Night, I was amazed at just how brightly lit the surrounding areas were simply from the glow of Las Vegas, specifically Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to the west of the city. This photo, which may or may not be used in the final film, illustrates just how bright the lights from Las Vegas are. These mountains are lit up entirely from Las Vegas’ light pollution and the Milky Way Galaxy is a forgotten remnant in the sky.

While the film will ultimately focus on the importance of dark skies, Las Vegas plays a crucial role as the antithesis of what a night sky should look like, the light spilling out and trespassing well beyond the city’s limits. – Read more

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In the fall of 2014, I released my first short film. The subject was on light pollution in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and what the area has to gain by taking its lighting practices more seriously.

Jackson Hole has a light pollution problem. This short film explores the effect that light pollution is having on health, safety, ecosystem side effects, and energy concerns around the area. As one of the major destinations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Jackson stands as a leader in sustainability practices, yet could be making a much more noticeable impact in preserving its night skies, while also taking advantage of the marketing potential that the area could benefit from by embracing the view of the stars. – Read more

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Last spring, I released a trailer for my upcoming short film, Reclaiming the Night: Preserving the Dark Skies of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I had initially expected to get the final film done before the summer, but I soon discovered the intricacies of what causes editing to be such a lengthy process.

At the time this trailer was created, I had only obtained two of the interviews I intended to use in the final version. I eventually wound up with three more, plus my own narration.

The trailer itself came from a rather intense disappointment in the reception the town and county of Jackson had to proposed better lighting practices that myself and two others brought to their attention, despite the importance being listed in the Jackson’s Comp Plan. – Read more

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