This post breaks down why overshooting often hurts storytelling instead of helping it, and how shifting to a more intentional, “shoot with a target” mindset leads to clearer narratives, faster edits, and stronger final videos.

If you’ve ever come home from a game and felt like you somehow missed every important moment, your first instinct is probably to blame something external. Maybe your autofocus wasn’t fast enough. Maybe your exposure wasn't right. Maybe you need a better lens. I’ve been there. But the truth is, you’re probably not missing shots because of your camera, instead you’re missing them because of how you’re approaching the game. Welcome back to my series: Making The Game Easier: Spor

Making the Game Easier for Videographers (Part I) There’s something I’ve noticed after a few years of shooting in sports. A lot of people (including me at one point) start thinking the next piece of gear or the next trick in the workflow is what’s going to level them up. New camera. Shoot everything in log. More slow motion. Better LUTs. And yeah, those things can help. But they don’t actually fix the underlying problem. Because at the end of the day, tools are just tools. If

This season, I had the opportunity to work with four different college women’s volleyball programs at the same time. Four teams. Four brands. Four completely different identities, goals, and stages of growth. On paper, that sounds overwhelming. In reality, it was one of the most rewarding creative challenges I’ve had. Each program required a different approach. These could not just be visually, they had to be strategic. Different coaching styles, different comfort levels wit