Digital Storytelling Conference

Digital Storytelling Conference

For the past two years, I have been meeting virtually every Friday with four fellow filmmakers trained in the same Inner View Method.  We hail from Canada, Scotland, England, and France.  We arrived as total strangers, yet through our common interest in perfecting our...
Drum Roll Please

Drum Roll Please

Drum Roll Please! A simple question from a colleague a few weeks ago helped to catapult me towards a slight rebranding.  Life Through the Lens has become Stories Told on Film (my tag line).  It’s a long story, as stories sometimes are, but the essence is that my...
Replenish – Restore – Reimagine

Replenish – Restore – Reimagine

In the midst of a hurried life, I’ve been running as fast as I can to keep up.  Saying ‘yes’ to a multitude of creative film projects has been fruitful and rewarding.  I am truly honoured by all who have put their trust in me to catch their story. Yet, as the leaves...
Emerging Film Project

Emerging Film Project

I have launched into a creative collaboration with Robin J Hood, a long time friend and colleague. We have the honour of capturing a vital story from Lina de Guevara, founder of Puente Theatre in Victoria. Originally from Chile, Lina is an actor, theatre director,...
Perfecting the Art of Balance and Play

Perfecting the Art of Balance and Play

Seth Godin once said ‘The happiest people aren’t the ones on Face Book all day, or trying to find more Twitter followers.’  As I carved out time to sit and write this newsletter, realizing it is many months overdue, Seth’s words never rang so...
Stories of Resilience

Stories of Resilience

PI and SCID were acronyms that held little meaning for me until I began a story catching project with CIPO, a national non-profit offering education, support and advocacy for patients suffering from immunodeficiency. The challenge:   How to safely film patients with a...