About Me

A client email:
"As you know, too often out of town clients come and go and you never get much feedback from the work you've done. Well let me just tell you as I sit here editing the footage from New York, Boston, Washington DC, and San Francisco--I have to say nobody else holds a candle to you! All of the interviews you shot look fantastic! It's incredible how much nicer the lighting and composition looks. "

Thanks again!
MS
Samstag Productions

Broadcast quality video production and TV crewing for 25ish years.

Freelance DP / Lighting cameraman/cinematographer for 25ish years. Sony FS7 4k/super 35 Production! Recently re-located from Seattle: experience doing broadcast TV, documentaries, corporate communications (for many Fortune 500 companies), marketing videos, and a few full-length features. Great Lighting skills, including interviews, green screen, etc.. 'Multi-camera crew leader for the NWs largest production facility (at the time), so of course, a LOT of multi-camera experience. Also have done hundreds of interviews, and DPd/Field Produced approximately 65 business profile shows appearing on Fox Business Network and Block Consumer News. Great attitude, great work-ethic, great skill-set. Also adept at Final Cut Pro editing. I'd love to work with you!
Thanks! Rick

I have been in the industry since 1992.

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Frame grabs

frame-grab from recent shoots; corporate, documentary, etc.