jorelodell.com

I am an "Entertainers Photographer" in every sense of the word!

I'm an American cameraman who began my life in entertainment when I was just 12 years old. That was when I discovered the fun of playing with light and music through my Dad who taught me photography, bought me a Camera, and a Fender Stratocaster in San Fransisco where I grew up. I quickly started playing live music in Blues Bars and Jazz Clubs throughout my time in middle and high school, and began photographing and audio recording all of my art-centric experiences.

In '97, on a scholarship, I attended the New School Jazz Program in NYC at 18yrs of age, while also studying Acting and Playwriting at HB Studios with Salem Ludwig who brought me up to the Actor's Studio where I worked, and watched the sessions led by the likes of Harvey Keitel, and Estelle Parsons. One solitary discipline, I soon learned, was never enough for me.

After many years acting in Theatre and some low budget films, I attended a two year Film Studies program in California at C.O.M. I eventually wrote, directed, acted, edited, and scored my thesis film with one of the first Sony Hi8 Camcorders and it was during the very first day on set that I discovered my true passion was filmmaking, as it encompassed in many ways, all of the Arts most important to me.

After this experience I had an opportunity to take part in Theatre and Film in Paris, Beijing, Rome, and London. I lived in Europe for more than six years, the whole time filming and photographing my experiences, as well as playing, composing and recording music.

I returned to America in the end of 2011, and since then my work as a cinematographer/DP/Editor has been an eclectic mix of narrative short films, music videos, live concert films, music education videos, promos, web content, and actors reels, scenes, and auditions. I of course also shoot head shots!!

I like to immerse viewers into the subjects' experience, whether fictional or real, I constantly chase the feeling of being there. My life as an actor and as a musician has greatly informed my sense of timing within the framework of composition, movement, and narrative. My life as an actor; excavating language, and motive has tattooed the performers view into my soul, and I am very much an "actors director" and an "actors photographer". I know what the different types of "Looks" that are needed and when to style the shoot in a specific way, geared towards a certain roll or a certain type of representation... Or style the shoot in a "General" way to be applicable for a broader spectrum of representation or clientele.

My absolute objective as a collaborator is to create variety, and a "newness" of looks that help a diverse set of clients and producers tell their stories, and companies, or actors, or musicians promote their businesses.

Being an early adopter of digital cinema cameras, I'm comfortable with rapidly changing technology, and I have experience shooting with The Red Epic, Canon C300, 5D, 7D and Black Magic 4K Cinema Cameras.

I also own Adobe Creative Cloud and can retouch all photos as well.