I wanted to hold the frame steady for what the rest of the world walks past. That’s when I knew.
Film school didn’t teach me how to be a cinematographer. It taught me how to notice the way light changes on someone’s face five minutes before sunset—and how selfish it would be to keep that noticing to myself. realized i wanted to be a cinematographer film school
I went home that night and shot my roommate making coffee with a single window and a bed sheet clipped to a broomstick. The footage was grainy, slightly underexposed, and completely alive. For the first time, I wasn’t trying to be right. I was trying to be true . I wanted to hold the frame steady for
The shift happened during a lighting workshop in the fall of my second year. A guest DP brought in an old Arri 2C. No monitors, no false color—just a light meter and a viewfinder. He asked each of us to light a single close-up of a person sitting at a table. No dialogue. Just a face. Just light. It taught me how to notice the way
I didn’t walk into film school wanting to be a cinematographer. I walked in wanting to be right .
