Mountain of editing.

Gotta be honest... I don't love video-editing. The entire reason I went back to school and learned a new trade was to get off my "chained to the desk" graphic-designer-ass and get out there in the world. It worked - for the most part - (cue montage of production photos from New Zealand TV shoot). However - my path didn't exactly lead to a career as a globe-trotting television camera man - well -  it kinda did, for a couple years. Eventually, I honed my craft as a producer and editor, in addition to my shooting background. So here I am - shackled to the desk again. The upside - I now have a family and a "life" - so 50% of my work doesn't have to be squeezed-with-a-shoehorn into the few business-hour shooting times I'm afforded. I can do most all of my post-production in the wee hours and odd times as I find them. The other 50% still allows me to get out and be in the world - no computers. Can't complain. Currently in the studio: Final edits on the Boulder Beer Company "About Us" web video, final edits on the Zinn Cycles "About Us" web video, three episodes of Beer City Television (Rancho Tastings, Boundary Bay Brewing and Tommyknocker) and a logo/identity project for "Don't Frack My Sixpack" (a campaign being promoted by Colorado brewers drawing attention to the careless proliferation of the practice of "fracking" the earth to extract natural gas deposits). Busy. Tired. Stoked.

My road to the craft beer industry...

My friend Jeff laughed saying I was having a midlife crisis. I had to remind him that this was, in fact, my second "midlife crisis". My first being the transition from Graphic Designer to Video Producer in 2004, now, I'm moving out of the video and design world, into the wonderful world of beer. As my few readers may or may not know, the craft beer industry has been experiencing astonishing growth over the last decade, unfettered by the recession. My knowledge, love and passion for craft beer has continued to grow to the point that I started my little web series, Beer City Television, back in 2009. Now, after spending so much time with brewers, founders, owners and other craft beer industry folks, I've decided it's the place for me. On a recent shoot with Boulder Beer, I met with the President of the company, Jeff Brown, and discovered our mutual love for bicycle racing - particularly mountain-biking. Jeff was kind enough to agree to let me buy him lunch so I could pick his brain a little about the industry, which I'll be doing tomorrow (and reporting on right here). To add to the craziness of it all, after agreeing to meet me, their Marketing Director posted a job for local Sales Rep - to which of course - I had to apply for - with a touch of my own creativity. Oddly enough, as I was typing this blog just now, my phone rang. Boulder Beer calling... "would you like to come in for an interview tomorrow?" - What the what? Umm... hell yeah! Hilarious. Interviewing with the three gals in the marketing department at 11:30am, then going out to lunch with the president at noon. Something seems to be going right for me here - I'm going with it. Wish me luck friends and peoples! I'm settling into Boulder more than I ever dreamed I would. This is good. :)

BCTV #E04 - Boulder Beer

We bring to you, the long-awaited webisode #E04 featuring Colorado's Oldest Craft Brewery, Boulder Beer Company. Big thanks to El Jefe and Brewmaster DMZ for the hospitality. Lots more to come on BCTV. Now give 'er a spin!

Beer City Television #E04 - Boulder Beer Company from Boulder Video Design on Vimeo.