PHILLY + BOSTON FOR SHRINERS HOSPITALS

We flew back east a couple weeks ago to film for Shiners Hospitals for Children.

First off we spent a couple days filming at the hospital in Philly.

We were framing up a shot for a guy with a guitar - he did music therapy with the kids - which is why I'm holding the boom like this.

The week was packed - we'd start pretty early each day and covered all parts of the hospital including filming in the Operating Rooms during surgery which was sometimes crazy.

Philly was cool. Ate at a couple nice spots - I'm usually skeptical of East Coast Mexican food but El Vez was good. This place Marathon had like healthy, organic food that was great. Matt actually snapped this photo one night on our way out to Insomnia Cookies.

Then from Philly we flew straight to Boston and filmed 2 additional days at the hospital there.

This hotel was pretty legit - a hundred years ago it was a jail and they've now converted it into a luxury boutique hotel with a charming 'jail' theme.

Hannah, the PR intern, helped make our jobs easier by handling the millions of consent forms we gathered from patients and their families throughout the day.

Didn't eat anywhere special in Boston - the one night we were there we were exhausted from the flight in, the jetlag and the third consecutive day of filming. So we stayed in, napped and watched a Kardashians marathon with some Room Service.

All in all, we filmed a ton of stuff in 4 short days and really we're just getting started. Hitting 3 more hospitals this summer including Portland and Mexico City.

Really interesting places to film and obviously completely different than everything else that we do. Always come away feeling extremely grateful and also just happy that the kids there are getting the best care in the world. The attitudes of everyone in the hospitals really make them special places.

Shout out to Fabiana from HQ for making it all happen and Stephanie and Jeanne for the hospitality.

RECENT WORK: DUCATI MONSTER RIDE VID

Here's the spot we did last month for Ducati.

This was like a 3 day trip where we filmed a group of Ducati Monster owners riding from Newport Beach up the coast to Monterey. It was a fun time, some great views and weather and Ducati took good care of us - lots of nice meals and hotels etc. Shout out to The ID Agency for making it all happen.

(If you check it out, click on the little gear icon and change the quality to '720p') :)

CHILLIN AT LUMI HQ

I recently spent a day hanging out and filming with Lumi founder Jesse Genet.

Lumi Inkodye is a sunlight-sensitive line of colored dyes that you can use to print everything from t-shirts to upholstery.

Long story short: I heard about this stuff on Uncrate about a year and a half ago and bought a kit to test out and play around with. A few months later I got to meet Lumi co-founder Jesse Genet at her company Holiday party. And then about a month ago I was able to get a tour of their company headquarters located in the Brewery Arts Complex in Downtown LA and film Jesse giving a product demo and talking about how far the brand has come.

Jesse and her business partner both dropped out of Art Center to start the business. Last year they raised over a quarter of a million dollars on Kickstarter to continue growing their product line.

Jesse has an amazing story of building this brand and the product itself is pretty revolutionary - it's a low cost, accessible alternative to traditional screen printing. It's always inspiring to see young, hungry people chasing their dreams and creating their own lanes. Jess was super chill and extremely easy to film and work with. Excited to watch where Lumi goes from here.

For more details, check out their site.