Distant Light Media / Tampa cinematographer

Tampa cinematographer

For producers, directors and agencies

Director of photography, camera operator and colorist for documentary, interview and brand work in Tampa Bay.

KOH Muay ThaiBetween rounds

Working with you

Send the treatment or the brief. Before the day we send back a lighting and camera plan, a shot list and a kit list, and on set we work to your call sheet.

We can run camera as director of photography or operate under yours. In post we grade in DaVinci Resolve, from your edit or ours.

How it is shot

Interviews are lit from one side, and the subject talks to a person beside the camera, not to the lens.

Around the interview we film the work as it happens, and the objects in the room as subjects of their own.

The kit

  • DJI Ronin 4D and Nikon ZR camerasCinema
  • Thypoch Simera-C matched cine primesLenses
  • Laowa 24mm probe lens for close process detailMacro
  • 32-bit float field recorders on timecodeSound

The grade

Every film is graded by hand in DaVinci Resolve, with a print-film look built for that project rather than a preset. Graded masters are delivered as ProRes 422 HQ with an H.264 review file.

Formats

Masters are 16:9, with 2.39:1 framing when the project calls for it. Vertical versions are framed and delivered 9:16.

For a business that wants a whole film made, see Tampa video production. For a shoot day or crew, see Tampa videographer.

Frames

Stills pulled straight from the footage.

GageKOH Muay Thai.
Window lightFrom Iron Giants, in production.
In the shopObjects that belong to the people we film.
Project truckStripped to the firewall.

Watch the films

Brand films for Tampa Bay businesses.

A lifter seen from behind in a dark gym, sweat on his shoulders, the word Fortunate tattooed across his back.
Automatic FitnessOwner portrait. One film.
Close-up of a woman in a black Total Dog Tampa cap, listening, greenery blurred behind her.
Total Dog TampaOrigin story and trainer spotlight. Two films.
A man in a backwards black cap laughs in profile, barber chairs blurred behind him.
Klever KlippersBarber portraits. Two films.

Book a consultation.

Send the dates, the location and the brief. You get a quote within two business days.