Work samples

  • Pierspective 01 [ man's best friend ]
    Pierspective 01 [ man's best friend ]
  • Pierspective 02 [ strange sightings ]
    Pierspective 02 [ strange sightings ]
  • Pierspective 03 [ January sunrise ]
    Pierspective 03 [ January sunrise ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 04 [ are we ever gonna get our walk? ]
    Pierspective 04 [ are we ever gonna get our walk? ]
    Available for Purchase

About John

I have spent the past 40 years telling stories using film and video. Pierspective is a retirement project that takes me back to a fundamental principle I was taught in film school over 40 years ago: you must learn how to compose a single frame before you can shoot 24 or 30 frames per second. This project also presents a unique opportunity to exploit the familiar notion that “every picture tells a story.”

The wooden pier outside my front door is the fixed stage upon which a fascinating… more

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Pierspective [2024]

Pierspective [2024] is a short montage that uses footage captured by my Ring doorbell that I enhance, recompose and, sometimes, manipulate, in order to reframe the story depicted by and on the ever-changing canvas outside my front door. The soundtrack is a mix of the prevailing ambient sounds the waterfront produces.

  • Pierspective [2024]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 03 March 2024 [ good morning fells point! ]
    Pierspective 03 March 2024 [ good morning fells point! ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 01 April 2024 [ home safe ]
    Pierspective 01 April 2024 [ home safe ]
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  • Pierspective 71 May 2024 [ I know my legs are short but I can walk ]
    Pierspective 71 May 2024 [ I know my legs are short but I can walk ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 130 June 2024 [ sunrise bike ride ]
    Pierspective 130 June 2024 [ sunrise bike ride ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 35 July 2024 [ Mr. Hitchcock please call off the birds! ]
    Pierspective 35 July 2024 [ Mr. Hitchcock please call off the birds! ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 25 August 2024 [ how come I don't get an umbrella ]
    Pierspective 25 August 2024 [ how come I don't get an umbrella ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Perspective 34 September 2024 [ golden hour ]
    Perspective 34 September 2024 [ golden hour ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 80 October 2024 [ what the...? ]
    Pierspective 80 October 2024 [ what the...? ]
    Available for Purchase
  • Pierspective 43 December 2024 [ what was that? ]
    Pierspective 43 December 2024 [ what was that? ]
    Available for Purchase