Operation Appreciation: John Boerstler

John Boerstler never gives up and works every day to make Houston a better community for Veterans and their families.

14th Annual Lone Star Emmy Awards

 This year, I received two Lone Star Emmy nominations.  Our Hurricane special, Hurricane Heroes, won for Weather Special.  The Space Center Houston special, Independence Plaza: Innovation At Work and our Cadillac Shaping Houston: Anat Ronen were also nominees.

 I went to the ceremony with other people from work- Beth Winfrey (also nominated) who was our commercial producer, Bobby Rigg, our Creative Services manager and his wife.

This is the gentleman who beat our special Independence Plaza: Innovation At Work.  His documentary of remembering Vietnam deserved to win.  He wore his blues to show respect to all those who got none (respect).  He got a standing ovation.

What a great experience and incredible way to build excitement for next year!  Cheers!

Operation Appreciation, Holly and T'Liza

When she first sat down with us,T'Liza was working for a nonprofit called Give An Hour.  Give An Hour is a free mental health service provider to military personnel, veterans, and their families.

 

Holly Horan is a Marine Veteran who never gives up on herself.  She continues to serve the community by helping Veterans with their transition into civilian life.

 

 

Everyone joins the military for a different reason.  Some are legacies, some of us do it to survive, to go to school, but we all go to serve- ourselves and others.

100 Years of Yellowstone National Park

Some photography of mine from Yellowstone.  Thank you for looking, it is one of my favorite trips.  Equipment: Canon 7D MkII.  

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Operation Appreciation

I'm honored to produce these vignettes in honor of our Veterans.  I designed this campaign from scratch and actually went out on the shoots and asked the hard questions for the first time in my career.  Work was completed in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere.  Camera work by Ben Hallock.  Audio John Lantz.  Bryan's story is first in a series of six.

Hurricanes: Prepare, Know, Survive

Hurricanes in Houston are a theme every summer and it is my pleasure to work with the crew and the KHOU Weather team to create another hurricane special for the season.  In addition to the editing of the show and all that come with that, I also prepared the 3d animation in the show using Cinema 4d and Autodesk Maya 2015.

Celebrating 100 Years with the American Red Cross Gulf Coast Chapter

Honored to present the stories of those touched by the Red Cross everyday.

Innovation At Work: Space Center Houston's Independence Plaza

It was a childhood dream to sit in a seat on the space shuttle, much less get to spend time alone in one.  Unbelievable people, extraordinary project, and blessed to be a part of it.  Take a look at some of my models and animation in the show-
 http://www.khou.com/media/cinematic/video/76120198/independence-plaza-innovation-at-work/

Timing and Story Telling through Television Production: My "Break" from Animation

I like telling stories.  I've been doing it for a long time, whether it meant trouble or not.  Seriously, what kind of Southerner doesn't know how to embellish?  But what do you do when you don't get the opportunities you are looking for in your art- you work on other skills, like timing, learning the editing process, sound, production.  There was a day when most directors were old prop managers, lighting techs and camera operators.  There is an idea floating around that if you have broad experience you are not good at anything.  I can tell you that you can not become an expert at anything without experience.  Experience in production is experience that builds on itself, and you can learn so much from every project and the people you meet through work, which is why I stay in this business.  How has editing for television helped my story telling?  I can't even explain it, I'm worlds away from where I started.