A cinematographer obsessed with water and the places built around it.
I create cinematic photo and video for spas, boutique hotels, and wellness brands, capturing the water and wellness experiences that make a place worth remembering.
Water has pulled me in since I was a kid, growing up between Maui, Tokyo, and East and West Coast US.
It's been the wave running through everything I've made since. Traveling to spas, boutique hotels, and wellness resorts to put that same fascination on camera.
Clean, modern, and a little mysterious. With an eye for the moments where water, architecture, and light dance.
Why we create.
Water heals, and even just watching it can do some of that work. There's something mesmerizing in the dance of liquid on camera, light catching a ripple, movement dissolving into stillness. That fascination is the whole reason this work exists, offering something genuinely beautiful to look at, not just content to scroll past.
Liquid Love
Some hotels, Airbnbs, and properties have built water into their rhythm in a rare and beautiful way, a pool at golden hour, a bath with a view, a garden built around a creek. I look for those places and help them show what makes staying there actually feel different.
Love to Stay
Products built around water, wellness, and travel lifestyle deserve the same cinematic eye as any location. This is where craftsmanship gets its due, a love for things made well, filmed in a way that matches the care that went into making them.
Design Love
If your brand has a thing for water, I'd love to hear about it.
Water bends and loses nothing
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The more you lean into the dance, the more it holds you
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Nothing yields like water, and nothing moves like it
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Resist it and it tightens. Move with it and it carries you
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Soft wins, every time
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The river never asks permission
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Water bends and loses nothing ✦ The more you lean into the dance, the more it holds you ✦ Nothing yields like water, and nothing moves like it ✦ Resist it and it tightens. Move with it and it carries you ✦ Soft wins, every time ✦ The river never asks permission ✦
Media Collections and Campaigns
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One vertical video, captured and fully edited, ready to post or run as an ad.
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Most requested. Three videos built as a set from a single day together: a hero piece, a story piece, and a proof piece.
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A full day on site. Ten edited photos plus the 3-Reel Story Set, everything from one visit.
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Ongoing content on a standing schedule: four reels and ten photos every month.
Testimonials
Mark Christiansen
“Of all the collaborators I've worked with,
Oliver was the one who
brought the
chemistry to help create an actual viral
video that still stands out years later. He
brings genuine enthusiasm and joy to his
work. I respect people who can work
within boundaries but also readily color
outside the lines, and Oliver is the very
definition of this kind of person.”
Mark Sandusky
“Oliver is incredibly creative and positive.
When presented with a new project, he
understands the big picture and clear
goals and then
finds unique ways to
weave those aspects into a brand story.
I love working with Oliver!”
Robert Sharp
“Every so often you come across a unique
and special type of person. A person who
exhibits incredible
competence and
character. Oliver is one of these people. I
have been honored to have him as an
employee and now a friend.”