Empty Cup Media

12/20/2024

A new type of light painting! I'm using 2 lights for this shot: a softbox flash that's being triggered wirelessly and a colour continuous video light set to roughly 2% intensity. After the flash went off, I slowly stood up while lifting my hands up. I took these photos in the photo studio.

11/08/2024

Follow me at to see other media stuff I'm up to with the City of Nelson.
Did you know I built a studio here? I'll show it to you sometime.

09/15/2024

I'm honoured to have vibed with Jen from .earthy.jewelry a few weeks ago after meeting her at . has so many wonderful people in it and I'm lucky to photograph some of them.

09/14/2024

I made it out to the drive in tonight to see a cute animated film called Robot Dreams. But this is a photo from a new Transformers trailer. Yes, you can buy snacks with your credit cards there.

08/30/2024

Teleprompter filming in at the Doukhobor Discovery Museum for
Lots of equipment for filming 2 people talk.

06/28/2024

One more week until Selkirk College's 2024 Season of Film Camp. Digital Arts at Selkirk College offers a chance for creative storytellers to shine.

https://mailchi.mp/c22985a460da/2024filmcamplastchance

06/21/2024

My first film meetup in was cool! hosted a chill event with about 9 local creators at for Kootenay Screen Based Industry Workers (KSBI) a few days ago. We're cooking up some tasty film thoughts together. I'm excited to see what will manifest over the next year with this group.
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06/14/2024

Capturing the energy emitting from . What a powerful human to be around.
I nailed this light painting on my first attempt. It's like I know what I'm doing or something.

05/15/2024

Electricity between and under the northern lights last Saturday. I feel it and see it and vibe with it.
Photo taken on the beach at Kokanee Camp Ground.

05/10/2024

Here's a 3 minute mini doc I made about our Spring Break Camp at the Nelson and District Youth Centre. We do a lot of cool stuff here!

We offer a lot to our registered camp kids. During the 2024 Spring Break camp, we took them to go skating, swimming, to the Civic Theatre and to the fire hal...

04/23/2024

I was surprised how many looks I could pull off in front of the same 7' wide orange backdrop I set up at with and
I used 2 large softboxes with a few different gels and a DJ uplight to shoot some clean images as well as moody high contrast shots. They all worked it well in front of the camera and by the end of the shoot, when the contrast was at its highest, we took some real rock and rock images.
Everything is shot with a Canon 1Dx ii with a 70-200 2.8 lens with no flash.

04/12/2024

Small but mighty. We have 3 GH5 cameras and I'm usually filming with 2 at a time. I've been filming lots of things for .nelson these past few weeks for their Official Community Plan. It feels nice.

04/07/2024

Invite me to your parties and I'll bring my camera.
Shot with 1 flash on a wireless trigger, a centre field split filter and a Canon 1Dx ii. Thanks for the wacky memories everyone :)

04/05/2024

I'm coming back to Ontario from April 27 - May 5. I'm debating bringing my camera. Anyone need my camera skills while I'm back visiting?

03/19/2024

Bro, I can honestly say I shredded this photoshoot with at last week. I was able to create a half dozen unique lighting looks that progressively got more edgy all on an orange backdrop. Favorites are coming soon.

02/16/2024

I had to remake my Empty Cup Media Google Page when I moved to Nelson because they flagged my account as suspicious and now I have zero reviews.
Who wants to be my hero and give ECM a 5 star review to help me get back to where I once was with analytics?

Post a review to our profile on Google

01/30/2024

This documentary film is my magnum opus. I spend 3 years shooting, editing and refining this 45 minute film titled "It's Time to Play" and have submitted it to Hot Docs 2024. News will come at the end of March whether it is accepted or not. This was the first film we had to license footage from CBC and Global TV as well as have it watched by an entertainment lawyer.

It's the heaviest topic I have ever addressed and I'm proud of myself for taking a very difficult subject and doc-smithing it into a film about hope, friendship and rekindling faith within an institution that brought Mike Fitzgerald so much pain as a teenager.
Hot Docs would be the best platform to showcase this film on because it needs to be discussed afterwards. This won't be a film I casually show people because of the depth of content and the need for ideal screening conditions to appreciate the storyline.

I will however give you a peak at the film trailer. Please wish the film luck with being accepted into Hot Docs. It would be life changing for me to receive that news.

Mike Fitzgerald's friends would tell you that he is a really great guy. He's articulate, sociable, kind and is always smiling. But what most people don't kno...

01/09/2024

My life has flipped, spun and turned inside out since moving out West. I'm working full time for the City of Nelson at the Youth Centre where I'm helping with programming as a "Lead Hand" now. I still get to bring my camera with me and I just cut my first little highlight reel of my new work digs.

See what kind of programming we have at the NDYC for our holiday camps. Sure, there's skating in our skatepark, but we also made holiday wreaths, made our ow...