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Iguana Mexican Grill - photo by Dennis Spielman

Iguana Mexican Grill

Oklahoma City’s urban core original and authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant, Iguana Mexican Grill, features fresh, made from scratch foods every day. Marc Dunham, Laura Rene, and Ross Davis talk about the food of this Automobile Alley restaurant, along with their specialty cocktails, the new remodel, and more.

This video is awesome. Go watch it. Then get some food.

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Plains Pioneers Tracing Timelapse

Last night I filmed Amanda Zoey Weathers and Tessa Raven Bayne trace out their mural, Plains Pioneers, on the McKinley Park Community Center in this two-minute time-lapse from two-hours of work. Running the projector was Stephen Tyler. This was my first time-lapse video, which will be part of a larger documentary on Oklahoma City’s art scene.

The Spicy Mayan at Waving Wheat - photo by Dennis Spielman

The Coffee of Norman

Follow Uncovering Oklahoma on this caffeine crawl highlighting eight of Norman’s independent coffee shops. People from Second Wind, Cool Beans, The Screen Door, Michelangelo’s, Syrup, Gray Owl Coffee, Waving Wheat, and Crimson & Whipped Cream share their stories, their passion for coffee, and discuss the coffee scene in Norman, Oklahoma.

With eight places featured in a 20-minute video, I separated each place onto their own video for those wanting to know about a particular place. You can watch those videos here.

This project took me a little over a month to complete. I filmed the first interview back on January 26th. During the process, I had to reshoot one interview, visit places on different days, and schedule delays with owners. Plus, toward the end, I decided to add two more places that I was thinking of saving for another story instead.

Despite the setbacks from the size of this project, I’m thrilled with how well it turned out. I worked to make sure each coffee shop’s video felt unique because the places are different from one another. The OU Norman bells can be heard in one interview. Overall, the reception for this video was been positive.

Am I going to do a Coffee of Oklahoma City? Not any time soon. There’s like two to three times the amount of coffee shops. That might be too big.

I hope you enjoy it! Right now, I’m working on my new art documentary and the Food of Lindsey Street so stay tuned for those.

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NøiseBleedsSøund


The alternative rock band out of Oklahoma City, NøiseBleedsSøund, strives to provides its audience an experience rather than just play some music. In my video for Uncovering Oklahoma, Parker, Michelle, Jack, Jeff, and Gabe interview each other in a fast-blast game of questions and then perform their song, Hollow Kisses.

This style of fast questions was a new thing I tried out and I’m happy with the results. I don’t do band videos often–I only did four last year–but this format worked out well and I have some notes for improvement. Also, the whole music session was an extra wide 4K shot where I edited the entire camera movement in post, with the final video as 1080p.

If you want to watch/listen to just their music session, play the above video. If you like them, check out their Offical Website, Buy NøiseBleedsSøund’s album on Amazon, Stream on Spotify, Like on Facebook, Follow on Twitter, and Follow on Instagram.

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Wastedland 2 and Lady Parts


I did a tour with Andrew H. Shirley as talked about his movie, “Wastedland 2,” and the corresponding art exhibit at Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery in Oklahoma City’s Film Row District. I loved the immersive film installation.


During the same night, I did an Artist Statement Minute with Nicole Emmons-Willis on “Lady Parts.” Lady Parts is an immersive site-specific installation that brings to light the overutilization of hysterectomy in the treatment of fibroids and explores the unknowns of female reproductive medicine. In this video, Nicoles shares her story behind creating the exhibit and its interactive message wall.

Both exhibits run from February 17 through March 4, 2017.

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