The Story of Mercy Village

In August of 2025 I went back to Cambodia for my 5th trip to film a piece for an old friend of mine, Rin Yame, who I met when I interviewed him for my first feature length doc, A Drop of Water. We have remained friends ever since and I’ve followed his move from director at Water of Life to founding the church at Mercy Village, a very poor community in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

As a tiny nonprofit without a US parent organization fundraising can be difficult and I felt compelled by God to film a piece to not only show the village’s transformation as a worthy cause for donation, but also to honor Rin’s life as a missionary and servant.

I get no greater personal and spiritual reward than doing work like this and I hope you’ll give it a look!

If you would like to support his work you can make a tax deductible donation at mercyvillagecambodia.com!

Quasar Science lights added to the kit

I want to do more to alert clients as to the cool equipment that’s available in my kit so that we can be more collaborative. How will you know the capabilities if I’m not letting you know? So, in that spirit I’ve added 3 amazingly cool lights from Quasar Science to my kit. I now have one 2’ rainbow tube, which is commonly referred to as RGBW, meaning it can mix any color for a desired effect, saturation or color temperature. It can also do some effects for narrative work like cop lights, tv, club or short circuit. I’ve also added two 2’ crossfade tubes which fade from warm to cool. You can see the demonstration in my self portrait below. They can also just be used as normal key and fill lights and are small enough to pack in my travel kit. So, let’s get creative!

See you on set.

Self portrait lit with 3 Quasar Science 2’ tubes. 1 rainbow tube and two crossfades.