Visual Narrative, Process, and Practice
This blog is a place to share ideas, lessons, and observations gathered over more than three decades of working in photography, video, and visual storytelling. It reflects how I think about narrative, craft, collaboration, and the role visual media plays in helping people and organizations communicate with clarity and purpose.
I approach visual storytelling as an evolving practice. Each project, collaboration, and challenge adds to how I see the world and how I help others tell their stories. This blog is part of that ongoing process, a place to reflect, refine ideas, and share what I continue to learn through real-world work.
You’ll find writing here on photography, video production, narrative structure, creative process, and the practical realities of working with clients and teams. Some posts are instructional, others reflective, but all are rooted in experience and an ongoing commitment to doing thoughtful, honest work.
Combining Photography & Video for a Successful Corporate Event
Explore the insights gained from a solo photography and video project at a corporate event, where creative problem-solving and a blend of media captured the event’s true essence. Learn how combining these skills can elevate your corporate event coverage and storytelling.
My Headshot and Linkedin
Your LinkedIn profile is your digital handshake—make it count with a professional headshot that captures your personal brand. Learn why a great headshot is essential for your online presence and how it can set you apart in your career.
Renewed Dedication
Reignite your passion for photography and video with a renewed dedication to growth and creativity. This blog shares insights on embracing challenges and evolving in the ever-changing world of visual storytelling.
Indermaur Media Continues to Expand
Indermaur Media was established in 1992, focusing on photography for newspapers and corporate advertising, annual reports, and marketing materials. Over the years, it expanded into…
Environmental Portraits with new Protocols
We continue to move forward and adjust to the new normal. As we have always done, I recently photographed an executive with Covid protocols in place. The 3 locations were…
Video & Photography for social media uses
One of the projects I have been working on the past year is showcasing Rhode Island Small Businesses
Corporate Storytelling with an Airstream
Join Indermaur Media on a bucket-list journey across the Midwest in an Airstream, capturing the stories of farmers for PrairieFood. Discover the unique challenges and joys of storytelling on the road with video and photography.
My Experience with Productions during a Pandemic
As we all know, times have changed. Businesses have had to pivot to align with the current times. After months of lockdown, photography and video work has begun again with clients and crews. We are doing everything possible to be sure our set is…
7 Tips for Solid Film Production Management
Standard multi-media projects for Indermaur Media consist of a two-person crew. We have also worked on visual projects that involved photography and filmmaking throughout North America with a much larger cast and…
What Makes a Superior Multimedia Assistant
The best advice I was given when becoming a professional photographer was not how to price my sessions or what to put on my website. It was to start assisting. While my ego’s stomach lurched at being in my mid-thirties and being an assistant again, I shook off …
Breaking up with my Back(pack)
On our most recent video production trip to Colorado, I noticed my back starting to ache. When I told my crew they pointed fingers straight at the forty-pound photography backpack; I had been slinging around since we left Providence…
How to Create A Production Schedule
Working on a visual media production for commercial or corporate projects is always very exciting. There are a wide range of activities that all need to move quickly. For every phase of production it’s important for the entire crew to understand each moving part, remain focused on their particular role as…
How Community Banks Highlight Their Customers
Every year I have produced a video and photography project on banking and the importance of a community bank in the heart of a community. Our focus is on creating visuals to portray a thriving…
Tips for a Simple Portrait Photo Assignment
My assignments vary from larger multimedia projects to portrait photography sessions. The larger projects give me experience that I can use during the smaller assignments and…
Our Fun Team Building Activity
Years ago, I created a tradition to photograph the crew on set for our larger projects as a fun team building activity. This group photograph typically has a theme based on the project we have just completed. Our focus is to…
10 Tips for Using Mobile Phone Photography in Corporate Social Media
Many of my clients are using their mobile phones to share their corporate narrative on social media. Successful mobile phone photography is essential for any corporate social media marketing plan. I partnered up with…
6 Tips for Creating a Successful Corporate MultiMedia Production
An effective production process for digital media production is essential in making any assignment a success, beginning with a solid foundation during pre-production. This allows the content production phase to run smoothly, focused on developing compelling multimedia stories.
While producing a commercial multi-media campaign, using photography and video for a midwest financial company, we conducted a nationwide search for locations that needed a unique vision and style. We decided on Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston Biotech Photography and Video Project for Marketing
As I mentioned in the past blog, Rhode Island Commercial Photographer, I thoroughly enjoy multimedia projects of all magnitude from 100% photography or video to a mix of video and photography elements. These assignments may be smaller visual projects with only a crew consisting of myself to the large multimedia projects that include extensive travel and a team of a dozen people to accomplish successful photography and
Rhode Island Commercial Photographer for a Restaurant
There a many types of commercial photography and advertising campaigns. A number of my advertising photography projects and corporate video assignments are smaller projects that I thoroughly enjoy. I also appreciate the more significant projects, and that level of experience allows me to create an even stronger plan for the smaller advertising campaigns.