I worked as the 2nd A.C. on this commercial in September of 2011, for Radical Media. It was shot at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The cameras used were four Canon DSLRs (various models) and several GoPros which were used to capture timelapse footage. If you look closely, you can see me walk through the frame at about 0:15-0:16.

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-Swami Rama, in Meditation and Its Practice, p. 9.; taken from Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by H. David Coulter.

Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all. Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelt, felt or thought, expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality, and you will experience peace and freedom from fear.

Even the sense of ‘I am’ is composed of the pure light and the sense of being. The ‘I’ is there even without the ‘am’. So is the pure light there whether you say ‘I’ or not. Become aware of that pure light and you will never lose it. The beingness in being, the awareness in consciousness, the interest in every experience — that is not describable, yet perfectly accessible, for there is nothing else.”

– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, from the book “I Am That”

Courier UI Concept Video, 2008 from Thomas Gage on Vimeo.

I edited a few Courier videos in 2008. It’s a shame that the Courier project didn’t make it, the idea is so cool! Quite a different vibe from the iPad or Android tablets out there right now.

BPN Summer Invite 2005 from Thomas Gage on Vimeo.

I edited this short video in the pre-YouTube age for Portland ad agency Borders Perrin and Norrander. Now an everyday occurrence, we were amazed when it went viral. The link was initially sent to clients and friends, but the video had to be taken down after a few days when the hits exceeded around 700,000. BPN got a bill from their web hosting company for what I believe was something like $60,000 for bandwidth overage. I’m not sure if they had to pay or not! Needless to say, the party was well-attended.

National Geographic’s Expeditions to the Edge

Bon Jovi “Have A Nice Day” world tour

Working Class Acupuncture

Dandy Warhols music video shoot

Ed&Ted’s Excellent Lighting

Hewlett-Packard video project

View the set here.

The Community Acupuncture Network (CAN) is a nonprofit organization of practitioners, patients, and supporters whose goal is to make acupuncture more affordable and accessible by promoting the practice of offering acupuncture in community settings for a sliding scale payment ranging within $15-40 per treatment. Community acupuncture was started by the founders of the Working Class Acupuncture Clinic located in Portland, Oregon.

Produced by Moses Cooper & Thomas Gage. Videography by Thomas Gage.

View the set here.

This video was shot in and around Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon. I was the dolly grip on this shoot. If you look carefully you might spot me playing an applauding teacher with a turtleneck and spectacles for about one second. decemberists.com.

Directed by Greg Brown and shot by Tyson Wisbrock. I was the camera assistant/dolly on the shoot. Kevin and Anita of Viva Voce also play in a project called Blue Giant.

Mt. St. Helens erupted that day.