About Me

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Tools I Use

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Hardware

Canon EOS R50 Mirrorless Camera

Canon EOS R50 Mirrorless Camera RF-S18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Kit

The camera I use most often, whether on a tripod or handheld. Paired with the Rode Wireless Go II microphone system for recording audio.

Sony ZV E10 Mirrorless Camera with 16 50mm Lens

Sony ZV-E10 Mirrorless Camera with 16-50mm Lens

Used for videos filmed while working on Palm Beach County’s Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. For recording audio, paired with the Sony ECM-W2BT digital bluetooth wireless microphone system.

Apple iPhone XS

Apple iPhone XS Max, iOS 18.5, 64 GB capacity

I’ve had this phone since its release (2018) and it’s incredible how crystal clear the footage is when capturing video on the fly. I don’t use this for recording audio, just B-roll. For quick voice recordings, I use an iPhone 15 paired with OS Tech’s Dual Wireless Lavalier Microphone for iPhone & Android (click button to see on Amazon).

Software

My current editing suite for professional-grade video, audio, and color correction.

My favorite open-source multi-track audio editor, for editing and mixing music and recorded sound.

My go-to for rapid layout design, social assets, and AI-powered design tools like background removal, erasure, and animation.

AI Tools

Below are the go-to’s, but I use many others, plus sound effects, public domain music, and found audio.

For creating detailed visuals (including from data), turning long-form video content into shorter, diverse formats, creating infographics, brainstorming ideas and generating code to bring them to life.

Like Figma but powered by AI and vibe design, this tool is great for exploring ideas quickly based on what I hope to achieve or want the audience to feel, or what’s inspiring me at the moment. Stitch’s voice capability lets me speak directly to the canvas, asking it to change colors, rearrange elements, or critique my design out loud. I use it to create interactive prototypes and for design inspiration.

To create incredibly realistic, stylized image generation for social media graphics, thumbnails, and visual brainstorming.

Source-grounded AI-powered research partner; upload PDFs, websites, videos, audio files and more, get insights, convert to podcast-style audio overview, infographic, quiz, mind map, and more.

AI-powered search and fact-checking to support accurate, fast research. Backed with citations.

Long-form content refinement, research distillation, and AI-generated games coded on the platform.