Unboxing is a short narrative dance film demonstrating the ability we all have to unbox the patterns within our lives that have been handed down to us by the patriarchal and cultural traditions within our modern societies. Click the link above to watch the film.

Photography: A personal focus of mine has been silently capturing images from the sky along with their raw, natural sounds—I take aerial photos and videos without noisy drones or manned aircraft. My new feature film — Eye of the Wind — documents my adventures as a kite aerial photographer.  My kite aerial photo/video blog can be viewed here.  A feed of my photojournalism work for the Manitou Island Transit can be seen here. 

Film: The art of capturing and editing motion pictures arrived in my life around 1999 when my grandfather gave my family a small Sony digital camera. I remember being only able to shoot 15-second video clips on the 4 MB memory card as a teenager—when I received an 8 MB memory stick later that year, I was elated by the freedom of space. More than 20 years later, I continue to capture still and moving images—except now on 1 TB cards (250,000 times the memory I first had). 

During the past two decades that spanned this era of advancing technology, I had the opportunity to study art and humanities at four institutions—including Northwestern Michigan College, Montana State University, Western Washington University, and Prescott College (where I funneled my experiences into a focus of environmental photojournalism). Woven into my history are several thousand hours of producing, filming, and editing a wide array of stories, sights, and scenes from across North America as well as Ethiopia.

One of the highlights of my career was having the opportunity to be a location cinematographer and advisor for the environmental documentary, Planet of the Humans. The film was produced by Huron Mountain Films and released by Michael Moore's company—Rumble Media—on Earth Day 2020. My complete list of clients includes:

Mammoth Distilling  |  Non-GMO Project  |  On The Ground  |  Northwestern Michigan College  |  Cirrus Design  |  Vashon Island Co-Housing  |  Manitou Island Transit  |  Pedal Party Northwest  |  Quaking Grass Studios  |  Inspire Studio  |  SEEDS  |  MMC Joule Films  |  Artist House  |  Portland Kaleidoscope Community Yoga  |  Portland Regional Contact Jam  |  Bozeman Community Food Co-op  |  Earthwork  |  Dance Camp Northwest  |  Porterhouse Productions  |  YogaFest  |  Michael Moore  |  Huron Mountain Films |  Traverse City Film Festival  |  Old Town Playhouse  |  Leelanau Players  |  T.C. Christian School  |  Bellingham Community Food Co-op  |  Chris Dorman  |  Earthwork Music  |  Great Lakes Air  |  Love Farm

I have also crafted various dance showcase films and instructional videos throughout my years of teaching co-creative partner movement—they can be seen on my dance website at leadfollowflow.com.

hello@jamesschaberg.com 

+(1) 231.631.2172