This video is a tribute to my Dad who passed away of cancer on August 29th, 2010. He left behind many great memories and touched many peoples lives with his charm and sense of humor.

As we were collecting photos and going through the footage I shot of him in his last months my Mother and I found that it was therapeutic to go through these memories, not painful. As we started going through some of the older photos, I started to realizing different sides of my Dad that I did not know before. It was like I was seeing parts of him for the first time. Thats when I knew I needed to create a video that truly showed who he was. Even if a total stranger were to see this video I wanted them to have a feeling of who he was. 

Using photos, memorabilia and personal objects we set up shrines of the most important facets of his life. I shot the sets using a Canon 5D MII and many different camera techniques using a slider. 

Props to my friends Jessica Schuler for shrine assemblage and Greg Grzeszczak for editing.