I’D LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR GROUP

Email me at:

jeff@cameramaninclogs.com

Please include:

  • Your audience

  • Preferred date/format (virtual or in-person)

  • Which topic interests you

I typically respond within 24-48 hours.

AUDIENCES

BOOK CLUBS

I love discussing the book with readers. What’s behind the stories, what didn’t make it onto the page, and what surprised me in the writing. Virtual sessions or in-person in the NYC area.

INDUSTRY EVENTS

Film schools, production companies, and media conferences. What fifty years behind the camera taught me about storytelling, the craft, the changes in the industry, and what hasn't changed.

LIBRARY & COMMUNITY EVENTS

From trafficking survivors to prisoners training guide dogs, I’ve spent decades documenting people society often overlooks. These talks focus on the power of storytelling and the resilience of the people behind the lens.

SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES

Career journeys, documentary filmmaking, and the ethics of the lens. What fifty years taught me about seeing the world clearly and knowing when to put the camera down.

CORPORATE EVENTS

Lessons in resilience, adaptation, and learning to see what others miss, told through real-world shoots that went right, and some that went very wrong.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Format: 30-60 minute presentation followed by Q&A

Delivery: Virtual (Zoom) or in-person (NYC area)

Style: Conversational storytelling with vivid examples from fifty years behind the lens. No PowerPoint. No slides. Just stories that put you there.

SAMPLE TOPICS

Behind the Lens: Fifty Years of Stories Nobody Else Saw

From Hollywood sets to homeless shelters. What I learned shooting everyone from celebrities to people society had stopped seeing.

The Camera as Shield: Distance, Presence, and What Matters

How spending your life watching instead of living can reveal what truly matters.

Always Rolling: Lessons in Adaptation and Resilience

From film to video to digital. From parties to prisons to presidents. How to keep going when everything changes around you.

Documenting the Invisible: Stories That Need to Be Told

Twenty-five years of nonprofit documentaries about people fighting their way back from the margins of society.

For speaking engagements and live storytelling inquiries: