When our younger daughter, then about two, climbed into Sherri’s arms after a long day playing with her cousins at her grandparents’ ranch, she was exhausted. Big tears welled up in her eyes and Sherri asked, “What’s wrong, honey?” Even there, at play in a perfect Pacific Northwest evening and among her family, she realized that she was a long way from home. “I don’t know,” the small voice whimpered, “I just want to go back to my little blue house.”
Years later, during a big remodeling project, we considered painting the house a new color. As we sat at the kitchen table, that same daughter, now ten, eyed the assorted paint chips with suspicion. No matter how we tried to “spin” the decision, we couldn’t generate enthusiasm for green or grey or brown. In the end, we couldn’t bear to make the change, so our little blue house remains our little blue home.
And so, in some senses, that home helps to define us.
Sherri James is a Gold Telly Award-winner in the Cinematography category for her work on the popular public television travel program, Real Rail Adventures. On top of that, she’s shot scores of travel, how-to, and corporate videos, many under challenging circumstances. But whether in a carefully controlled studio setting or a run-and-gun, one-chance-to-get-the-shot, golden-hour travel location, her attention to every detail in the frame makes editing time a snap. Her sweeping drone footage astounds and extensive steady gimbal work has honed her ability to walk backwards in all terrains without stumbling.
Jeff Wilson has spent a career mostly in front of the camera, hosting hundreds of episodes for public television, HGTV, and the DIY Network, as well as being featured in commercials and corporate films. While currently host of the multiple Telly Award-winning Real Rail Adventures, he also serves as producer and editor for the Little Blue House Productions team. As a published author (The Greened House Effect, Chelsea Green, 2013), he understands the value of well-written communications. As a seasoned communicator, he understands how to deliver complex information at a hammer-and-nail level.
What People Say
I’m not sure that I’ve met a more talented guy than Jeff. In fact, if I was just a little more jealous, I wouldn’t write this. In all seriousness, the guy can do it all from production, editing and writing to singing, piano playing and construction. A real modern day Renaissance man.
Art Growden, Art Growden Creative
Jeff is amazing to work with. Give him the text and five minutes later he is ready to go and flawless. Can’t say enough about his ability on camera.
Robert Spruill, Filmshack
Indeed, it’s a pleasure to unconditionally recommend Jeff Wilson as a gifted television host who knows how to connect with an audience; as a world-class voice-over narrator; as a perceptive and knowledgeable media producer, and most of all as a human being.
John Givens, Executive Producer/CEO, Small World Productions
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