Camera Ambassador

🎉ONE WEEK OUT! We are so excited to be partnering with Jay Holben to bring such a cool class to our community. Drawing from his years of experience as a Director and cinematographer as well as his landmark works The Cine Lens Manual and The Director’s Guide to Everything, Jay will guide attendees through the creative and analytical work of preproduction — exploring how choices in lenses, filtration, and camera systems can be harnessed not just technically, but expressively, in service of story. 🎬

This is not a gear seminar; it’s a conversation about how the most intentional filmmakers build a cohesive visual identity before the camera ever rolls. Whether you’re a director developing your eye, a cinematographer deepening your craft, or a writer considering how their words might be transformed into moving images, Script to Screen offers a rare opportunity to think seriously about the images that you make and why you make them.

*This class is designed for working proffesionals with a firm base of experience rather than an entry-level course.*

RSVP for free at the link in our bio.

Our owner & founder Erica Duffy joins four fellow rental house leaders for “PERG Presents: Making Great Relationships with Rental Companies” — an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how crew and rental houses build the partnerships that get productions made.

Catch the panel at Filmscape Chicago: 📅 Sat, June 27 · 11:00–11:45 AM 📍 Main Stage — CineCity Studios, 1414 S Western Ave

Stay after for a PERG coffee hour in the MBS Lounge and let’s keep the conversation going. Home sweet rental home. 🧡

Moderated by Mark Wofford (). Featuring Keslow Camera, Appel Panavision, , Camera Ambassador 🎥📸, &

Call for Volunteers — Filmscape Chicago 2026.
Camera Ambassador is looking for volunteers to help run our VIP Lounge at the Midwest’s largest film & television expo, June 25–28 at CineCity Studios. Event prep, guest hospitality, bar and buffet support, activations — there’s a place for every kind of helper.
Every confirmed volunteer receives:
— A Camera Ambassador thank-you tote
— $100 in gear credit for each day worked
— Food and drinks on shift
— An inside look at the show, and our community

Please note: this is an application, not a guaranteed spot; we’ll reach out to confirm. Priority goes to folks who are available Friday–Sunday who can lend a hand with food/buffet support.

Apply now — link in bio. Go together.

🎬 Great images don’t happen by accident. The most intentional filmmakers do the work long before the camera rolls — in the choices they make about lenses, filtration, and camera systems, and in how those choices serve the story they’re trying to tell. 🎞️

Join us and Jay Holben, author of A Cine Lens Manual and The Director’s Guide to Everything, for Script to Screen: Developing Your Visual Language — a masterclass in the creative preproduction process behind truly purposeful filmmaking.

Link in bio to reserve your spot.

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