Chasing light, motion & feeling

10 years. Still day one.

I’ve been chasing light, motion, and feeling for ten years. It started with a phone and a simple urge to capture how things looked, sounded, and moved.

That turned into vlogs, then my first paid client, and somehow never stopped. Ten years and hundreds of films later, the excitement still feels exactly like day one.

I’m an opportunistic cinematographer. I go where the story is, and my real passion is capturing emotion. The look in someone’s eyes, the deep breath before a big moment, the quiet after it’s over. Those are the moments I live for.

  • 400+Films
  • 100+Flights
  • Still curious.
Hayley smiling in a hi-vis vest with her camera at a car event
Hayley smiling with one arm raised, in her black cap and camera harness at an event
Hayley holding her cinema camera rig, monitor in view
Hayley smiling in a hi-vis vest and pointing at the camera
Hayley smiling in a Camp Sherman beanie, taking a selfie on a log above a rushing river

About

Driven by adventure.
Rooted in purpose.

Everything behind the lens

  • Hayley doing a kettlebell side lunge in the gym

    Passionate about fitness

    The gym keeps me strong, focused and ready for long shoots, long trails and long nights.

  • Hayley laughing on a wooden bench in her red helmet, red shirt, backpack and radio chest harness

    Search and rescue

    I serve as a search and rescue volunteer. Being out in the field when someone needs help keeps me grounded and reminds me what matters.

  • Hayley sitting behind her Subaru Forester on a red dirt road in the fog

    National parks & off-roading

    Chasing views, exploring trails, and pushing limits in some of the most beautiful places on earth.

  • Yasha, Hayley’s black cat, with green eyes and a purple collar

    Home time with Yasha

    The best co-pilot anyone could ever have in life.

Behind the scenes

A glimpse into the process, passion, and people behind every frame.

Personal Captures

  • Mushrooms growing on moss
  • Two mushrooms close up
  • Snail on an orange flower
  • Owl perched in a eucalyptus tree
  • Sisters peaks at sunset with a blurred foreground
  • Mountain seen through a truck window
  • Red and black Subaru Forester parked among pines
  • Pink and white fireworks bursting in the night sky
  • Fog over the valley with the Three Sisters behind
  • Pink and green bromeliad from above
  • White horse on a desert trail with mountains behind
  • Night light painting beside a rally van
  • Deer grazing on a lawn by the forest
  • Pineapple plant with spiky leaves
  • Gray jay perched on a pine branch
  • Two deer on the grass framed by a doorway
  • Hawaiian sea turtle resting on the rocks
  • Purple lupine flower in green grass
  • Steller's jay on a weathered wooden rail
  • Crawfish held up in a hand
  • Heron standing on a rock by the water
  • German shorthaired pointer portrait
  • Palm tree on a black sand beach
  • Boots on a wooden plank over beach grass
  • Gray squirrel on a windowsill
  • Desert tortoise walking over rocks
  • Tangled grasses and roots
  • Girl in an orange jacket sitting on a stone wall
  • Steller's jay perched on a post
  • Gray jay on a snowy branch
  • Rocky Hawaiian coastline at dusk
  • Two bearded friends smiling at a crawfish
  • Palm trees along a Hawaiian beach
  • Red fall maple leaves

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