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Category Archives: Documentary Films
I am BEYOND thrilled to announce that our labor of love, the documentary feature film The Other Shore, will have its World Premiere at SXSW film festival this 2013. Less than 2% of all films submitted get into this prestigious {and RAD} film festival. So you can imagine our elation. We’re kicking off the good...
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Caine’s Arcade, Cardboard Challenge Sneak Peek … There are no words for the sweet glee and overwhelm I felt at this past Saturday’s live Cardboard Challenge event in Los Angeles, October 6th. Here’s a quickie, casual iphone sneak peek of me with Director Nirvan Mullick and little boss man Caine Monroy. The three of us...
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CBS NEWS Kids + Cardboard Will Change The World It’s no secret. Since I was 19 years old, fresh off the plane from NH, I’ve been blessed to work on so many incredible creative projects here in Los Angeles. Producing for the Caine’s Arcade followup film, alongside the ridiculously talented producers/writers/directors Erin Heidenreich and Bristol...
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“You Don’t Give Up. It’s EASY to Give Up.” ~Diana Nyad~ If you’ve signed up for your Backstage Pass {noodle on over to the right if you haven’t}, you’ve heard my story on how I successfully lived a formerly mediocre life. I was the girl who made a job out of finding a man, when I should...
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 June 2011 Issue, Success Magazine, Photographs of Diana Nyad It’s been my absolute privilege and honor to document famed marathon swimmer, Diana Nyad, as she attempts to swim nonstop from Cuba to Florida this summer 2011, now at 61. Nyad’s dream swim, chronicled in our Documentary Film “The Other Shore,” calls out the greatness in us all...
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 “There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child – and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own.” ~Robert Brault~ PLEASE WAIT FOR VIDEO TO LOAD or RELOAD PAGE. {Watch, Comment, and Repost to Save a Life.} In honor of mothers everywhere, yours and mine, on...
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 “When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.” ~ Cuban Proverb ~ There are just some places you have to witness for yourself. Without question, Cuba is definitely one of those places. I feel so blessed to have experienced it first hand, thanks to my being the photographer and co-producer on Diana Nyad’s feature documentary...
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 “You don’t give up. It’s easy to give up. There’s such meat for life and sticking with things.” ~ Diana Nyad Check out Diana’s Nyad’s interview on ABC’s “GOOD MORNING AMERICA” with Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos. Despite ongoing concerns over Cuban visas and hurricane season, Diana was as warm and as upbeat as ever....
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 We’re nearly there. CUBA to FLORIDA here we come! Check out this ESPN.com piece, entitled Diana Nyad: Back to the Sea Again. It is a wonderful article about the famed marathon ocean swimmer who is, as I type, in Key West, FL gearing up to swim nonstop from Cuba to Florida. Emmy nominated Director, Timothy Wheeler, and I...
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 DREAMS are not only for the young, but for whomever is brave and willing. It’s happening!!! I just got word that it looks like our Cuban visas our done and we’re now just waiting on weather {yes, those three little hurricanes need to go ahead and wrap things up }. So with my passport in...
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 Exclusive CNN coverage with legendary marathon swimmer, Diana Nyad, immediately before and following the successful completion of her 24 consecutive training swim in Key West, July 10th, 2010. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO DREAM. (Watch videos below. Wait to load or reload page) Keep checking back for Sneak Peaks of Video Clips and Photography from the...
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Tags: 24 hour siwm, Brava Body, CNN, Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad, KCRW, Lifestyle, Marathon Ocean Swimmer, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, Studio, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, World Record
 SHE DID IT!!! We knew she would!!! I want to give the grandest, warmest, loudest CONGRATULATIONS to my hero and my friend Diana Nyad, who on the morning of Sunday, July 11th, 2010 successfully completed her 24 Consecutive Hour training swim in preparation for Cuba to Florida. Below is just a Sneak Peak at highlights...
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Tags: 24 hour siwm, Brava Body, CNN, Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad, KCRW, Lifestyle, Marathon Ocean Swimmer, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Studio, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, World Record
 WE’RE OFF! A few hours of sleep and we’ve set out for 40 miles off the coast of Oceanside Marina in Key West, FL where Diana Nyad will do her last 24 hour training swim before reattempting to swim from Cuba to Florida later this summer. As the sun was just peaking up over the...
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 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! In less than 5 hours I will be heading to the Key West marina with the incredible documentary film team, lead by Director Timothy Wheeler (and recent EMMY nominee for Animal Planet’s “Whale Wars!”) Together with the CNN crew, we’re thrilled to cover Diana Nyad’s impressive 24-Hour swim. This will be her final training...
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Tags: Brava Body, CNN, Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad, Lifestyle, Marathon Ocean Swimmer, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, World Record
WHEN A LITTLE VOICE BEGS FOR SOMETHING MORE, ANSWER THE DREAM. Legendary Marathon Swimmer, Diana Nyad, Battles Open Water Elements in 24-hour swim off Key West and in 102.5 mile swim from Cuba to Florida without a Shark Cage. I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS DREAM TEAM & DOCUMENTARY FILM. Watch this TOP STORY...
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Tags: Brava Body, CNN, Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad, Marathon Ocean Swimmer, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, Studio, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, World Record
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