About
Hello. My name is Galvin Collins. I am a Cinematographer/Photographer living in the great city of Portland Oregon. I graduated out of The Art Institute of Portland in 2007, where I earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Digital Media Production. In my time at the Art Institute I was able to experience every aspect of production but it was in camera and lighting that I found my passion. I made it my educational focus to learn as much about cinematography as I could as well as get as much experience behind the lens.
I first found my love of filmmaking with my father Gary Collins. As a young man my father enjoyed shooting ski films on 8MM film, splicing the footage together to make highlight reels. His love for visual storytelling evolved and progressed with the availability of consumer video. Soon he was making short comedies mixed with adventure sports like skiing, rafting, kayaking, and dirt bikes.
Throughout my youth my father would write shoot and edit elaborate home movies that were the foundation of my love of visual storytelling. In making these home movies I was exposed to linear editing with SVHS and eventually into the Hi8 world. While I was in high school I was introduced to miniDV and computer based nonlinear editing. I can thank my father for planting the seed that would then become my passion.
