With “Impact the Future”, our new seven minute Documentary Short, we wanted to create a 🚀 breakout piece that has our fingerprints all over it for our new documentary reel. When you watch, you will have a direct portal into our natural, soulful & intuitive sense of storytelling.

Why diversify from Kids & Lifestyle Spots and broaden our reel now?
I have a hunch real people storytelling is going to be huge, coming out of Covid. We are now directing docs that are 💯% intimate - zero pretense - where texture is embraced by making the everyman the hero.

This production showcases just how much we thrive on cultivating captivating performances from real people and crafting vivid stories that you feel.

We wrote, directed & edited “Impact the Future”.
In addition to producing this project from pre-pro through directing, and every element of post (editing, color grading, sfx, audio mixing), we also collaborated with Emmy nominated composer Christian Moder in writing the musical score.

Your feedback on the film is most welcome.

Stay safe. Stay creative. Be positive. Let’s Zoom! Let’s shoot!  🛠, SAW

and… we’re back!

Well, within reason, of course. We have Covid Production Protocols in place and work with crew that takes precaution seriously. We are networked for you to view remotely, or safely on set with us in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Give me a call and I will walk you through our new workflow.

Hi there. I’m Stephen Austin Welch, a commercial director & advertising photographer.

We shoot tv spots & still photographic campaigns for ad agencies, creative firms, companies and magazines both locally in California and around the globe.

In our Broadcast Directing work, we shoot kids & family spots, lifestyle spots and real people documentary shorts.

With my Still Photography, I specialize in crafting lifestyle images with a twist, genuine portraits and dramatic landscapes.

See ’em all on our websites:  spots  »  knsaw.com  &  stills  »  sawphoto.com

Call me, SAW, for the next visual story you want to tell.

We love to shoot!