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The blog for anyone who’s ever wanted to quit this business- and didn’t.
A Revisionist DoP Makes Cinematic Splendor From An Old Indie Film
A collection of film stills(shotdeck) from the feature film: 'Me, You and Five Bucks'(2015) - finally gets the color timing it always deserved, but never got. Cinematographer Keith DeCristo shows us what could have been.
Unplanned Iconography III - The Dragnificent Season Finale
“Keith DeCristo’s surreal portraits for TLC’s Dragnificent finale turn chaos into beauty, proving hope blooms in the toughest spots.”
The Day I Shot an Adult Film in 2004: Fear, Chaos, and Missing Light
In 2004, a DoP battles fear and chaos on an adult film set—where missing light becomes the ultimate test of grit.
A Film Fanatic Is Keeping It Real- Keith DeCristo’s Analog To AI Workflow.
“The light glides under the negative, casting animated shadows across the walls and ceiling like some kind of analog puppet show.
You watch it pass under faces—old, familiar, forgotten—and they don’t look like portraits.
They look like apparitions.”
Fear, Loathing and Flatbeds | A Scanner-Induced Breakdown
A cinematic diary of isolation, analog obsession, and the scanner that sparked a psychological unraveling. Part memoir, part meltdown, all real.
The box said “100% archival, vegan, and devastating.” I opened it anyway. #FearLoathingFlatbeds
Unplanned Iconography II. This time, its personal. Styled by Naomi Cooper
There’s no craft to it. Not really. Just proximity, a reasonably functional camera, and the willingness to be caught off guard. To see the sacred in the incidental. The theatre in the detritus. You don’t capture these moments so much as agree to host them.
That Time I Played the Long-Shot and Ended Up at the Great Pyramids | Field Notes from Cairo
“When the gigs dried up and the city froze over, I did what any half-broke creative with a passport and a questionable sense of self-preservation would do: I took a job in Cairo. Here’s how that went.”
That Time I Almost Got Arrested for Touching Kubrick’s Typewriter
“I came for Kubrick. I stayed for the typewriter. I left before being cuffed. A love letter to a forbidden moment at the Stanley Kubrick Exhibit in LA.”
On A Bright September Morning | A Tribute in Images and Haiku
Some stories are too sacred to summarize. “One Day in September” pairs images and haiku to honor the ones who stayed, the ones who were lost, and the ones who still carry the silence.
Models before 10am: an intimate portrait series | FCKINPHOTOBLG
Keith DeCristo’s Models Before 10am captures intimate black-and-white portraits of women in lingerie, revealing unscripted morning light and solitude.
Un-Planned Iconography Vol. One: The Civillian Cover Story
I used to think the best images were the ones you planned—the ones where the talent hit their mark, the light spilled just right, and the whole damn thing looked like it belonged on a moodboard next to a quote from Tarkovsky and an ashtray.
But- the ones that stick with me? They’re almost always the throwaways.
SE7EN DAYS TO CALI | Cross-Country Motorcycle Memoir
“I got the call, packed the bike, and left New York with 3,500 miles between me and what I couldn’t say out loud. A cross-country ride with ghosts riding pillion.”
That Time I Used the Force… and Shot for ELLE UK | Behind the Lens
In 2012, I was broken, brilliant, and about to fake my way into one of the most iconic shoots of my career. This is the story of burnout, blind luck, and how a Canon 1DX with no silent shutter forced me into post-production witchcraft that somehow landed me in the pages of ELLE UK. Warning: contains eagles, French cigarettes, and emotional whiplash.