Exhale Creative

Don’t Hire Me to Shoot Your Video. Hire Me to Tell Your Story.

 
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About DJ

I will never forget the moment it clicked for me. I spent years trying to figure out what I wanted to do and how it could be meaningful to other people. I was working on a video editing project for a friend, in which I was tasked with turning a bunch of unorganized footage (that I had not shot) into a complete thought for an extremely important and personal event in that person’s life. I knew I was good at telling stories but it was through that project, and through that friend, that I realized who I wanted to be as a creative.

My background is in branding and marketing, but my passion is telling stories. Whether that be the story of a new product, an artist on tour, or a wedding, I have produced/edited hundreds of videos for clients of all types. I come at every project with the perspective of how can we take this piece of content and elevate the brand? While I can be “just a video guy” when I need to be, I like to help people think long term about what their content strategy is and what it should be.

So don’t just hire me to shoot your videos. Hire me to help tell your story.

Photo Credit: Joshua Thomas who asked it be titled “Invisible Beach Ball Champion”

A Quick Video About Us

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DJ Lipscomb is like a human Swiss Army knife. Whether it’s helping me brainstorm & strategize a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign for the 10 year anniversary of an album or working with me to sketch out, film, edit, and deliver the videos for my Middle Class Musician online course, he’s always gone beyond to deliver an amazing product. Above all that, he’s a genuinely great guy & friend. Any time I have a new idea, he’s on my very short list of first phone calls.
— Derek Webb: Musician, Entrepreneur
 
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DJ and I have worked together for a number of years, and he has always helped make my own work easier and more productive. I greatly appreciate him for many reasons: he always shows up, he’s got a great attitude, he’s flexible, and he works fast – but most importantly, he has truly excellent storytelling instincts. Whether I have an initial vision for a project or not, I know he’ll immediately ‘get it’ and take the right steps to help me realize it. Those instincts, coupled with an excellent understanding of the recording industry, are a rare and much-appreciated match.
— Chris Dauray, Owner Duration Consulting
 
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Few people have the ability to craft and tell a story the way that DJ does through video. Give him the framework and objective and watch the wheels start to turn. He has amazing aesthetic taste visually, understands how to complement those visual images with great audio, and is a great collaborator. A true polymath. He is absolutely on my shortlist of creative’s to call for this kind of work.
— Mark Montgomery, Co-Founder CSO NuSachi, Entrepreneur
 
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In the years I’ve known and worked with DJ, I’ve seen him evolve- as a creative and entrepreneur- from his beginnings in management and corporate marketing to the owner/operator of a successful independent shop. We’ve worked together on multiple projects, from startups to nonprofits, and the highest praise I can give is that he’s always my first call for creative visuals + narrative. I have zero trepidation in endorsing both his work and him as a genuinely talented, trustworthy and caring human.
— F. Reid Shippen, Grammy Winning Producer/Engineer, SongFarm.Org, Entrepreneur

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