I'm Quinn Taplin. I make pictures for a living.

It started on film, developing my own rolls in a school darkroom.

Fourteen years professionally behind the camera. Thirty-plus countries, eight of them lived in. I've shot narrative, documentary, corporate, and commercial work for national brands and original series picked up by streaming networks. Time overseas taught me how to read a room, a crew, and a culture fast — skills that shape every project I walk onto.

A few years of that time I spent as a Director of Marketing in Southeast Asia. Most DPs never see that side of the industry. I know what makes a commercial actually work, not just what makes it look good. Three Super Bowl spots. Hiring campaigns that blew past their goals. Work on stadium screens and in international airports.

I'm an owner-operator based in Phoenix. I run a small rental house, Drifthouse Media Co. Full kit at drifthouse.co/equipment-rentals. I work with people who invest in their craft as much as I invest in mine.

I make time for nonprofits doing work that matters. I mentor emerging filmmakers because somebody did that for me.

Always up for a good project. Drop a line.