Since starting up in early 2018, we have organized a series of master classes, workshops, demos, and skill shares, as well as some meet-ups, social and festival outings to watch work together. All activities are organized by collective members.

Our first Master Class with renowned DP Nadia Hallgren.
Lighting workshop at DTC Grip & Electric with expert gaffer Mila Puccini.
Mila Puccini covers various lighting configurations at DTC.
The group in one of our lighting setups.
Panelists at our IDA Getting Real 2018 session: Ashley Mills, Alexandria Bombach, Rita Baghdadi, Shuling Yong
Female Cinematographer Convening at IDA Getting Real 2018 (Photo by Mustafa Rony Zeno for IDA). From top left: Shuling Yong, Moderators Jen Gilomen & Alix Blair, Rita Baghdadi, Alexandria Bombach, Ashley Mills.
Edit your reel work session (2018)

A meet-up and gear demos, June 2019
a group of ~25 women watching DP Kadri Koop speak
Cinematography workshop with DP Kadri Koop at CCA, November 2019
Sound workshop with Shuling Yong (and women in audio), September 2019
VR Workshop at Google, December 2019
VR Workshop at Google, December 2019

When the pandemic hit, and nearly all production ceased, we began supporting each other virtually. The group became even more important to many of us, and we shared resources on a daily basis.

We organized a virtual panel session for IDA Getting Real 2020. Speakers were Gabriella Garcia Pardo, Princess Hairston, Vatsala Goel (a CDWC member) and Shandiin Tome. It was a fantastic conversation aligned with the conference themes of “Access, Power, and Possibility.”
Finally, in 2021, many of us were cautiously resuming production and in-person learning opportunities like these camera tests.

June 2024 – DJI4 demos

Weekend retreat in Grass Valley, 2024