Hamilton Perkins Collection || Duffle Bag Review

As you all have seen, I've been traveling quite a bit for the month of June. Before taking off, I was approached by Hamilton Perkins to try out their duffle bag.  

I was interested to try out the bag for a few reasons: 1) I'm always interested in sustainable products, Hamilton Perkins' duffle is made out of recycled materials (plastic bottles and billboards). 2) They're a black owned business based in my family's home state of Virginia! 

I received the bag in the mail the day before taking off for Miami, check out the video below to see my complete review of the bag along with a discount code if you're interested in purchasing ;)

Also, because I'm extra I did a little impromptu photoshoot with the bag...

Let me know what you think! 

My Trip To London

What a whirlwind the end of the year has been! If you follow me on social media then you know for the first week and a half I was in London for HPE's Discover Conference.  I spent the first week of December at the ExCeL Center in the Docklands interviewing different companies about their HPE products. 

Me holding the new HPE logo

Recently HP (Hewlett Packard) split into two new companies HP Inc and HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise).  For the second half of 2015 I spent much of my time co-producing content with Big Picture Lab for this conference. 

Once the work was done, I stayed a few extra days in London to take in the sites! 

Trying some Butter Beer at the Harry Potter Studio Tour

Mr. Hallease came to join me for 3 days in London, and we tried to jam in a lot of the major sites into the visit.  We ended our stay by doing The Making of Harry Potter Warner Brother's Studio Tour! As a producer, it was so much fun seeing the attention to detail and the creativity behind all the different sets and various props. I, of course, took my camera and documented a little bit of our experience while in London, but to be honest, I didn't record as much as I usually do. I really just wanted to soak everything in, and enjoy the fruits of my hard earned labor this last quarter. 

I broke up our adventures into two videos. The first catalogs my time spent at the Natural History Museum. The second video focuses on all the different things Mr. Hallease and I did once he joined me. 

2015 has been a great year for me in regards to Travel.  I've left the country 3 times, twice for vacation and once for work, and have gotten the opportunity to see parts of the US that I would not visit otherwise.  I hope in 2016 it's more of the same! 

- Hallease

#FollowMeTo || Cancun

About two weeks ago my husband and I decided to take a little vacation to  celebrate our 4th anniversary together.  When we first got married we made a deal to take vacations instead of buying each other anniversary gifts. 

This year we went to Cancun, Mexico and had an amazing time. In true producer fashion, I brought along my Sony NEX - 5T to shoot and had the great idea of incorporating a #FollowMeTo approach to filming our adventure.  Luckily, Mr. Hallease is always willing to indulge my shenanigans. 

Let me know what you think! 

#Travel | Miami

I'm currently in the middle of co-producing a huge project with Big Picture Lab for HP, and because of that we have been consistently traveling all over to gather interview and b-roll footage of various HP campuses.  

Last week I went to Miami, Florida to talk with HP's channel partners.  While there I worked with Daniel Deloach to gather b-roll with HP devices. 

The final morning we woke up at 5:30a to get the sun rising over the beach. 

#MyPhotography | Miami Beach, Florida 

After that we drove around trying to find the best views of the city for Danny to fly his drone and get good aerial shots.  We ended up at a little bluff that gave a really great view. 

Check out the montage video I created and let me know what you think! 

#Travel | Wisconsin & Back in 48 Hours

Hey everyone, I recently went to Wisconsin to interview executives with Big Picture Lab.  The trip was really quick. I arrived in Wisconsin on a Monday and left out the following day.  Before leaving I decided it would be fun to bring my Sony NEX - 5T and catch some video documenting the trip.  

When I returned I threw it all together into a quick montage to showcase some of the highlights of the trip.  I've never been to the Midwest before so I wanted to document the experience.  We had a lot of cheese! 

Hope you enjoy the video! 

Ireland | Great Value Vacations

For spring break my husband and I went to Ireland for 7 days. It was an amazing trip! I had already been to the country before but this was his first time leaving America. We booked the entire trip through Great Value Vacations.  We did their castles of Ireland tour, which allows you to stay in 4 different castles along the northern coast of the republic. While on the trip, I documented the experience, including the hotel accommodations and local attractions. 

I love to travel, and using Great Value Vacations made it a lot more affordable. I liked this package because it was more of an independent tour. GVV handles the international flight and all hotel accommodations, once you're in the country everything is fair game, you're not stuck with a tour guide or a large group of other people. 

After coming back, I also made a video giving tips and advice as an American about visiting another country, including different social cues and customs to consider.