Laina Brown - Cinematographer, Photographer

Name: Laina Brown - Cinematographer, Photographer
Address: Winnipeg, MB, CA
Telephone: +12043301788

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Laina Brown - Cinematographer, Photographer

Filmmaker and lens-based artist. I trained in Fine Arts at the University of Regina and the University of Manitoba.

I co-own FOLKS production company with my brother Taylor Brown and I specialize in cinematography and music videos.

07/24/2026

1.5 years old 🥰

04/09/2026

🎥🎥COME LEARN CINEMA CAMERAS! 🎬Hands on learning, three unique camera systems, a FTM and CSC workshop!!! Check out my story to sign up.

The three of us built this course to give more people access to cinema cameras. Come enjoy learning and networking, and getting your hands on three camera builds. For ladies / non-binary / trans folks!!!💕

02/14/2026

A little more Astrid stills with BTS - 🎥🎥 We shot with SuperSpeeds to get that shallow DOF I’m used to with stills lenses, with a more cinematic quality that didn’t take up too much space and weight for small spaces and primarily handheld operating. We needed to work fast, and being able to open up the aperture to T1.3 indoors and at night meant we could light more subtly, sometimes using more ambient light, bringing in more interesting colours being bounced around off surfaces and filling in shadows. The problem then can be creating enough contrast without bringing in a lot of neg and flagging - which would be too much time and space we didn’t have.

💡I would love to tweak forever and see how much I could control, but at the end of the day it doesn’t serve everyone to spend that much time lighting. Being able to step into a room and know how to achieve your vision (or get darn close) right aways is the goal! But you can’t always move a roof or a wall or a fixture to get it in just the right place, you have to work in real spaces with other departments and actors and blocking to pay attention to also.

Sometimes you get the perfect foggy night with a street lamp in the right place👌, but lots of times I’m just fighting with a white wall…or the reflection on the car hood, or the setting sun…but those are the best learning experiences for sure!

👋👋you shooters have any tips on balancing your vision and desire to tweak with practical constraints, I’d love to hear em 😊😊

02/13/2026

LES FAILLITES D’ASTRID - A 6 episode French comedy drama I had the pleasure of DP-ing for (with also DPing during the show).

I loved shooting a story in St.B with the character and life of St.B through Elena’s eyes. I was able to come on very early since we shot the demo together, and finding all the right locations and diving into the story and characters over months (years even, on and off) was so special to do with this team. Elena and and I really locked in during pre-production together, and our friendship became a source of strength for me during the whole production.

I really worked on trying to be a good problem solver and try to do the best I could with the time and budget we had, while keeping everything in perspective. I’m so proud of this project and what we all accomplished. It was tiring but so rewarding!

thanks for all your hard work, problem solving with me and getting us to the end of the day with beautiful images in the can. You’re a great gaffer and you’re also much more than that!
stewart.31 and thanks for being my rocks and caring about the image as much as me!

I always love having you on set whenever I get the chance :)) thanks for having my back

+ ❤️❤️❤️ woah that was a wild ride and appreciate both your leadership and dedication to your art!!!

02/06/2026

A very late 2025 recap! My posting was dismal last year, so I am making up for lost time. Can’t wait to post more of the sweet projects that made 2025 such a huge growing and learning experience year for me in my work!!

Friends who helped me out last year personally, who listened to me and fed me and cared for my family, you got me through. This includes my roomies and my family - thank you for your never ending love!

11/29/2025

The most amazing memories here :) from parties, covid lockdowns, then babies. It’s been wonderful.

Open house tomorrow 2-4:30
626 Greenwood Place

Address

Winnipeg, MB

Telephone

+12043301788

Website

http://laina.ca/

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