There's an obvious downside to hiring an audacious accountant or riding with a daredevil cab driver. But in a video editor, adventurousness is a definite asset. It's a quality that can energize, elevate, enhance, even transform a project. Once you realize this, not having someone as adventurous as Chris edit your next job may be the biggest risk you can take.

Does this mean Chris is unfocused and reckless? Absolutely not. It's simply means he has the experience and the chops to tell your story effectively in more than one way. Of course, first and foremost there's your way. And Chris can deliver that, quickly and deftly, if that's what you want. But the same urge that drives Chris to skydive and schuss down snowy mountains in his leisure drives him to go further in his work, to amp up his efforts and explore the possibilities.

His goal, of course, is to end up with a good story well told. And by applying the skills he honed in long-form TV, his adept touch with graphics and effects and his good-humored high spirits Chris makes that goal a reality. And that's invariably a thrill. For all involved.