It’s official! We’ve moved into new video production and still photography studio space in Herndon, VA. Rock Creek Studios offers nearly 5,000 square feet of space centered around a large and flexible studio with full amenities including make-up and green rooms, client work spaces, a kitchen and workshop. And when our build-out is complete we’ll have and a large 20′ wide cyc, too. Here’s our new layout!

Give us a call or drop us a line to come see it!

Rock Creek’s been on the move a lot in the last three months shooting in Tennessee, Indiana, Alaska, Texas (everything’s bigger in Texas … except Alaska), and California and Pennsylvania which we visited twice, for clients including the Transportation Security Agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency … and more travel is expected in 2015!

But our BIG NEWS is that we’re about to move permanently into a large and flexible studio space! Rock Creek Studios will offer almost 5,000 sq. ft. of offices, editorial suites, and adaptable studio space. Our main studio is 45’x30’ with 16’ high ceilings – that’s 1350 square feet of open space large enough for nearly any application. In addition, there are spaces adjoining the main studio that effectively make it even larger and more versatile. And we’re fully outfitted with make-up and green rooms, a kitchen, and a workshop for making props and set pieces. And when our build-out is complete, we’ll have a large 20’ wide cyc for limbo or green screen shoots.

This is a shot tucked into just a corner of our space. Paul Allvin being interviewed by his daughter Vivian Allvin.

We invite you to check us out online or in person.  Just drop us a line for a tour or to discuss a project.  Our address is 1145 Herndon Parkway, Suite 500, Herndon, VA 20170; you can reach us at 703.481.6590, online at www.rock-creek.com or via email at info@rock-creek.com.

Creating a point-of-view shot of an employee sitting at an “bull pen” desk and looking out into the wider office space was easy in our flexible production studio. By constructing two half-walls, dressing the space to appear like a busy office, and populating it with extras, we created a look that pleased our client, CTEC, and achieved its goal.

Here’s a shot of the set.

Here’s a screen grab from the final shot.

Ashley Morrison delivers a package while Ashley Mushett fights with a printer, Linda Ross talks on the phone, and Susan Aglio works on the whiteboard. (Not seen are Lea Mulligan, Cale Harfoush, Chris Polito, and Chris Guarraia; Martin Spitznagle was CTEC’s director).

We are currently on location in beautiful Homer, Alaska – working on a project for Veteran Affairs.

These two views overlook Cook Inlet and the surrounding volcanic mountains and glaciers.

Behind the scenes on the TSA Active Shooter training video

We are spending this week filming a TSA Active Shooter training video at the Indianapolis Airport – it has been making the news!

Below are some links to see some of the coverage and behind the scenes footage.

http://www.abc57.com/video/Indy-airport-to-be-used-as-training-film-location-276851381.html

http://wishtv.com/2014/09/23/video-being-filmed-at-ind-could-be-a-lifesaver/

Rock Creek just wrapped another studio shoot in which we created a mock news report for a National Defense University security exercise.  Here you can see a couple of images of our film production studio — the first showing the space and crew during a rehearsal and the second a screen-shot from the program itself.  Our main studio floor is large, but it offers options that can extend the space even further, as you see here.

Here’s a shot of Carlyncia Peck in front of the camera (with Steve Ray in the background) during a rehearsal; the crew is Jake Mosholder, Steve Agnew, Jonathan Cohen, Donny Aros, and Barbara York (l -r).

And here’s a resulting screen shot with Carlyncia Peck ( and Steve Ray, Rebecca Hyde, and Albert Keys in the background).

Rock Creek Productions’ independent documentary film Peace Through Education: Stealing the Light http://www.peacethrougheducationfilm.com was recently picked up by North Carolina’s Center for Public Television this week.

A timely story about the challenges of illiteracy and building educational infrastructure in one of the most conflict-torn areas in Afghanistan, this film demonstrates the power of education in creating civil society. We will be sure to post an update once we know the broadcast schedule.

In response to several requests for information on our new video production studio, we’ve put together a comp sheet of several of the different “looks” we’ve created. With our main space at 45’x30’ with 16′ ceilings, we can do much more, but we’ve only been operating for a fairly short time, and so almost everything is still out there in front of us. But we can build set walls and props or make use of existing office-type spaces, shoot in front of seamless or green screen backgrounds. The possibilities are fairly endless, so why don’t you try us out, see what we can do for you and your clients?