Archives: Staff Bios

Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein has flown over 500 successful and diverse commercial drone pilot jobs since 2016 ranging from documentaries, music festivals and events, live broadcasts, car commercials, real estate, promotional marketing and beyond. One of the most notable drone projects was the live broadcast of the College Football National Championship Halftime Show on ESPN with over 28 million viewers.

In addition, Jeff has been the drone operator for many live performances, including Imagine Dragons, Lil Wayne, ODESZA and, most recently, Olivia Rodrigo’s live performance at the San Diego Rady Shell for a Universal production.

Jeff has also operated during large festivals including BottleRock in Napa and 4XFAR in the Coachella Valley.

Jeff also has experience in high security projects as well, including aerial filming for multiple military contractors and the Navy, including the dry docking of two Navy destroyers on a brand new flagship dry dock by BAE systems.

Based in San Diego, California, Jeff has experience in locations such as downtown San Diego, including Petco Ballpark, San Francisco’s Bay Bridge and financial district, the Port of Oakland, Port of San Francisco, Port of San Diego, San Diego Maritime Museum, Port of Ensenada, the US Border Patrol, military contractors and multiple California State Parks.

Although most of his work is conducted in California, Jeff works all over the country and world, including Canada, Mexico, Greece, Ukraine and Montenegro.

Jeff’s is holds a FAA Part 107 certification.

Chris Jenkins

Chris Jenkins is a communications professional who is excited to be back in San Diego. Chris has extensive work experience in the public relations field, having served for a government agency that serves upwards of 1 million customers.

Chris has contributed time and energy to several campaigns, including a nonprofit at his alma mater that serves college students facing food insecurities. This campaign generated web traffic that garnered over 1,800 pounds of nonperishable food items. This won the highly coveted “Polaris Award” from the PRSA-Inland Empire Chapter in 2017. Other highlights include constructing the Standard Operating Procedure on how to post social media content for Western Municipal Water District.

What started out as hobbies, Chris’ videography, photography and social media skills have helped him seamlessly transition into the video production industry. Chris has helped produce a number of video campaigns, including educational water efficiency videos for the Western Municipal Water District. Chris graduated as a Lambda Pi Eta member with a Bachelor of Arts in communication from California State University, San Bernardino.

In his downtime, Chris is physically active and most likely has a basketball or a camera in his hand.

BROOKLYNN WHITE

An aspiring cinematographer, Brooklynn White uses her passion for diversity to help magnify stories. Born in Los Angeles, she moved to San Diego and attended Point Loma High School. Following graduation Brooklynn was accepted into the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Digital Media.

While attending UC Santa Cruz, Brooklynn secured an internship for the feature film Love You Right, which was selected in the Hip Hop FilmFest and the San Francisco Film Festival, through its release in February 2021.

Following her graduation from UC Santa Cruz in 2020, Brooklynn moved back to San Diego and immediately put her education to work. She was quickly hired by a local non-profit organization as a Photographer and Videographer and produced various projects to help promote the organization. Simultaneously, she began working on multiple short films in their camera departments. Brooklynn was hired as 2nd Assistant Camera for Who Is Christmas Eve?, a 2021 Christmas movie.
Brooklynn joined the F&L Media creative team in September of 2021.

JASON FARRAN

A native to Southern California, Jason Farran graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in political science and history in 2000. Immediately following that he began his political career in the office of San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts where he worked his way up from intern to Chief of Staff. As a government, community, non-profit and business leader liaison, he became a key figure in various communities of the Supervisor’s District Four region, including Little Italy, College Area, Clairemont, and throughout Downtown San Diego.

Farran managed legislation for the office related to air quality, energy, environmental health, public safety, gangs, disaster preparedness, fire preparedness and response, information technology, and animal services. For most of his years there, Farran oversaw the Supervisor’s grant programs and was responsible for helping allocate millions of dollars to projects for hundreds of non-profit organizations throughout San Diego County.

In 2003, he began his own web development firm, JF WebDesign. His client base spans public office candidates, various campaigns, faith-based organizations, non-profits and businesses of all sizes. Services offered by JF WebDesign include graphic design, website development, website programming in PHP and ColdFusion, database programming, and social networking.

In 2010, Jason was a recipient of the San Diego News Network 35 Under 35 Community Leaders award for his work throughout the San Diego Community. That same year, Jason teamed up with Arthur Ledford to found F&L Media, a video production company. F&L Media has worked with many local non-profit organizations, political figures, and businesses of all sizes .

A proud Aztec for Life, Jason served for six years as a member of the San Diego State University Alumni Association Board of Advisors and on the Executive Committee as the Vice President of Innovation for five years. In this role, Jason helped launch a new website for the organization, a mobile phone application for alumni, and a mobile phone application for students that received a Gold Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the premier national association for development professionals. The student app earned the award in the category of Alumni Relations Programs: Best Use of Social Media/Technology.

A proud business owner in Old Town, San Diego, Jason was elected to the Old Town Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in 2019. Jason is also a member of the San Diego County Honorary Deputy Sheriffs’ Association.

Jason lives in Escondido, California with his wife, daughter and two dogs.

ARTHUR LEDFORD

Arthur Ledford is an accomplished creative director with a proven track record of delivering high quality video content. Skilled in all aspects of media production; from pre-production planning, to camera operation, professional lighting and audio systems, and post-production workflow utilizing the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite. Arthur’s dedication to excellence is supported by his educational foundation, having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Design with a specialization in Media Arts at Chico State University. Arthur’s passion for media production extended beyond the classroom, as he served as the Vice President of the Digital Filmmakers Guild during his time at Chico State.

Outside of the office, Arthur finds enjoyment in the world of ice hockey, where he participates in a local recreational league. Arthur lives with his partner in Golden Hill, San Diego.