Director of photography of both tranditional and 360 film mediums with credits under National Geographic, PBS, and USA Today.  In 2014, Erik and Refah Mahmoud began producing some of the earlier 360 content under the brand Dryft Digital, which solidifed his interest for immersive, natural history filmmaking.  360 time-lapse photography, and its technical challenges, remains one of Erik's fervent speciailzations as seen in the National Geographic VR piece Carnivorous Glow Worms.