A modern mom-and-pop production company.

Strewn Wonder is a Maine-based company that produces video and photography for nonprofits and mission-driven companies across the country. We use a documentary approach to help clients tell the nuanced, human stories that only they can tell, with a focus on the arts, sciences and education.

Recent Projects

this was the place for me

Strewn Wonder has worked with Wellesley College for more than 15 years, building an extensive library of images, creating a new college anthem, and showcasing new initiatives, such as the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership and Democracy. For the Wellesley Office of Admission, we profiled Lissbeth, a first-generation college student whose time at the college has been transformative.

When our friends at Fable Farmstead learned that much of their farmland was contaminated with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” they were devastated. Then, they went to work, finding partners to study the contamination and reimagining their property as a “design farm,” where they could take on some of the stickiest problems facing agriculture and their community, including invasive species, food insecurity and the cost of scaling PFAS mitigation.

Season of Design premiered at the Patagonia store in Freeport, Maine.

Season of Design

Strewn Wonder partnered with Colby College’s in-house creative production team on a video celebrating the college’s achievements and ambitions. Co-founder Yoon S. Byun served as creative producer, director of photography and editor, to help carry out the Colby team’s vision for an Interrotron approach.

‘If you can imagine it, it’s possible’

Get to know us.

Strewn Wonder is a husband-and-wife team with a combined four decades of storytelling experience. From our long list of collaborators, we build a crew to fit your project. We hire people who are really good at their jobs and also nice. If that’s you, please get in touch.

Yoon is a problem solver who excels under pressure and a thoughtful visual storyteller always developing new skills. Plus, he is incredibly likable—a big reason Strewn Wonder’s first ever education client is still with us 16 years later.

Yoon earned a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University, where his work documenting the Fagan family was recognized with a first place Pictures of the Year International Community Awareness Award. He was a staff photographer at The Boston Globe for seven years and was part of the Globe staff recognized with the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News, for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing. Yoon went on to manage a team of photographers and videographers at The Portland Press Herald that won three regional Emmys. He has taught photography and film to emerging storytellers at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA, and he has coached expectant fathers at Boot Camp for New Dads through Maine Boys to Men, a nonprofit that works to change the definition of masculinity.

Yoon S. Byun - Executive Producer

Chelsea is an experienced writer, editor and creative collaborator who excels at finding stories in surprising places and crafting a compelling narrative from a tangle of details.

Chelsea studied journalism and international affairs at the University of New Hampshire and started her career at the small but mighty Concord Monitor. She was a health care reporter for The Boston Globe, where she also was part of the staff that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news, for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. She went on to be features editor at the Portland Press Herald, where she edited coverage of the arts, books, food and sustainable living. Her first book, “Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood”, was published by Holt (Macmillan) in 2022 and is set to be printed in 20 languages. Chelsea was a longtime board member at the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and is involved in local advocacy around housing rights and environmental justice.

Chelsea Conaboy - Creative Director

We offer full-service video production, working with clients to discover their story, develop a production plan, troubleshoot challenges and deliver a film that is visually captivating and compelling. We also provide as-needed video services, to supplement your crew or support an in-house production, including with editing, cinematography, creative direction and script writing.
Our photography work includes both one-off assignments and long-term relationships that involve building a library of images with a consistent vision and a deep understanding of clients’ brand identities.
Chelsea and Yoon are recognized as leaders in their fields and frequently are invited to teach seminars or speak on elements of storytelling. Chelsea offers coaching to nonfiction writers at all levels.
We are a small production company, and that’s a good thing. We give our clients our full attention, adapt to their needs and prioritize relationship-building. We pride ourselves on delivering quality work on time to clients who very often become repeat customers.
We are documentary storytellers at heart. At a time when exquisitely human, sometimes imperfect moments are disappearing from our media landscape, we specialize in them. Our favorite projects capture wonder in the messy everyday.
The answer is annoying but true: It depends.
In almost every case, production can be scaled to fit your desired outcomes and budget. Production plans are shaped by how much pre-production planning, filming days and crew members are needed, plus the quality of post-production editing you’re looking for. We can talk you through the options. Just drop us a note.
You can reach us anytime via our contact page or at info@strewnwonder.com. We’ll respond within one business day.