Very honoured to be featured by Bristol’s own globe spanning Natural History Network as an “Emerging Camera Talent”. I was highlighted alongside such talented individuals as Tania Rose Esteban, Ben Tutton, Paul Klaver, Yuzuru Masuda, Oliver Mueller and Louis Labrom. The NHN has chosen to feature us as “One’s to watch: 2018”. They are all great camera people with promising futures ahead of them. Sam Stewart was also on the list but he is off…
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Run n’ Gun – Feature in pro moviemaker magazine
Below is a magazine article I featured in about run n’ gun filmmaking. run n’ gun refers to the type of shooting I’ve often had to do where you are shooting documentary footage and you have no real control of what is happening. You are following events and building sequences dynamically as you shoot. It’s a particular skill and is pretty hard compared to when you can control the environment you are in. I have a…
Tailfin: shooting a successful Kickstarter video with the Sony FS5 and Helix Jr Gimbal, a match made in heaven?
After much deliberation I put in a pre-order for the FS5 last autumn. I’d read the specs, liked what I saw and took the plunge, replacing my C100 that I’d had for the previous year. It was a no-brainer for me, I started out in this business over 10 years ago by buying a Sony Z1 as soon as it was launched. Owning the Z1 at that early stage literally launched my career as a…
SHAPE Sony FS5 Base Kit review
I had the opportunity to test out the SHAPE FS5 Base Kit on a recent shoot in Durban, South Africa. The kit comprises of the FS5 Base Plate, Top Plate, Remote Extension handle and two sets of 15mm rods. For me the most interesting part of this kit is the Remote Extension handle. This attaches to the camera using an Arri style rosette screwed into the side of the FS5 with 4 screws. If you…
FCPX in action – editing under the gun at the DOCroads documentary workshop in China
As a foreigner living in China and working in the world of news and documentaries I’ve had many a ‘crazy China’ experience, but one of my more memorable ones came recently. Just before Christmas I traveled to Guangzhou in Southern China, having been invited to be a tutor at a training initiative called DOCROADS. It was being held alongside the annual Guangzhou documentary film festival and was designed as a project-driven creative documentary workshop. This…