Lucasfilm’s “RED TAILS” that I helped shoot on Canon DSLRS open’s 20th January in the US! Go see it!
Finally!! The first narrative feature that I have ever worked on. Lucasfilm’s “Red Tails” trailer was released on line today. I was the re shoot second unit DSLR DP on it using Canon DSLRs and also camera C for the reshoots on the 1st unit. Check out my blog post about it here! It was...
Part 1 and 2 now live!! The Christmas mini shootout with the C300 (pre-production), F3, FS100, hacked GH2 and more!!
EDIT: PART 1 is now live! I decided to break it down into two parts as it’s too damn long! I will start editing part 2 tomorrow, it will be up within the week hopefully. I would like to have included the Scarlet but as I didn’t know anyone in the UK with...
Photographs That Resemble Traditional Chinese Paintings
Don Hong-Oai was a San Francisco-based Chinese photographer who created beautiful images that resembled traditional Chinese paintings. The photographs of Don Hong-Oai are made in a unique style of photography, which can be considered Asian pictorialism. This method of adapting a Western art for Eastern purposes probably originated in the 1940s in Hong Kong. One...
Diptychs of Clouds and Cloud Watchers
Before We Begin is a project by photographer Christopher Jonassen (whose frying pan photos we featured here) that consists of diptychs showing clouds and cloud watchers. The images capture peaceful “moments of reflection between thought and acti...
Canon C300 review and short film “Le Mont, La Pluie et La Nuit”
Please read my ethics statement here This review was commissioned by CVP who are an affiliate of mine. I was not paid by Canon UK to do this. This is a fully independent review with no constraints, no terms and conditions applied on me by Canon or CVP. As always, my opinion is my own....
“Sugared Art”, a new short film on the Sony FS100
Ethics Statement: I was paid by Sony to make three short pieces with detailed “how to” shoots on how to use the camera. I am not in the permanent employ of Sony or under contract. I took on this job as it excited me, was a chance to get more experience on the FS100, and...
Man-Made Objects Spotted in Nature
Norwegian photographer Rune Guneriussen photographs man-made objects in nature as if they belonged there. The objects are arranged to look like packs of animals, humans, and natural formations.
Check out more of Guneriussen’s work over on h...
TEAM TIMELAPSE VIDEO NOW UP!! Huge prostate cancer gear give-away. Winners announced and we raised $36,400!!
ETHICS STATEMENT: This is a blatant attempt at me trying to raise money to fund Prostate Cancer research (something very important to me as it claimed my grandfather) by giving away prizes. EDIT: Here is the finished time-lapse video from out team. Even though the prize draw is closed YOU CAN STILL DONATE! It all...
My blog is 4 years old!
Don’t forget you can win incredible prizes like Adobe CS5.5, Kessler Shuttle Pod, Zacuto EVF by donating £10 or more to fund Prostate cancer research in my HUGE MOVEMBER giveaway. Click here for more!! 5 and a bit years ago I left the comfort of a staff job of 17 years with Sky News to...
A hands on look at the Canon C300
Don’t forget you can win incredible prizes like Adobe CS5.5, Kessler Shuttle Pod, Zacuto EVF by donating £10 or more to fund Prostate cancer research in my HUGE MOVEMBER giveaway. Click here for more!! Ethics statement: I am not paid by Canon. I went to check out the C300 today on my own time (and...
DVD Launch – Lara Jade vs Joey L
One of my favourite photographers, Lara Jade, is releasing a DVD in collaboration with her buddy Joey L. As yet, I don’t have much information to pass on but I am looking forward to reviewing the DVD when it is released on 1st December. Until then, here is what Lara herself has to say: Me...
