Examples and brief descriptions of some of the shoots I work on:
March 2024: ARD Europamagazin - Knife Crime in the UK
Here the credit must go to Mazza for his editing skills. I shot this in 4K 50P and about 5110K for a cooler look with SteadyShot switched off, on an FX9.
This wasn’t an easy topic as we had to take care of who and where we shot.
I should also add, Faz and Pastor Lorraine - what great people they are and a privilege to have met them.
January 2024: ARD Morgenmagazin - Mark Knopfler’s Guitar auction at Christie’s
Shot on an FX9 with both Sony Prime and Zoom lenses. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame auctioned off part of his guitar collection. It was a treat to meet him and see so many of the instruments he played to create all that timeless music.
January 2024: ARD Europamagazin - Crumbling Historic Buildings
This was for a story on how historic buildings are failing to cope in extreme weather.
This was all shot on a Sony PXW z750 and mostly shot by the superb staff cameraman in the London office. My part was filming at Blickling Estate, where Anne Boleyn grew up.
September 2023: ARD Europamagazin - The Rebirth of Mining in Cornwall
The image below right is taken in an old mine in Camborne which is preparing to reopen in order to mine the large deposits of Lithium. I shot on the
Sony PXW Z750 and for the aerials
I used a Mini 3 Pro.
June 2023: Video for Datchet Golf Club
Datchet Golf Club wanted a short video highlighting its lovely grounds and location. The opportunity to film arose just after a dry period so some of the fairways weren’t at their best but having waited so long we took the opportunity to fly and film. This clip was over a year in the making, delayed last year, again, due to the lack of rain.
Filmed on a DJI Mini 3 Pro and edited on Davinci Resolve.
Feb 2023: ZDF Royal Doco
In the 11 years I’ve been back in London, one of my favourite people to interview is the humorous, articulate and estimable historian Robert Lacey.
Here I operated the ‘B’ cam alongside a great team of which I am honoured to be included.
This is for a Royal documentary which is still in the making so my comments must remain limited.
Feb 2023: Pro7 Galileo
‘Immersive Bars’ was the subject of this piece. Shot in two locations here in London: The Avora Bar & Lifesized Monopoly. The photo is of us in the Avora and the dual-base chip of the FX9 showed it’s excellence in low-light conditions. Included in the camera line-up were 2 GoPros and an A7 III on the new Ronin RS 3 gimbal (a good but heavy bit of kit).
Jan 2023: ZDF Auslandsjournal
A story on the Gender Recognition Certificate in Scotland and its effects. Shot in Newcastle and Edinburgh. Politics aside it was a very interesting shoot. Shot on an FX9.
Dec 2022: Pro7 Galileo
“5 Streets” is filmed in towns and cities around the world. This episode covers The Bishops Avenue, Leake Street, Regent’s Canal, IFS Cloud Cable Car, Regent’s Street. Harald, the director gave me the freedom to use a drone extensively and combined with the FX9 works well.
Nov 2022: Pro7 Taff
‘The Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary’ - We shot the annual Tar Barrel event in Ottery St Mary, Devon on an FX9 and used a Mini 3 Pro for the aerials.
This was about a local custom where the youngest participants are 7 years old and carry a flaming barrel before passing it on. This continues until the barrel is too hot and burnt to hold. To take part one must be born in Ottery, have started at the age of 7 and never missed a year. Truly a spectacle!
October 2022: ZDF
Broadcast in February 2023 this was a fascinating in-depth look at those around Putin, who they are, their histories and their wealth. My contribution was that shot in London and used an FX9, FX6 and a set of Sigma Art Prime lenses.
July 2022: ARD Europamagazin
A story about house prices and how locals in Whitby are being priced out by the rise in holiday lets and second homes. Shot on an FX9 and a DJI Mini 2 for which we thankfully had perfect weather.
May 2022: Pro7 Galileo
This is the story of how a business monitoring sports for corruption helped a footballer, Leigh Nicol, bring to justice a hacker who posted intimate photos of her online. Shot using an FX9 and Sony A7 III. Stabilisation was with a Ronin 2.
February 2022: Deutsche Welle
For Deutsche Welle’s new car program ‘REV’ we shot a Lunaz RR Phantom on an FX9 and Inspire 2. Sadly it was a windy and wet day but thanks to the great staff at Lunaz we captured what we needed to. The beautiful blue XK seen in some shots is the one now in Florida and hopefully being enjoyed by Brooklyn Beckham.
June 2021: Lux Productions
This was for a film for an ad agency’s website showing 4 employees in different cities where they have offices. Here I shot the London scenes on an FS7 with Zeiss CP lenses.
January 2021: DW (Deutsche Welle)
With thanks to Ion Films for this shoot about Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist who has written a book on funghi. Similarly to Jethro in the story below, he is articulate and genuinely interesting. Shot on an FS7 and at a time of year when sadly, not many mushrooms are growing so we dashed onto Hampstead Heath where he knew we would find something.
January 2021: DW (Deutsche Welle)
Again thanks to Ion Films for booking me for this shoot with Jethro Crabb, a former artist at Madame Tussauds and modeller of some of the Spitting Image puppets. He was commissioned to sculpt a bust of the incoming US President Biden for the National Presidential Wax Museum.
November 2020: ARD Europamagazin
Brexit from the perspective of a haulier based in Kent. We also flew the drone for some aerial shots of the new customs clearance terminal near Ashford. It was windy but we managed the footage needed.
November 2020: ARD Europamagazin
A piece on two farmer’s views on Brexit with regards their businesses and how they see the future.
July & August 2020 Aerial videos of an organic beef farm
These 2 films were shot entirely with a drone which were done for the landowners who kindly allowed me to practice flying for my PfCO (Permission for Commercial Operation).
The farm, primarily for organic beef, harvested it’s first organically grown crop of quinoa that summer.
NB: These are all my first efforts at editing - the goal being to show what is currently going on at the farm for the owners unable to travel due to the pandemic.
July 2020 Aerial portrait of a property
Shot on a DJI Mavic 2 Zoom in glorious weather as a thank you to the kind couple who let me use a field as a take off & landing site for another shoot.
