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A non-exhaustive selection of clips from the last 8 years of my work as a specialist Natural History Cinematographer/DOP/Camera Person. Clients such as BBC Natural History Unit, Apple TV+, Netflix, National Geographic and more. Sync & Commercial reels coming very soon. For an up to date reel with unreleased projects that I cannot share publicly, please contact me!
(More Images coming soon) 2024 - D.O.P Black Browed Albatross. Long Lens, Gimbals, Phantom Flex & Aerials for Elephant Seals & Rock Hopper Penguins. Sync for 'Behind the Sounds'.
A truly unique production, studying the way our planets nature connects with sound. A couple of months was spent in the Falkland Islands shooting some of my favourites, Albatross, as well as Elephant Seals and feisty Rock Hopper penguins.
Director: Rachel Scott
I worked on three different sequences for Rachel for this episode, which also shared production with the Giant Screen/IMAX "Arctic 3D", demanding it's own special set of framings and shot pacings.
Harp Seals & Hooded Seals in the West Ice off the coast of Greenland, and then most fantastically Polar Bears on the inaccessible Wrangel Island in the furthest north east reaches of Russia. A location that took us three weeks against all the odds to reach, but paid off like no other.
Aerials, Gimbal, Polecam & Long Lens
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The first project with the amazing Arcane Roots became the Industrial Light and Magic (Those folks who made Star Wars...) Award Winning Music Promo for Curtains, I was the 'wild' location DoP, shot with Dir/DOP & VFX genius Miguel Santana Da Silva.
This project then continued into live videos, tour videos, and the follow up promos for "Off The Floor", "Landslide" & "Matter".
Sadly, all good things come to an end, but a near perfect run of work outside of the world of wildlife for me, working with some of the most wonderful & creative friends.
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Director: David Johnson, Plimsoll Productions
2023 - D.O.P on the Elephant Seal Episode, shooting Shotover, Long Lens, Gimbals & Drones to pull together a 30min episode in one 11 week boat-based shoot. We followed the seasonal behaviour of Elephant Seals, Wandering Albatross and other giants of the natural world.
BBC, 2024
DoP - Harp Seals - "Cold"
Second Camera - Galapagos Sharks & Sealions - "Water"
A unique production honing in on the specifics of just one classification of nature, Mammals. 20 years since 'Life of Mammals' was released, this show offered some huge leaps of new insight into the warm blooded creatures on earth both scientifically and cinematically.
I was lucky enough to venture for the second time to the Greenlandic West Ice to record the incredibly short & inaccessible weaning cycle of the astoundingly cute harp seal. Fighting bouts of covid, and working a tight schedule around the scientists we shared a boat with, AND losing half our crew (safely back to land) due to huge storms, we managed to record some unique and intimate behaviour in one of the most dangerous places for a pup to grow up!
Keeping it pinniped, I also went to the Galapagos to shoot gimbal & some custom pole-cam aerials (due to ecosystem sensitive drone restrictions) for another story about the dangers of growing up a marine mammal, this time in shark infested waters!
Director - Alex Lanchester
I worked with Alex & some amazing A.P's (Sacha Thorpe is an unstoppable good ideas machine) on a few shoots for this episode, covering a complex and dynamic multi expedition shoot sequence telling the story of the mighty Greenlandic Ice Sheet. From Melt Lakes high on the ice draining shockingly into the depths, to Glaciers calving and birthing town sized icebergs. Some of the most incredible camping views ever, but also enough Mosquitoes to make shoots in the tropics look easy.
Medium Format film photography work, for personal & commercial projects. More coming soon.
(Work for magazine articles, galleries and advertising.
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BBC 2019 - Gimbal, Drone & Long Lens
My third and final shoot for Seven Worlds, working with & learning from the amazing John Aitchison, with Erin Ranney & Director Abi Lees.
South Georgia is a minimum 5 day sail from the Falkland Islands, and thats if you don't hit bad weather and get the wind behind you. Isolated in the Southern Atlantic, it is home to giants such as the 4 ton Elephant Seal, but we came to record the plight of the Grey-Headed Albatross. Unpredated, these animals trust everything here, so our access and personal connection to them was like nothing else. Aiming for a small 3 minute sequence to inject an emotional climate story into the Antarctic Episode, we ended up with a 7 minute epic, such was the beauty and emotion of these birds.
Director - James Reed
Throughout my time on Frozen Planet 2, I shot a huge amount of sync. As much as my main love is my blue chip camera work, to me the essence of this series was not just showing both the magnificence & plight of the natural world, but also showing the incredible people embedded in these frozen places, who can really communicate whats going on.
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There is a huge array of 'behind the scenes' that doesn't make it to the magical 10 minutes at the end of the programme, so I wanted to share some more of the stories behind the productions with you. Many more photos & film clips to come!
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I have nearly a decade of photos from filming expeditions across the globe, and only a few can make the cut for those lovely coffee table books. So much more coming soon!
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Between shoots & in 'downtime', I can't sit still, there's always a photo series, particular shot, or short film project I'm working away on. These will be listed here soon!
I cut my teeth with camera work, paying my bills & exploring my creative loves, in the worlds of music promo production, and commercial shoots. Clients included the Tate Modern, Gucci, UEFA, Eurosport and many more.