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After four years in production in the UK and US, shooting around thirty interviews, and an agonising eight months in post, Rom Boys is finished about to start the international film festival circuit.With an original score by NY based film composer Fernando Martinez and sound mix by action and adventure sports master mixer Will Berridge it's really turned into something quite…

I don't like to think of myself as a Fan Boy, especially when it comes to cameras. There are so many options now all with their own incredible capabilities. For the past 5 years I've been shooting on the de-facto industry standard (TV, doc, corporate) Sony FS7 - a true workhorse of a camera. It's…

4 years in production with footage and photography going back 40 years, Rom Boys (www.romboys.film) is finally in post production. With a completion date for the end of the year (2019) we're looking at film festivals for 2020 before 'hopefully' picking up a distribution deal and then the wider world gets to see the film.…

Here's the Behind The Scenes of the Ronin shot I was called in on back in February to help out on at the BBC Studios in Cardiff. This was a really long tough day out - I was remote operator of the Ronin sat alongside the DP, Director and Focus Puller whilst I controlled the…

In the production of the doc Rom Boys I recently came across a great story from an old School BMX legend Rob Steele af Radii Ramps(www.radiiramps.co.uk) that I felt played a really important part of the recent history of the park. To really get this segment across I needed to shoot this in his storage…

With the seemingly unstoppable rise of the drone its easy to forget that helicopters are a still a thing when it comes to getting aerial footage. Costly yes - but to legally get really high shots over wide areas there's just no other option. I recently had the request from a client to undertake a…

Amazing experience working with 50 odd crew last Sunday  in Cardiff - you'll have to wait until the Autumn to see the results - the head camera op's comments at the end of the day  - "well we threw you in at the deep end - welcome to drama!"    

Having owned and operated a DJI Ronin for over 3 years I've seen the tech really evolve and lots of fellow camera guys sell their Ronins for smaller versions - MX or even Osmo.  I found the original Ronin great but certainly not without its limitations. Having been using a Sony FS7 over the past…

Alongside corporate, commercial and music video my background is actually in adventure travel photography. From shooting great whites in South Africa to WWII Wrecks at Bikini  and remote atolls in the Pacific. Alongside shooting doc for TV (Channel 4 / 5 amongst others) I've also taken this experience into my corporate filmmaking . In particular I've…