Author Archives: matt

Just awarded semi-finalist in the New York Cinematography Awards - I'll take that as the first time I've ever submitted anything for an award.

In the past when I've had a two cam shoot, usually a talking head, I either bring in an extra hand or I hire in an A7S2 or FS7 when need be. I have never in the past liked doing this as there have been too many issues to go wrong - specifically focus when the subject moves their chair and your DOF is really narrow the whole shot can be ruined. Now with the FX9 and the new a7sIII […]

Well after 5 years of gimbal ownership from the original Ronin 1 to the Ronin 2 now I've just received the Ronin RS2. Despite the excellent Ready Rig system I was just getting tired of lugging around the Ronin 2 - with camera technology coming on leaps and bounds in the past 5 years the visual benefits of mounting an FX9 on a Ronin 2 vs a handheld RS2 and an A7S3 are just so slight now I just couldn't […]

I'm always on the lookout for a camera bag with my seeming ever expanding kit. The last few years they've multiplied and got bigger to handle the arsenal of camera gear - my last bag a ThinkTank Photo Airport Accelerator has been great for lugging on planes, trains and automobiles however the kit has now outgrown it. Also as a backpack alone it's becoming a handful. So I've been hunting down a wheeled backpack that can handle gear that will […]

After a car trip to Paris for Paris Surf and Skate film festival in September with the official premiere on the evening of the 26th I won best feature documentary for Rom Boys on the 27th.