It would be nice to think that every time we hold a camera in our hands, the results are pure professionalism or great art. But as often as not, there will be the misfire – hitting the shutter before focus is found, accidental shots or rolling the camera before the subject or yourself are ready. [...]
Sometimes what you see is not what you feel. Despite expensive camera bodies and the best lenses you can afford…a camera really just records light. And if you’re photographing something like a construction site, at midday, in the desert…then there’s a limit to just how good you can make a scene look. Ultimately, it [...]
Industrial environments can be a magical place to photograph and film…but you’re dealing with lighting that is made for practicality rather than for atmosphere or beauty. A mix of fluro lights and hideous bright overhead spots that often cast a green tinge on everything… White balance only goes so far…you also need to have [...]
Our new Megafactories shows are now up on the UK website of National Geographic…along with some photos and sample videos. Jaguar XJ – following the build and design of the new XJ at the Jaguar Plant in the UK. Koenigsegg Agera R – everything you wanted to know about building the world’s greatest HyperCar. See [...]
Spaceport America… In the heat of the late summer we struggled across the scrub desert to a point seemingly no different to any other. Steve Landeene, then Spaceport Director, gestured at the emptiness and enthusiastically explained the layout and plans for a new commercial spaceport to be built right there. So remote, they had [...]
A documentary relies heavily on detail – when you’re describing something special, you need to show it. Usually it is better to film detail than use an image and animate it in the edit suite during post production. There are subtle nuances in life – air movements, vibration, small changes in lighting that make a [...]
