Danny MacAskill, Steve Peat & Hans Rey – 3 Legendary mountain bikers

I’ve just shot and cut this short edit for GT bikes, we’ll be including a longer edit on our next film “Find”

Audi Ad extended cut

This is an extended cut of the new Audi ad I’ve just finished. I shot the ad over 6 visits during Novemeber and December 2009, with addition shots around Edinburgh and on the Forth bridge. I had the luxury of time to get the job completed so I only shot when the weather was good. It’s been a great experience working closely with the agency who managed most of the production. One of the big benefits of traveling light is having the luxury of cherry picking shoot days depending on the weather. It has made this job a real pleasure and very similar to how I handle my own mountain bike films. I’d love to shoot more ad’s this way.

Reset landscape sampler.

Most of the material on this short sampler clip has been shot with using kit that you can fit in a rucksack. A lightweight high quality camera and tripod with the occasional addition of a small dolly track to get some additional movements in to the shots. I’ve also used some timelapse motion control kit which works well tracking or with pan and tilt heads.

I love the fact that I can shoot from the top of a mountain with 35mm kit and walk the kit up the hill on your back, not to mention street shoots where people simply don’t notice your shooting and leave you to it.

Having spent years working as a editor/compositor it’s been a great to get away from the computer and to actually work hard physically to get the shots I want. I’ve been really keen to try and keep the work I’m doing as natural as possible.

Having just completed the filming and editing on an Audi ad and also a short corporate in September. I can honestly say that I think my passion is firmly being planted in shooting and directing my own material once again. It seems a distant memory now but I actually directed a lot more when I first started out back in Newcastle many moons ago. It’s an exciting time and I’m hoping to get my teeth into more shooting this year, a passion relit.

Audi advert just completed.

Moving Shadows

Just thought i would post a couple of stills from a Audi ad I’ve just shot. It was a mix of timelapse and live action and all shot around Edinburgh. i’ll post the extended cut once the ad goes to air next week.

Audi Advert

Audi TT part of servicing sequence

Glengoyne…

A bottle, a glass and a handful of Barley.

Autumn brings amazing things.

We decided to have breakfast of pancakes by the local loch last weekend the light was stunning. I’m so pleased I took my camera. Sam discovers the strength bringing properties of pancakes and golden syrup.

A couple of Ads I shot in 2007.

Both Ads were pretty much shot and cut within 24hrs, given they were my first ads shot with the Movietube and my Sony Z1 I was pretty pleased with the images produced.

Technology has finally caught up with aesthetics.

For years we have waited for digital technology to catch up with the aesthetic nature of film. It happened a few years ago with digital photography but it has finally arrived for motion images.  We can now shoot HD video that looks pretty much exactly the same as 35mm film on a DSLR camera. What does this mean? Imagine being able to produce stunning imagery without the hassle and cumbersome process of using 35mm motion film cameras. Not to mention the excellent low light capabilities, stunning images, vast choice of lens and being able to upload the footage and start editing within minutes of shooting.

Technology has finally arrived… Well to be truthful it arrived November the 28th 2008 from an on-line camera shop in Hong Kong and I’ve been honing my photographic skills over the last year to a point now where I’m ready to offer my services to my existing clients and hopefully some new ones. So if you have any projects you need a hand with just drop me a line and we’ll see what we can do.

I’ll be posting some samples of my work over the next few weeks so please check back for further updates.