Stock Footage Dispatches: Field Notes from a Specialist Cameraman

This isn't a soppy lifestyle blog. It’s a documentation of the work behind my footage.

From field-testing and reviewing camera gear to hauling it all up into Snowdonia for a wild camp, these are my notes on stock footage filming, gear, my new fine art prints and the great British outdoors.

CAMERA GEAR BLOG    -     FINE ART PRINTS BLOG     -     STOCK FOOTAGE BLOG     -     WILD CAMPING BLOG

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Coffee under a tarp video

Some bloke quits social media and goes and drinks coffee in the woods, in the rain, to help avoid the digital cocaine, but it back-fires as he films himself and puts it on social media, and then writes about it on social media, and then shares the video on social media, and then ouch my head hurts, get me back to the woods.

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Samyang 135mm f1.8 video review

The bokeh monster! What an absolute beast of a lens the Samyang 135mm f1.8 is. Bonkers bokeh, or “blur”, for the non-sophisticated amongst us. A video review.

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Samyang 85mm T1.5 Cine Lens Review Video

A video review of this fine but rather unusual lens, and quite possibly one that is now a bit of a favorite of mine, the Samyang 85mm T1.5 Cine. Samyang, Rokinon. Whatever.

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Royal Ascot 2023

40mph on bumpy grass with high-end cameras, filming the king and eating Calippos.

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Clent Hills Bluebells Video

This little coffee break in Uffmoor Woods in the Clent Hills turned into a 12 month video filming project, as I decided to film an episode of what was later dubbed “Coffee in the woods” every month for a full year. It’s like looking back in time and figuring out what I did wrong in life. Clent Hills Bluebells… Coffee in the woods….. April.

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K&F Concept 4K Trail Camera Video Review

A video review of the K and F Concept 4K trail camera with sample video and pictures. This is a small, robust, waterproof and cheap wildlife trail camera capable of recording high-resolution daylight footage and 1080p IR night vision footage.

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My 3 Month No BS weight loss program

How I lost 22kg in 3 months with my no-BS diet and workout plan. Fasting, weights, Wendler 531, carnivore, egg porridge, and everything from next dimension head exploding smelling salts to a disastrous lack of chicken and mushroom pot noodles.

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Sanka… ya dead man? March 2023

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s “George Orwell, 4 punctures, bratwurst, cold plunge, silly lens and tortoise” time…

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