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.
Norwich Market Wall Art Print and Slim Canvas
Norwich Market, an aerial view, after law expert taxi driver, kamikaze seagulls and drunk teenagers.
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.
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.
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.
Uffmoor woods coffee video - June
Coffee in Uffmoor woods June, Clent Hills, Worcestershire, UK
Croissants and Cowhide, Shakespeare and Shawarma - June 2023
To B (roll), or not to B (roll). That is the question. In June I flew a few drones, chased some storms, issued some new rider demands and measured some nettles.
Royal Ascot 2023
40mph on bumpy grass with high-end cameras, filming the king and eating Calippos.
Sophisticated mud, Lady Godiva, big zoom gimbals, and wild garlic steaks - May 2023
I decided to stick a Sony 200-600mm lens in a handheld gimbal, hide in the woods making videos that nobody watches, drive through some mud, visit Cambridge, and breathe garlic onto Lady Godiva.
Clent Hills Bluebells Video - Coffee in the Woods - April
Clent Hills bluebells video - Coffee in the woods, April
Sharing some driving tips with Sir Jackie Stewart
I took a Formula 1 racing legend, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, for a spin around Aintree Racecourse, and considered starting a cleaning company.
Sony 200-600mm Lens on a DJI Ronin RS3 Pro Video
Video testing a DJI Ronin RS3 Pro with a Sony A7iii and Sony 200-600mm lens. Bonkers. Absolutely bonkers.
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.
Running with a DJI Ronin SC and different lenses video
Video testing the DJI Ronin SC by running through the woods with a few different lenses. The Samyang 12mm Fisheye, the Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f4, the Sigma Art 50mm f1.4 and a wild card, the DJI Osmo Action 3.
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.
Sony 200-600mm Landscape Photography Video
A video talking about shooting landscape photography with a Sony 200-600mm lens and some cherry bakewells.
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.
Samyang 12mm f2.8 Lens Video Review - Sony FE
Please click this to take a look at my wangle. To be specific, it’s an ultra-wangle, but don’t let that bother you. This is a Samyang 12mm f2.8 lens video review.
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…