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Stop Motion Music video. Cat Stevens.
Cat Stevens Stopmotion Music Video Well, with the old team reassembled the challenge was to top our previous award-winning music video. This time creating an environmentally friendly production for re-recording of a classic track by the artist Yusuf/Cat Stevens. It seemed a tall order when Jon, the other cinematographer and I were brought in and […]
New music video
Shedding some light on animation. Ok so, some things are afoot yes. Currently, this project is still under wraps. However, I can tell you I have just completed another music video with the same team as the Father John Misty video, working with Ridley Scott’s agency Black Dog films and Jacknife Film’s Chris Hopewell. I […]
Is tungsten lighting dead?
Lighting Is tungsten lighting dead? In this modern world of low cost, fancy LED lighting do we really need old fashioned tungsten? People seem to be falling over themselves lately to use LED panels to light everything. However, I feel tungsten is as valid today as it has ever been. Lighting is of course very […]
More StopMotion Music Videos
Today we begin work on another epic challenge – An ambitious stop motion project with large sets, lots of shots and many characters. Right now it’s a little bit secret. However, I can say it’s pretty ambitious with lots of fun lighting setups and lots of animation…I think its time to put the coffee on!! […]
Hobbycraft Animation
Hobbycraft Marty the Monster What can be done in one day if you really put your mind to it? Well, this little animation of ‘Marty’ the monster is proof that if you keep it simple quite a lot really. Hobbycraft needed a little convincing that stop motion could be something there were overlooking in their […]
B&Q Night exteriors
Location shooting night exteriors Shooting night exteriors. This week I have been doing some night shots, filming night exteriors. This took rather a lot of in-camera tweaking to create a profile I was confident to go shoot in low light. I would be having to balance a lot of tiny practical Christmas lights. This was […]
Creating daylight in a studio
I really enjoy recreating daylight in a studio setting and lighting room sets. B&Q were after a series of short films for their Christmas social media campaign “what would Christmas be like if the kids were in charge?” I decided to shoot the interiors in a studio as we were working with children and adult […]
FEEFO Animation
FEEFO explainer video This week myself and animator Tom have been melting under the lights and having fun spraying things white for our latest film. A short explainer video for the web-based review company Feefo. I love using stop motion and for bringing the Feefo graphics to life it seemed perfect. This project is a […]
Brompton HSBC Shoot
HSBC Campaign Helping you grow The theme of the campaign was looking at things that grow. This social media clip was for HSBC featuring the iconic Brompton folding bike. This ended up being a mix of live-action, puppetry and stop motion animation. The idea was to show the bike grow into its full form and […]
B&Q Stop Motion
Magic Of Christmas B&Q Stopmotion Social Campaign After a brief conversation with the marketing and social media team at B&Q it became apparent that we needed to get our skates on! Some budget had been freed up last minute. This meant I was tasked with generating a number of ideas to support the Christmas campaign. […]
Father John Misty – Stop-Motion Music Video
Father John Misty Please Don’t Die Music Video Ridley Scott Associates. UK Music Video Award-winning Stop Motion Animation Music Video, Father John Misty: Please Don’t Die – [latest update] (We have scooped a number of awards since the release including a win at the UK Music Video Awards, Winner – Gold – Best Animation (International) […]
BT Smarter Thinking Ad
This week I have been shooting for British Telecom in a warehouse location in London. The look we are trying to achieve is something with a bright airy feel. I decided to diff all the windows and then let them blowout. I really like to let the windows and exteriors blowout somewhat, It gives a […]
Thinktank Brochure Cover
Thinktank Photo Cover Im on the front cover of the new catalog. I made it to the front cover of the latest Thinktank Photo catalogue. The new Thinktank Photo 2017/2018 product brochure is out, guess who made it onto the front cover? Whilst testing some equipment in Belguim I snapped a quick behind the scenes shot for use on my social […]
Better Travel Photography -Top Seven Photo Tour Tips
Photo Tour Tips top tips for your next photography vacation A travel photography tour or vacation can be a wonderful, life-changing adventure; exploring that bucket list destination, making new friends with a shared interest, meeting locals. However recording it all to later share with your friends and capturing those killer images can be a bit […]
Fujifilm Xt2 Review | 12 countries in 2 months
Travel Photography with the Fujifilm X-t2 The Fujifilm X-T2 is marketed as a high-quality lightweight do all camera, but is it any good for travel photography? Photographer Matt Widgery took it for a spin in Europe visiting 12 countries in two months to put it through its paces. My journey with the Fujifilm X cameras […]