Panasonic AG-AF101

Well I've just completed my final year film project shoot. I had the pleasure of working with some great people whilst at the same time working with a great camera.

Our short film Conduit was shot using Panasonic's AG AF101 coupled with three Carl Zeiss compact prime lenses. This was the first time I've personally shot a film using primes, quite a different approach I can tell you, but certainly a positive one.

I was quite sad to see the kit go back after the shoot, but as it was down to me to return the kit to the hire place I managed to squeeze a real quick test shoot out of it literally forty minutes before the return deadline. The video can be viewed at:



I would have loved to have taken the kit on a walk for the whole day around my  local area, but as I said I was under very pressuring time constraints. Maybe one day I'll get my hands on this kit again.

Panasonic HDC MD-H1

A Panasonic HDC MD-H1 Camcorder has recently come my way connected with a job I'm involved with. It'll soon be gone again, but as always, whenever a new camera falls into my hands I make sure I get a Test Film shot with it before it goes.

It's by no means what I would call a pro camera, much like the Sony MC2000 it feels like a high end handycam nestled in an oversized body. But that's not such a bad thing when you consider there is a market for such cameras, video enthusiasts that either don't have the budget or the need for a pro camera will be pleased by the convenience and 'bulk' of this Panasonic.

I spent a couple of hours round my local area with the camera and have created this short feature of the footage I took.

Hooray for my second lens!

Just completed my second lens ever on Squidoo, not quite as personal as my first this one leans more to a review and consumer advice. But as the little pop up box said as I hit the publish button, at least my first lens won't be lonely anymore!

Please take a look here:

http://www.squidoo.com/dslr-trigger-timers

Jealousy (Short Film)

Good morning once again!


Having just received the results of the second year of my university course, I thought it apt to celebrate by sharing my final film project!


The brief was to create a 7-10 minute fiction piece, a hugely broad criteria if you ask me. This is what resulted...

Squidoo and my 1st Lens!

Well hi there!

Recently I've been pottering around a bit, both in reality and in the land of the internet. I've found myself wrapped in the early stages of an addiction, an addiction to the wonderful site of Squidoo. If you don't know what it is then I highly recommend checking it out, it's sort of blogging with a twist.

On this note I'd be very appreciative if you'd take a look at my first page or 'lens' as it's known, that I made the other day. It's a short insight into the workings and importance of my old 8mm Cine Camera from 1958!

It can be found here!

And it beggins

So a little bit about me and this blog. I like my cameras, my hobbies, studies and work largely revolve around them and I'm usually finding things to keep me busy. This blog will mainly be logging and sharing the things I make, hence the name, but don't worry there'll be other bits and pieces I promise. I'm thinking of this blog as a sort of reception area for my online content, you know with some nice creamy sofas and perhaps a potted plant, an area that takes all the loose ends and organises them into some sort of order for your perusal.  

Well why not start off with one of my biggest and most exciting ventures of late. Wedding Videography! Yes since the start of 2012 I have flown the nest of Assistant Videography and begun to shoot weddings independently. Slightly terrifying at first I thought, but now the first three are complete I must say my confidence has rooted a little deeper. 

Most recently on the 24th of May I attended Leez Priory in Chelmsford, for the wedding of Holly & Stewart. It was a beautiful day and the sun was certainly out in force. The day very smoothly and I couldn't have for a nicer crowd to work with. The following video is the montage feature created from the complete wedding film.

Well hey! Just dipping my toes and testing this whole blogging scene out at the moment. Since leaving my second year of uni for the summer, I've found myself with quite a bit of free time, so much free time that my casual pondering type thoughts and ideas have had a chance to settle after the flurry of busy-ness that engulfed the snow globe metaphore of my brain. Therefore I have decided to start writting a bit of online content, I hope you don't mind.

Right well I guess I'll click publish and see what happens!