Photography
Photo Notes
I've been shooting photos since the late nineties and made my living from it for the last 20 years. Surfing and the surf industry has been by main focus for a lot of that time but I can turn my mind to most avenues. I've been doing a lot of work for schools recently and have a current enhanced DBS. The gallery page features a range of my surf, music, school and industry work.
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Tech Talk
I shoot with a Sony A7R3 which produces lush 42MP high resolution images along with Sony prime GM glass. In the water I use Aquatech housings and, even though regs mean you don't need to qualify anymore, I passed a proper drone course and held a PfCo for years.
Films
Motion Pictures
I've been making edits for a decade and I love the process of filming, editing and polishing a film until it's just right. I've done work for surf brands like Rip Curl, O'Neill and C-Skins and my footage has been on Channel 4 and the BBC. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was having fun with a Canon 7D and iMovie. I'm now a Final Cut Pro guy and have glass from 24mm to 600mm, a drone, gimbal, in water gear and a range of microphones. So I can shoot most areas of interest.
Music
I've got a subscription to Epidemic Sound so films for clients come with rights cleared music for your YouTube or socials.
Design & Branding
Getting the message across
I'm very much a technician when it comes to design. Getting the information across clearly is my aim, not showing off my art chops and burying your message. It comes from a life working in magazines and working with typography that needs to be read. After all if it's illegible it might look great but the message is lost.
Learn More
Magazines, brochures, posters, murals and adverts I've done a whole range of work.
Some of the companies I've worked with
I've had a varied career...
Over the last 20 years as a photographer, writer, editor, designer and filmmaker it's been my privilege to work with a lot of good people.
From trying to make an advert shoot with an 80-year old surfer work for Channel 4 to walking marathons shooting festivals all the way to doing copy for brands and publishers it's all been fun. I'm happiest up to my neck in the sea but I'm more than happy to consider any project.