New film: A day in the life of a South African contact tracer
South Africa has recently had a big spike in the number of coronavirus infections. One way that they have been trying to slow the spread is to use contact tracers. […]
Why and how I am trying to become a digital minimalist
“The idea that it’s valuable to maintain vast numbers of weak-tie social connections is largely an invention of the past decade or so.” – Cal Newport As a journalist and […]
Inside South Africa’s drought: My film from Graaff-Reinet
I live in South Africa. Recently some parts of the country have been experiencing a harsh drought that has led to reservoirs drying out and animals dying of thirst. In […]
Murder Town: Inside Cape Town’s bloodbath
I recently directed, shot and edited a film for the BBC about the wave of murders that have made Cape Town one of the most dangerous places in the world. […]
The Royal tour of southern Africa, 2019: Some of my shots and thoughts on the Sony Z90
Here is a short compilation of some of the footage I have filmed of Prince Harry and Meghan over the last two weeks while working as one of the broadcast […]
How to break into wildlife filmmaking: An interview with Alex Braczkowski
After a considerable break in service, The Imagejunkies Podcast is now back. In today’s episode, I talk with the brilliant Alex Braczkowski about his work as a wildlife researcher and […]
Covering the South African elections: 2019
I recently covered the elections in South Africa. I wanted to try and avoid the boring and the cliched so I pitched the above film – young hip-hop artists […]
New showreel for 2019
I haven’t made a new showreel for a number of years and so I figured it was about time that I finally got around to editing one. It’s a combination […]
Not black enough, not white enough
I recently shot, edited and directed a mini-doc for the BBC about the coloured (people of mixed heritage) community in South Africa. It was a fascinating story and one I […]
Living on a radioactive mine dump
Johannesburg was built because of mining. The city is surrounded by huge, sandy dumps – a side-effect of the search for gold. I’ve lived in South Africa for ten years […]
In the line of fire: caught in Zimbabwe’s post-election violence
I was recently in Zimbabwe to cover the elections. I was there to make films away from the politicians and the hard news. It was fun, until the shooting started. […]
Using the Sony PXW-Z90 to shoot news
So I’ve just purchased the Sony PXW-Z90. If you’ve never heard of it then here are a few basic stats that helped to sell it to me: – 4K right […]
How to film in extremely cold weather: An interview with Stu McKenzie
Imagine that it is so cold your breath is freezing, you are in a 4×4 slipping and sliding across a frozen river and you are scared to switch off your […]
Lee Durant: From the Marines to the Media
In today’s podcast interview I speak with Lee Durant a cameraman based in London. Lee is a former Royal Marines Commando and we speak in detail about his military career […]
Covering hurricanes and extreme weather: An interview with Stewart Pittman
I’ve never covered extreme weather events. But if you are based in the USA then the chances are that you’ll have to film hurricanes and tornados and all sorts of […]
Shooting tips: PTC’s and sequences
I recently rediscovered my Vimeo channel which had been unloved and forgotten for some time. Amongst some of the gems I found were a couple of videos featuring examples and […]
