Sapphires and lemurs: Filming in the rainforests of Madagascar

In June 2017 I was lucky enough to travel deep into the rain forest of Madagascar on assignment for the BBC. I worked alongside another brilliant cameraman called Tony Smith and reporter Angus Crawford. Our piece was about the sapphire rush and how the miners are inadvertently destroying the last habitat of the Indri lemur. […]

Camera confidential: My book on video journalism is now in the Kindle store

Great news – “Camera confidential”My book on video journalism is now in the Kindle store and available to buy. CLICK THIS LINK TO PURCHASE If you haven’t heard of the book yet, then this should fill you in: Do you want to be a better video journalist? Shoot better pictures, master the art of travel […]

Life on the road: A glimpse behind the lens

I’ve been shooting news and documentaries for fifteen years now. It’s more than a job, it’s a passion. While on assignment I often like to use my smaller cameras to film behind the scenes footage – when I get time I edit them. Some of the films I’ve made are posted below. The above film […]

Popping up in India: My latest assignment

I usually work in sub-saharan Africa, I love it and am in no rush to work anywhere else. But, my other favourite part of the world is the Indian subcontinent so when the chance arose to be one of the VJ’s working on the BBC “Pop up” project I jumped at it. Pop up is […]

Big news! Camera Confidential is now available for pre-order

A couple of years ago I wrote a short book called “Camera Confidential” that I sold for charity and made £3000 for the Rory Peck Trust. I was really proud of that and so decided to rewrite it, update it and sell it (not for charity this time!) It is written and is currently being […]

Talking careers, kit and vertical video: Imagejunkies on the multimedia week podcast

I’ve been following the guys on the Multimedia week podcast for some time and was chuffed to be invited on for this week’s episode. We talked about getting started in video journalism, how web video is different to broadcast, kit, editing and we even touched on the vertical video debate. Have a listen and enjoy. . .

My Films

For your perusal here is a collection of my latest work since becoming a self-shooting video journalist who produces, shoots and edits all of my pieces. Sometimes I feel that my shooting suffers due to managing so many roles but I certainly feel that my all around story telling has improved a lot and I love the creative freedom that VJ’ing offers.