13th February 2012

I shot Hull City v Bristol City for Sky Sports on Saturday. A great 3-0 win for the tigers and it is good to see Nick Barmby doing well in his new role as manager. I have interviewed Nick many times now and he is always good humoured, friendly and thoroughly professional, a lot more than can be said of his predecessor and many others I have to deal with. I am at a wedding fair at Cave Castle this coming sunday so come along and see me.

 

 

8th February 2012

Busy times at present. My new cameras continue to impress and have got some fantastic footage of body builders modelling a new range of sports clothing (watch out for it under the brand name of Raw Strength). After the shoot the body builders did not want paying – they wanted the clothes!

Tomorrow I will be shooting for the Tigers Trust ( Hull City, not wildlife ) and on Sunday it is a dance show at Bridlington Spa. Somewhere along the line I need to do some editing.

 

 

16th January 2012

Just got back from the City having shot an interview with Gary Baker, head of European Equity Strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The bankers are taking some real flack at the moment but this chap was very friendly which is more than can be said about the bank’s security guards. Still, I suppose there is a very real threat out there and they have to be tough, even if it is their own fault that the pass card they gave me did not work!

The job was a green screen interview with autocue and was shot for an American TV company with my new favourite toy, the Sony NX70. The full HD images look absolutely stunning for such a small camera and I was not even shooting at the maximum resolution

 

8th January 2012

I have just bought 2 Sony HXR NX70 (full 1920 x 1080 HD) camcorders and must say that they are exceeding my expectations by a long way. The problem with most HD camcorders used for wedding videography is poor performance in low light (dimly lit churches and discos) but these little beasts employ new technology to overcome this. The pictures these cameras recently delivered from a dimly lit disco are every bit as sharp and colourful as the footage from my broadcast cameras and I am looking forward to taking advantage of the new creative opportunities that these cameras can give. The NX70 does not offer the same level of manual control available on my bigger broadcast cameras but they are more discreet, have a good wide angle lens and an excellent ‘steadyshot’ function which will enable me to incorporate more camera movement in my footage. These little cameras are not perfect but used to their strengths they do represent a huge leap forward in performance and I am absolutely delighted to have them in my armoury for the coming year.