Phenomenal privilege to have shot on episode 6 of walking with dinosaurs. Directed by @lussknowe , on location magic and pulling the whole thing together was @emmitajuanita sound by @christopheryoulegrayling and aerials from the amazing @petergskeith , if you haven’t checked it out yet, then do, it’s good fun! I 100% worked on this show so I could tell my kids I had met a dino. Mission accomplished.
It's landed! Ep 3 is the episode I worked on, enjoy!
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I believe that’s Al Pacino giving us the killer look. Incredibly excited to see this one go out, along with all the ads and car content! One hell of a shoot (two of them!)
World’s first BMX jump over a moving F1 car, filmed under extreme pressure 🚴♂️🏁
@dopsherlock is an extreme environments cameraman and director of photography who films in some of the world’s most challenging locations, from war zones and remote deserts to extreme weather expeditions and high-pressure live-action shoots.
Swipe to see how he works. 🌍
📷 Stan Gaskell | Blue Door Productions | Red Bull Media House |
Operating in the tough places has been my bread and butter for many years, and although the cold of a -30c mountain in China provides plenty of challenges, it also provides remarkable beauty, and once you get your systems in place, your routines dialled in, then you can thrive in a place like this and capture cinematic content. Helps when you’re with your mates of course!
Filming in the jungle is frankly a nightmare, it’s the hardest environment to operate camera kit on the planet, in my opinion. And the worst part? Mosquitos. 🦟 The occasional beautiful scenery, good mates and great shows that come out of it are worth it… sometimes!
One of my favourite branded content shoots, we travelled to three countries in a very short space of time, met some fantastic people, had a few hallucinations, played vast amounts of risk and rigged and de rigged in record time. When you have the right people on the ground you can do great things. Directed by @mattrhepworth and produced and DIT/2nd cam by @robwilson all for @wearetvn . Project was of course shot on @canonuk cameras! Full film to follow.
Not too shabby a place to try out @canonuk C400 for @canonemeapro , I like it, the size is very appealing and the mini XLRs make sense to me, it has the full functionality of the C500 MII and even some benefits. I still prefer the image that’s coming out of my C500MII, and that screen… it would be the main barrier for sale in my opinion, everything else about it is exceptionally well thought through. Ultimately it’s a power house of a camera, and when you combine it with some RF lenses I can see it being strong fit for many high end cam ops, or run and gun PDs. #Review #canon #c400
Prepare for the ultimate cuteness overload… it’s really important to remember that the only reason this exists is because humans are destroying the cheetahs existence, they shouldn’t be domesticated like this, it’s only because they have had to be rescued and protected by the CCF that they have become this way, what needs to happen is more support for the CCF to create a world free from cheetah trafficking.
Just about as close as you can get to a truly deadly creature… although at this size it’s mostly licks… the tragedy is that they shouldn’t be like this, cheetahs like these ones have been rescued from the trafficking chain, but they will struggle or fail to be rewilded so they live their lives under the watchful and caring eyes of the CCF. Beautiful creatures, but they belong in the wild, something the CCF is fighting for daily. #crew #team #dop #warnerbros #cheetah
Sometimes there isn’t time for the “perfect” shot — you just have to roll with it.
I spent years thinking that being hard on myself was what pushed the work forward. In reality, the best images came when I relaxed, trusted the moment, and stayed present.
Positivity is infectious. It sharpens focus, lifts the crew, and keeps the story alive when plans fall apart.
Happy New Year. Here’s to more beautiful stories to capture in the year ahead.
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One of the biggest mistakes I made early on as a DOP and shooting PD wasn’t creative — it was not setting boundaries.
I always thought my edge was that I could push harder, further, faster than anyone else. Long hours, tough locations, constant pressure — I treated that as a skill set. And for a long time, it worked.
Until it didn’t.
I remember filming a race sequence on location in Taiwan. The hours were brutal. I was exhausted, but I didn’t know I was exhausted — I just thought I was pushing through, like always. I was flying a brand-new drone, felt totally in control… and then took my eye off it for a second and flew it straight into the side of a mountain. Completely destroyed. Middle of a shoot. Total stress. The team had to send back to the city for a replacement.
At the time, I couldn’t understand what had gone wrong. I don’t make mistakes like that.
It took me a long time to realise the answer was simple: I wasn’t pushing — I was depleted. And because I hadn’t set boundaries with myself or the production, I didn’t even recognise it.
Pushing yourself isn’t the same as being sustainable. And not setting boundaries doesn’t make you stronger — it just makes failure more likely.
That lesson changed how I work. #shootingpd #directorofphotography #documentaryfilmmaker #productionlife
