THE NEW LANDSCAPE OF IMAGEMAKING

A free and open spirit who creates.

To me a major influence in image making.

To others an unknown name. This shocks me.

This is a statement that has become a cliche. But it has a sense of truth.

Especially in the world of filmmaking.

Whereas the photographic image is most often created through a singular vision.

The moving image is created through a shared vision.

It is a concept which a lot of photographers struggle with.

I am currently buying analogue cameras on ebay with a cost limit of £5.

Each one that arrives, I fit with a roll of film and start shooting.

Without knowledge as to how the images will turn out. If at all.

I like this.

I say to people that this is happening. That we are now in a creative period in which anything is possible. In which the camera is the tool. It's price or marketing of no importance.

I am told that I am wrong. That this is not true. That this is not happening.

Here is some of the proof that it is.

Shooting For The BBC

A minute before the new Canon C300 and Nikon D4 arrived, I started to work with the Sony NEX5 in a normal short feature for broadcast environment. The little Sony is a lot of fun to work with. Its low light capability is very nice and working in even 1600 ISO it is  absolutely ‘worry free’. Moiré and aliasing are there but after working with the Canon 7d how can I complain? I was working EVF connected and my sequences (even the interviews) did not stress the camera to the limit. The BBC Close-Up series focuses on aspects of life in countries and cities around the world.

Today I visited an exhibition of the work of Andy Warhol.