JUNE 2022 - Drone and Camera Operator and editor for Wolftrax films
Spent a few great days filming with several different people for Wolftrax as put together a few short films for their new website. Below to see:)
JUNE 2022 - Aerial Filming highlands on a short fictional film with an all female cast:)
A fun challenging day working on this short fictional film. A costume drama with lots of sword fights and a great all female cast. I was filming with the Inspire 2 and trying to get some stable running scenes in winds that slowly increased to about 35mph lol. We managed to get some good shots and everyone seemed happy. A great crew from all over UK here and a fun crew to work with.
JUNE 2022 - Drone pilot Scottish Borders for BBC show on a horse stunt team
Today I was back with Ramsay and Robyn from Caledonia TV for a program about a horse stunt team in the borders of Scotland. Today was a little different where we were filming an annual ride out of 300 or more horse, which was pretty amazing to see. Very busy few hours so not much chance for pics as had to film then run to the next spot lol. Will go out late summer on Prime time BBC.
JUNE 2022 - Filming with G2 Outdoor for their new webpage
Fun day out today at Falls of Bruar canyon filming Joe, Roy and Jess as they took a group down the gorge 😁. One of many filming to complete.
JUNE 2022 - Filming on Moray coast with camera and drone for Glenmore Lodge.
Great few days with Derek and Vicky plus a few other filming rock climbing movement techniques. These are creating tutorials for their YouTube channel. Now made maybe 150 films for the channel 😁
MAY 2022 - Countryfile episode Camera and drone in Kilmarnock and Aviemore
Always fun filming with BBC Countryfile. Here we filmed a piece about the making of a Children in need hat in a Kilmarnock factory and also interviewed a Ukrainian farmer online. Then we came to Aviemore to film with Fiona’s ponies on a piece about the Queen for the Jubilee. Great to finish on my own patch and meet another local too.
MAY 2022 - Drone operator in Scottish Borders filming horses
Few days with Ramsay and Robyn of Caledonia TV filming a stunt horse team for a prime time BBC 1 slot😁.
Always love doing work with Cal TV and the horse team were great to meet and see doing their thing with the horses
MAY 2022 - Camera operator and aerial filming on NC500, Thurso, Edinburgh, Berwick on Tweed for BBC Education
The final pieces to my filming plates for BBC Education cartoon series for Geography online classes. Definitely getting around Scotland with this. Showing tourism on one and green and not so green energy on another. Few new places for me here😁🎥
MAY 2022 - Aerial filming and ground camera at Laggan Wolftrax
A few days here and there filming mountain bikers on and around Laggan Wolftrax. Great bunch of folk and lovely working with Cristian and Ed Smith.
One of the five films below that I edited together😁🎥
MAY 2022 - Camera Operator on An Teallach for a Rab clothing advert
Fun team to do this with and a good bit of exercise too. Here I was doing the camera and sound for the team and a drone pilot Jordan came with us and Giles taking pictures. Will Renwick and Brian Sharp were our runners and presenters.
Started with a mountain bothy day mainly in the rain lol. Then it cleared for us on the mountain on the following day for some great filming. Jordan did well flying in the strong winds😁🎥
APRIL 2022 - Drone pilot on Mingulay over on the Western Isles for BBC ALBA
Now this was an amazing trip with the Dana crew. Filming the 8th episode together and the 2nd episode of season two. Here we head to Mingulay the un-inhabited island on the far south of the Western Isles. We are going for 4 days camping and climbing on the massive sea cliffs. there is something very special about this island, not sure what it is just feels great being there with the wildlife and sea and cliffs:)
We amazing get great weather although quite windy. We almost get stuck there which we were all looking forward to but Angus in his boat managed to get in to the little rocky gully where we load up. Some pics below just to show how amazing the place looks.
The footage was stunning here with climbers high on the cliffs and an ever moving background of waves crashing against the cliffs. Akira Kurosawa would have loved the movement in the shots lol. These episodes are out in October:)
MAY 2022 - Filming in Copenhagen with Gok Wan for ITV This Morning
Great long weekend working as main camera in Copenhagen on a story about the cities fashion. A great bunch in the team with Will Thomas directing and Amber being our fashion guru from ITV and Gok Wan presenting and Nige doing sound. We had a lot of fun😁🎥
MAY 2022 - Interviews for Alastair Lee film
A day doing some interviews with winter climbers for an Alastair Lee film. A setup with two cameras and some interesting questions about the sport😁
APRIL 2022 - Filming for BBC Education at Falkirk wheel and the Kelpies
Another day filming for BBC education on the canals between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Also filming in Dundee and Edinburgh centre for three films
APRIL 2022 - Camera Operator Glasgow and Oban for BBC Education
More BBC education stuff where I take a train south and then North to Oban another day to look at the Geography and take plate shots for animation:)
APRIL 2022 - Aerial filming and Camera Operator in Aberdeen for BBC Education
Have done several of these jobs before during covid times for online learning in schools. It is an animated series for Geography. I shoot the plate shots and then the team animate them with characters on their journey learning about the geography. This time was in Aberdeen and the Deeside way. Fun day filming just by myself:)
MARCH 2022 - Aerial filming on Isle of Skye for BBC ALBA
Had a great week here working for Solus productions on a Dana episode for BBC ALBA. We aimed to do a winter traverse of the Cuillin ridge but the weather did not permit us so we had a few days on the Cuillin ridge doing some munro in great winter conditions and a rock climb on the Cinch one of the other days in-between the 80mph winds and snow/rain lol.
Great team as alway here with Hamish as A Camera and director myself doing drone and second camera and Kenny presenting with Matt. Rich Parker and Jon Saunders doing our safety. Pretty heavy sacks and lots of walking for us all but should be a great episode in October:)
MARCH 2022 - Drone pilot Ben Nevis as 3 climbers make a new first ascent
Here we spend two days on Ben Nevis in great weather filming one of the last great ice climbs getting done for the first time. Great conditions but still looked terrifying as the icicle does not touch the ground and is free hanging so the team have to decide whether they reckon it is safe to be swinging ice axes at:)
Alastair Lee is hanging on a rope to catch the close ups while I fly from below with the drone and a long lease too:) Greg Boswell, Guy Robertson and Hamish Frost are the climbers. Robin is doing the safety for Alastair.
MARCH 2022 - Aerial filming in the Highlands at Creag Meagaidh
Today we were filming Guy Robertson soloing a few different ice climbs on Creag Meagaidh for an Alastair Lee climbing film. Was a good day out and some good exercise for the day as had to carry all the kit to the top to start:)
FEBRUARY 2022 - Drone pilot London to St Andrews while aerial filming trains
So this week I have been working for Richard Elliot aerial filming. Richard does a lot of filming of LNER trains and needed a hand from myself and Pete as we had to cover London to St Andrews. A lot of driving for this job but fun. There is always a bit of adrenaline filming trains as they usually come allow pretty fast and and gone quickly. Easier near london as the next one is along 5mins later but in Scotland its a bit more exciting as when you miss it. It might be 2-4 hrs before the next one lol.
This was for creating their new TV advert
