NOVEMBER 2025 - Filming in Qatar with John Torode – Dunes, Dishes & Deadlines
Behind the scenes filming travel films in Qatar with John Torode, capturing desert adventures, Doha skylines and cultural locations for Qatar Travel.
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BAFTA-winning drone operator, aerial cinematographer and camera operator based in Scotland, specialising in film, television and commercial productions. Operating DJI Inspire 3 X9 and specialist drones, with extensive experience filming across Scotland, the UK and internationally.
Behind the scenes filming travel films in Qatar with John Torode, capturing desert adventures, Doha skylines and cultural locations for Qatar Travel.
Read MoreA daft April Fool’s gag about Casio G-Shock socks escaped into reality, ending with a windswept shoot on The Cobbler where socks met snow and common sense took a day off.
Read MoreA fun day if a little full on with midges to start the day lol. Today I had to be up high in the mountains by 8:30am to catch some runners as they went by. I was taking shots of the sunrise on the way up and my hands were black as if I was wearing gloves as I flew. Was so hard to get a decent shot without scratching.
I arrived at my position for filming and then had to walk back and fourth 200m for an hour until they arrived due to the midges. Fortunately 30 minutes after the runners arrived so did a subtle breeze and the sun to scare away the nasty midge:)
The film is an advert for a duathlon for next year taking place up here and organised by Jenny. The rest of the day with two different groups with a few folk I knew we all had fun getting a bunch of shots together for Jenny’s film that Markus Stiz will edit together:) A screen grabs from my footage of the stunning day below.
Sun just hitting the mountains 6:30am and my hands totally covered in midgies
Runners silhouetted in the sun
Reflection of the runners after they all swam here too.
Was fun this job as I was working with an old friend from ITV This Morning who runs his own company now called Opposite Land Productions. So was fun to catch up and see a few different pubs I hadn’t been in before. had a few randoms with morning and early afternoon drinking very keen to join in. I think they would have been unto have in there. Definitely characters for sure. one lady had only a few prominent teeth and very smily. I don’t think they were what was wanted for the advert but maybe a future one:)