Meet Steve. Steve's a busker, but not just any ordinary buskers, he's got a story to tell and it's very interesting. Steve used to be a dancer with a soviet dance troupe touring the world. I was heading home one afternoon when I heard some haunting music floating through the underpass, and it was Steve playing a soviet folk song on his accordion. I was hooked and asked if I could come and film him one day. He agreed, and this is the result. I'll do more with Steve, a series of interviews.

Yorkshire Dales

A short little meandering video from a week in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. A glorious summer week in Buckden, in the heart of the Dales

So, after much delaying and procrastinating I actually wrote and filmed something with a narrative. As much as I like pottering about with my camera on days out, I need to do something more. So this is it, very  simple, a metaphor for addiction. I used my mighty BMPCC 6K Pro plus my Sigma A-Series lenses. Captured in BRAW, which on reflection was total overkill!! But it was a good learning experience and my actor Izzy was so easy to work with.

 I popped along to the annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta this year and took my camcorder as per usual. A nice chance to try some nightime shots. The image quality delivered by the 6k pro plus the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 is astounding. The camera does seem to generate noise in the image in dimly lit situtions, quite noticeably. I remedied this in post with the de-noise filter in Davinci Resolve. This uses a LOT of processing power but is remarkably good.