Just wrapped up shooting the Lijiang Skyview Adventure a 65km ultra mountain race in Lijiang, China on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain at an altitude between 2,400m and 4,460m, Terrain included a glacial erosion lake, alpine meadows, virgin forests & technical scree sections. Here’s some images & a video of how I worked […]
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Shooting the Ultra Gobi
Just returned from the Gobi Desert where I shot a 400km ultra race called the Ultra Gobi. Branded as China’s most extreme race, the Ultra Gobi is a 400km non-stop, self-navigation ultra marathon held in the Gobi Desert on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Below is a raw & unpolished […]
Read MoreReview of the Sony A9
So here it is. My first ever camera review. I’m not sure if I’ll make this a habit as this was pretty time consuming but I have been asked about the A9 by a lot of people, after hearing that I got hold of one to shoot with. What follows […]
Read MoreChina Daily Newspaper Article on Mira Film
While attending the BANFF film festival launch in Beijing at the end of May 2017, I did a round of media interviews including this one that was published in the China Daily 《中国日报》 newspaper that is the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China (over 200,000 copies per issue). Although […]
Read MoreMore Than A Race – Now on Youtube
More Than A Race is now available on my youtube channel More Than A Race was my first plunge into capturing trail running in a way that I wanted to with a documentary style approach & capture the narrative behind this race & steer away from the usual ‘go-pro & […]
Read MoreMIRA – Nepali version of full film is now available online
The Nepali version of MIRA has been showing across Nepal through the mobile cinema screenings that have been funded by the Vimeo sales of the film that is available in English, French & Chinese. We have now made the full Nepali film available for viewing on Youtube. Thank you to […]
Read MoreNat Geo Commission & Mira Award
A milestone & huge honour for me was when I was contacted by National Geographic & asked to produce a short video story based on the film MIRA that I made. Suffice to say that I was honoured by such a request & sums up the incredible adventure that this […]
Read MoreUnbranded – The Story Behind Mira
“Chances are like leaves on a river, you have to grab them as they may never come again” May 4th 2016 And so the opening words to ‘Mira’ go. Just as Mira grabbed a life opportunity that came her way in the form of running, I grabbed a leaf that […]
Read MoreA Day Behind The Scenes
I love my work and count myself extremely fortunate to wake up each day and start working on something that I am passionate about. That includes days like yesterday that start at 4.30am start to head over to the Hong Kong trail for a sunrise shoot. After an assignment to […]
Read MoreBehind the Camera: Lantau 50 Photography Assignment
When on assignment to cover ultra events, my aim is to provide an authentic visual insight into the race. The litmus test [aside from a happy client] is a few days after the race when folk are sitting in the comfort of their homes or offices checking images on facebook or other […]
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