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The things we can’t say in video production
As a lifelong detester of fuss, my brain has sadly allotted marketing into that category. Which meant that the fact we are not allowed to talk about our two largest clients and the fabulous work we do for them was until recently not really much more than a disappointment. Roll [...]
Award Winning Event Highlight reel
We were really pleased when this film won the I.O.V. Video of the Month! One part of the wide range of jobs we do at the Adobe EMEA Summit each year, this was our best highlight video to date. Adobe gave us the freedom to plan and [...]
A short film for Essilor – A new way to Test
One of our regular clients, and one that I love, is the spectacle lens manufacturer Essilor. This is a huge, global innovator having created an amazing number of products that we would all recognise (once we had our specs on :-D) Their latest development is a device called a phoropter [...]
Prep School’s virtual Christmas Performance – Online streaming
A mutual friend introduced us to a Northamptonshire preparatory school who wanted to take their Christmas music offering online so parents could enjoy both a virtual nativity and watch and enjoy the musical performances of their children and classmates. I realised right away that sound would be key - viewers [...]
Product launch with the X of Specs
One of our regular clients Essilor who make the leading branded spectacles had a major product launch in the spring. We made a launch film where some of the most respected optical experts on the world talked about their experience and opinions with the new product. We shot them each [...]
Modern Brutalism – Photographing buildings
One of the most celebrated new buildings in the heart of the City, the new Bloomberg... er, palace? - is a remarkable bronze and glass edifice close to Bank tube. I photographed inside it whilst it was being built and outside after it was finished. The exterior looks a bit [...]
Capturing landscaping with groundworks expert Careys
Groundworks experts Careys asked me to photograph a development they had been involved with in Earls Court (very close to the celebrated massive crane blog post) Careys do foundations and hard and soft landscaping to a very high standard. I know it is a high standard because I point my [...]
Diamonds are an Investor’s Best Friend
A quick interview in central London that we did for a New York marketing agency who had found our website. The story is that an Hong Kong based company has devised a way to store measured and repeatable quantities of diamonds in credit card sized wallets so they become trade-able [...]
Adobe and Lufthansa Airplus
A shoot in the Rhineland telling the story of how Adobe Sign, the leading digital platform for signing and confirmation of contractual documents, has helped Airplus dramatically speed up their HR on boarding and other activities. This 2 day trek to Frankfurt was blessed with great weather which really helps [...]
Adobe Submit 2017 at London Excel
2017 saw another year of successful partnering with Adobe and their suppliers to help deliver the award winning Summit event at Excel, Europe’s leading digital marketing event. We have worked as part of the event for a decade, from the days when it could be contained in the Hilton hotel [...]
A Life on the Ocean Waves (well, 2 days anyway)
When Nick Irving from Reliance Yacht Management contacted us to ask about a new video describing his business, my ears pricked up. https://vimeo.com/235224372 Nick’s company takes brand new yachts straight form the factory, prepares them for sea and then sails them from the manufacturing base in Western France to [...]