I do a lot of panoramic photography but I wanted to try producing a panoramic HDR image so I could control the background and foreground exposures without losing any detail. A 2 day camping trip around the stunning hills of Karkai Mountain in India was the perfect setting to attempt this for the first time.
I took 4 photos with 9 bracketed exposures [-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4]. A total of 36 images!
Each set […]
This image was taken at the start of the trek around Karaki Mountain.
The journey to get here from Mumbai was a 3 hour train ride, followed by a 4 hour taxi ride, followed by a uncomfortably hot and cramped final 20 minute drive in the back of this van. All of this before a day’s trek to the top of the mountain in 30° heat.
After dropping the 6 of us off at the base of […]
During my stay at ILM, I used their in-house specific Camera and Lighting pipeline while working on Spectre, the latest Bond film.
I produced vfx cameras, layout and lighting for the intro ‘Day of the Dead’ Sequence.
Above is a short video from the bond onset team discussing their experience in Mexico.
There is no video vfx breakdown from ILM for the sequence so click here for a link to an interview with the VFX Supervisor […]
While at ILM London, I produced Cameras and Layout using their in-house software, Zeno, for the fight sequence between Falcon and Ant-Man.
There is no video vfx breakdown from ILM so above is a TV spot trailer featuring the 2 characters.
Click here for a more indepth look at all the vfx produced on Ant-Man, by all the vfx vendors courtesy of FXGuide.
‘Everyone asks questions. Few sacrifice everything for the answers.’
Two people trapped in an Orwellian world find a symbol of hope that the authorities will do anything to keep secret.
Based on the book ‘Pollen’ by A.D Lamb, I wanted to introduce and get the audience to ask questions about the tense world, themes and characters in this ‘proof of concept’ short film.
After reading the book, I quickly put together a script […]
Working as the Matchmove/Body Track/Layout Supervisor at Prime Focus I led a team to produce over 200 cameras/layout and body track animation shots for Kingsman: The Secret Service including the Church fight, the end sequence tunnel fight and the space balloon sequence.
Above is a short behind the scenes video from Yahoo! about that crazy church scene.
Find out more about all the vfx shots that Prime Focus produced at: http://cinefex.com/blog/kingsman/
A view of Mount Ruapehu from the top of Mount Ngauruhoe in Taupo, New Zealand.
The mountain climb itself took about 4 and a half hours. It was so steep and with loose rocks making our feet sink into the mountain like quicksand, we were all climbing on our hands and knees near the summit, however, the views at the top were more than worth the effort.
This image is a panoramic composite of 3 […]
This image was taken near the end of my trip around New Zealand.
In the beginning of the trip we asked where the best place was to do a skydive. The response was unanimous. Wanaka on the South Island. After 6 weeks of travelling around the North and South Island, it was time to take the plunge.
Due to weather conditions, and having to cram in a few activities, we ended up doing […]
Working as the Matchmove/Body Track/Layout Supervisor at Prime Focus I led a team to produce over 200 cameras and synth animation shots for Total Recall.
Above is a short video from Prime Focus discussing how we enhanced the ‘synth’ characters with cgi internal mechanics.
Working as the Matchmove/Body Track/Layout Supervisor at Prime Focus I led a team to produce over 250 stereo cameras/layout and body track animation shots for Dredd.
Above is a short video from Prime Focus showing the various breakdowns from the film.
