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Location Stories and Kit Advice from a Freelance Director of Photography.
Masterclass for the Royal Television Society
I recently had the honour of being asked to help take a student Master class at the Royal Television Society. Geraint Warrington and myself were interviewed onstage about our careers as cameramen, and we showed a few clips from our favourite shows we’d worked on. I...
Blog post by Dutch Dutch Goose featuring Phil working on Househunters International
Remember when I was super pregnant (30 weeks) and thought it was a good idea to shoot for House Hunters International? I’m actually not allowed to share this post until our episode is about to air, but I thought I should write it while I can still remember all the...
Ray & I
Part 1. ‘Withnail and I’ is one of my favourite films. When in the bath ‘I’ says he’s not a writer, they’re just his thoughts really. Here are some of mine. As I travel the globe filming ‘Househunters International’ for Leopard USA I feel an affinity with ‘I’, with my...
Three Camera Shoots #2
So the three cameras are all running, the board has been clapped, and John Oliver is asking questions to Stephen Hawking for his Sunday night HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight’. Stephen is his first interview for the section of the show called ‘Great Minds: People who think...
The Sahara #1
I woke up at 6.30am, opened my bedroom window and just had to set my camera up for a timelapse. Because what I saw was this… Erg Chebbi I’ve been working for a US show called ‘Househunters International’ for a number of years now and they send me to lots of great...