28/05/2020
New blog post today! I recently catalogued and key-worded over a decade's worth of raw footage from client video projects. Took a while but absolutely worth it for quick easy access to footage. This is how it was done :)
Catalogue Raw Video Footage For Offline Access [How To Guide]
To catalogue your raw video production footage in an easily accessible way can save you hundreds of hours of productivity over the course of a few years.
11/04/2020
Making sure you stay productive as a videographer is paramount to keeping motivation and hunger up for the next gig.
Videographers: 5 Ways To Stay Productive When Video Work Is Quiet
When work dries up, how to stay productive as a videographer. The nature of being a freelancer in the media industry means that work will tend to ebb & flow
30/03/2020
A lot of freelancers are experiencing some challenging times at the moment, during this quieter time, take the opportunity to get on top of things you might not have time to do when you are busy.
Here's an article i wrote a little while ago with a few tips on how to organise book keeping for freelancers & sole traders
7 accounting tips for video freelancers - Camera man Adelaide - freelance lighting DP, camera man & editor
if I was starting over again, these are the things i would do from the start, these are the 7 accounting tips I wish I knew when i turned freelance
19/03/2020
Just created my own DIY wireless directors / client monitor so i thought i'd pass on the experience and parts list on how to build your own!
Building a DIY wireless directors monitor / client monitor
How i built a DIY wireless directors monitor from any camera using old parts and budget friendly new hardware. When it comes to providing a director or
12/02/2019
Well that tops off a challenging yet rewarding week filming a new show in Singapore & Thailand coming to Channel 7 in March. Super proud of the rushes so far and the effort by all the crew. Can't wait to see it go to air! Thanks for the images Steve Sweet
18/06/2018
Mike my director asking me what shots we need for the next scene, I'm just thinking about what's for lunch. ---------------------
05/04/2017
Great week filming on location down on the South Coast NSW for NZ and Aus cooking and travel show 'taste of a traveller'
29/01/2017
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12/10/2016
A few snaps from out on location yesterday at Australia's second largest solar farm, our planet is sick so it's great to see projects like this in real life at such a grand scale
11/10/2016
Heading 1100km out of Sydney today to film 2 interviews in the outback at Australia's largest solar farm... I've had shorter communtes to work i suppose!