Travels With a Camera - Peak Images

Camera Operator on the Derby Soap Opera Filmset

PeakImages — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:49:14 +0000

Peering into the filmset of the Derby Soap Opera

I’ve just had a very hectic couple of days working as a camera operator on the Derby Soap Opera filmset, and it’s been a fantastic experience. Very very different to the sort of stuff I usually do – as far as [...]

A short Timelapse – Arctic Norway

PeakImages — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:44:19 +0000

Just a quick post about a little timelapse video from my trip to Arctic Norway in early April to view the Northern lights. I’ve called it End of an Arctic Day – as it’s just a short bit of picture-skew relaxation while waiting for the sky to darken and the Lights to come [...]

Canon 1D C – finally the frame grab video capability for press has happened

PeakImages — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:41:37 +0000

It’s been a rumour for years – eventually this newfangled movie stuff that’s migrating onto DSLR’s will spell the end of the individual image for press images that need to be grabbed in a hurry. (And as the rumour told by some pro photographers goes, it’ll put them out of a job as [...]

Canon 5mk3 announced just before Focus 2012

PeakImages — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:35:31 +0000

Hasty post as book deadline too close for comfort now, but it seems the Canon 5mk3 has just been announced. Just in time for Focus…

Headline features for video:

audio monitoring while recording – both headphone jack and live audio levels on screen. Thanks for listening Canon iso 50 – 102,400 same ALL-i [...]

A morning running amok in a warehouse!

PeakImages — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:56:01 +0000

Just a quick post to say I’ve had a very useful and instructive morning over at the offices and warehouse of Keene Electronics who are based near me in Derbyshire, where the kind folks who run the company let me try out various bits of stabilisation gear for the video book I’m currently [...]