Archive for September 2021
What is a film stills, or unit stills photographer?
Part photographer, part ninja, part psychologist The irony of being a film stills photographer, is that your images can be some of the most widely published on the planet, but hardly anyone even knows that your job even exists. The most common response to the question of what I do when I explain it to…
Read MoreHow to become a film or unit stills photographer
The question I get asked the most is how to get started in this industry. What does it take? How can I break in? My simple answer is you need two things – patience and persistence. Actually, you need a few more as well, like a great sense of timing and composition, ideally a calm…
Read More7 Things I learnt from 7 months filming on a 007 film: Notes from the No Time To Die unit film stills photographer
1. Good ear protection is a necessity. Obviously on a Bond film there will be explosions and guns, and even without them being loaded they are still extremely loud. I used two layers – one ear plug that you squeeze and it reforms in your ear canal, plus proper ear muffs which are often provided…
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