Behind the Scenes

BBC Ultimate Wedding Planner

Behind the scenes: Late last year I had the pleasure of shooting with a great team from BBC Studios producing the new BBC Two competition show, ‘Ultimate Wedding Planner’.

From their Glasgow HQ, the show sees eight aspiring wedding planners battle it out to transform six real couples’ weddings in just three days, under the watchful eye of judges Fred Sirieix, Sara Davies and Raj Somaiya.

UCI World Championships

Behind the scenes: Working across Scotland during 11 days of the UCI World Championships 2023. Providing RF handheld camera coverage at the Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William for Cameron, and filming at venues throughout Glasgow for the Women’s Road Race, Flatland, Cycleball and Artistic Cycling World Cup for UCI social channels and broadcasters for Mallard Productions.

BBC Debate Night

Behind the scenes: Filming for Cloudbass and Mentorn Media on location in Elgin for BBC Scotland’s weekly political panel show, ‘Debate Night’.

SPFL for BBC Scotland

Behind the scenes: Filming Hibs v Motherwell at Easter Road with Cloubass for Nemeton and BBC Scotland

UCI Esports World Championships 2023

Behind the scenes: I recently provided camera systems for the UCI Esports World Championships 2023 being held in Glasgow, broadcast live on Eurosport, for Cameron.

Hosted at The Engine Works, the event saw athletes compete on the Zwift virtual cycling platform with users from around the world in front of a live studio audience.

Using the Boxx Meridian with the Sony PMW-400, as well as supplying a wireless comms solution, I was able to assist in capturing the event for UCI and Visit Scotland as well as supplying camera relays for the venue.

The Mourning of Queen Elizabeth II

I was commissioned by Getty Images to capture a moment in history as the nation mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament.

My Chemical Romance at the OVO Hydro

Live, in-person events have been making a welcome comeback in recent months. But it only really hit home from me this week when I was stood in the pit operating cameras at a packed out OVO Hydro for My Chemical Romance.

Great to see live music well and truly back!

COP26 Climate Summit

Today marks the final day of COP26, the Climate Summit being held in Glasgow. The city hosted over 30,000 delegates from 180 countries and over 100 world leaders.

Over the last two weeks I have been providing cameras and crewing to productions throughout Glasgow. Filming live streams, hybrid events and webinars inside and out of the ‘Blue Zone’, vision mixing, operating remote PTZ cameras and covering climate protests for domestic and international broadcasters, as well as supplying additional equipment to production companies and AV suppliers throughout the city.

BBC One Show

Did anyone spot my cameo on The One Show on BBC One last week?

It was working with Mallard Productions and BBC Productions on this One Big Thank You feature for Barry in Paisley, who has done so much to support his local community.

From collecting shopping to cleaning up the local park and raising funds for local food banks, it was great to surprise Barry and give him the recognition he deserves.

TEDx Glasgow

It’s great to see in-person events starting back up again, and it was even better to tick this one off my bucket list - providing the Sony PMW-400 with a telephoto lens and crew last week at TEDx Glasgow for Cameron at the Engine Works.

Scottish Election for Getty Images

A few frame grabs from my filming across Glasgow this week for Getty Images, covering the 2021 Scottish Election campaign, including coverage of polling day and Scottish Labour Leader, Anas Sarwar.

Hot Rum Cow Launch Party

I was recently commissioned by Edinburgh based publishing company, White Light Media, to create a promotional video for the launch party of the their new magazine, Hot Rum Cow.

he magazine, now on it's third instalment, 'The Whiskey Issue', aims to celebrate the wonderful world of drinks by exploring the stories and people behind them.Find out more about the magazine at www.hotrumcow.co.uk