Behind the scenes · field notes

The journal.

Longer notes from the road: how the films get made, what fits in the bag, and the questions worth asking before a flight is booked.

Salt pans on the Tunisian coast at low tide

Seven questions I ask every fixer before booking a flight

A good fixer is the difference between a film and a holiday video. These are the questions that tell me…

A Himalayan ridge line above the snow line

What fits in the bag: the two-camera kit that survives a winter shoot

The list has not changed much in three years, because everything on it has already failed once and been replaced…

Misty mountain valley at sunrise

The making of “The Loneliest Road in Iceland”

Eight days across the Westfjords in polar night, on a motorcycle, with two cameras and no hotels. Here is what…

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