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I can't help but wonder where the still photograph will be in a few years time. The surge of video and moving images is destined to change the way we access and use our images forever.With that in mind, it is always a blessing to have a challenge, and when Mr Tom Gormer of Stylist rang a while back asking for a 'moving cover's the British Synchronised Swimming Team, I wondered how it might be done. No mainstream UK magazine had done this, but luckily, I had shot something similar for a Sensodyne Ad a few months back.Blippar is an App program on your phone that when you hover over a tagged cover, will turn the still into a short film. With a 30 second time limit and the need for a seamless transition, the obvious solution was the Red camera. Trouble is, it really is a video camera that happens to shoot stills and not the other way round.We had 1 hour to shoot this whole project with no rehearsal so my solution was to rig up two Canons, one for the stills and one for the vide...

So the fella holding the torch ran through our town and we all cheered and then went home. No, it was fun and as it should be, it was all about the kids: Still, the thing I am looking forward to most, is seeing my Stylist Olympic cover in action (literally) next Wednesday. New ways, new ways..

Danny DeVito gets his #Trollfoot out for Radio Times | Radio Times Should this one go on my website?

Much fun had on this Danny DeVito shoot a few months back. We took loads of good stuff most of which will never see the light of day. Note the location-that room in the 'King's Speech'.

Spotted trying to mix in with the staff of Stylist Magazine last week, was one snapper-

These were their first big roles. I'd never heard of any of them.

Not that I was planning it this way, but it seems more and more, that I am no longer a Photographer, and more a 'Videographer'. The general replacement of equipment is difficult enough to afford, but now I am torn between flash and available light products as I ponder how much training and time should go now into embracing the move from stills into video. A recent rather exciting (but hush hush) shoot involved shooting some stills that then made the transition into video. A neat concept, but just look at the gear required for this effort!