JOURNALISM BACKGROUND
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
I trained in photography at Christie’s Fine Art Auction House in London as assistant photographer on medium and large format film doing their high end brochures. I gained press photo experience at the Brighton Argus newspaper and then as a freelancer. I’ve had photos placed in major broadsheets, magazines and news websites. I’ve also undertaken commission work for PR companies, media companies and other individual private clients.
INTERVIEWING
My first interview was with a rather reclusive but highly engaging and fascinating Hollywood director. Since then, I have done many interviews with politicians, actors, authors, directors, producers, film crew, business owners, musicians and many others. These include phone interviews, TV interviews, face to face interviews and location interviews. People always feel at ease with me so I get the best out of them and this comes across in the result.
NEWS REPORTING
I started my news camera work for ITV local in Brighton, filming and conducting interviews. I’ve also covered politics, community events, festivals and worked for local Brighton TV producing stand-alone news reports. I’ve also worked for several independent news media websites in Brighton. I gained invaluable live experience at party political conferences and election results, learning how to capture quality, useable and resonant footage quickly.