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Vimeo. The place to be!

adrian — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:28:29 +0000

I spend a lot of time checking out videos online. A lot of the time this is pure procrastination, some might say it’s a bit of an addiction! I don’t ever see it as a waste of time though, just …

Filming in Arctic Greenland

adrian — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:30:03 +0000

With my shiney new Rab gear packed, 7D batteries charged and iMac shut down, I sat in my house checking over kit waiting for Matt to arrive. He was driving down from Carlisle to meet me in Lincoln so we …

Arctic Here We Come

adrian — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:18:43 +0000

The trip to Greenland is only 2 days away now, needless to say, I am quite excited!

Since my previous post the team have met twice to discuss ideas and we spent a weekend in Nottingham testing out some kit.…

A little bit of inspiration

adrian — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:32:41 +0000

Flight of the Frenchies

I saw this video as soon as it was available online. Sebastien Montaz-Rosset, adventure filmmaker and creator of this video, is a great inspiration to me. I really like the style of his filmmaking, balancing …

My response to the “Frozen Planet Scandal”

adrian — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:07:49 +0000

There have been some objections recently to the way in which the BBC filmed part of the Frozen Planet series. What I fail to see is why?

Thirty-two people from an audience of 8million objected to the way a scene …

Sasha DiGiulian climbs 9a

adrian — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:57:43 +0000

As of today, I have added a new section to my blog – Inspiration. If I find something I like online I’ll share it on here with a few comments.

Today I discovered that Sasha DiGiulian became the ‘first American …

Arctic Documentary with Alex Hibbert

adrian — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:42:53 +0000

I have been really lucky to be chosen to join a small team of filmmakers that will be following Alex Hibbert, world record holding Polar Explorer, over the coming years on various expeditions and challenges.

The first project is a …

Climbing with Maya The Series

adrian — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:09:59 +0000

It feels a bit odd writing this now, as we descend into the depths of winter, as this is a post about the summer, and what a busy one it turned out to be. I never really planned it like …

Wide Boyz Shoot

adrian — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:51:26 +0000

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with Hot Aches Productions on a 2 week shoot based in the Peak District and North Wales.

Hot Aches are working on a number of things at the moment, one of which is …

Kit

adrian — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:18:25 +0000

I have been using alot of different kit recently and it has really helped me decided what kit works best for certain situations. I thought i’d write a quick post about the equipment that I use and why. Jobs that …