2023 – A lot happening in the camera world!
2023 started as a very busy year, with a lot of domestic and international clients seeking for freelance camera department roles in Auckland. With smaller productions asking for a cameraman or larger ones asking for a DoP, it was all go! At the same time, I can finally talk about some confidential projects I got […]
FX6 LUT workflow for FS7 users
By Christo Montes, Cameraman/Cinematographer – Auckland New Zealand The new Sony FX6 is out and I consider myself lucky as cameraman since I was able to grab one of the first to arrive in Auckland, New Zealand. I immediately put it alongside my trusty FS7 and started shooting on it with excellent results. However, it […]
NZCS Awards
It’s been almost 2 months of intense work. But now that things have calmed down a bit I thought I’d write about one of the most exciting things that happened this year. It’s the highest recognition for a cameraman in New Zealand. And that is nothing else than being awarded with the Gold and Bronze […]
New Zealand’s darkest day from an ENG perspective
It was a long week, after I had gotten home from a school camp and straight in to an early morning shoot that Friday, the 15th of March 2019. Returning home I was only looking to get some rest and prep for a live cross on Saturday morning. And that afternoon, everything changed and I […]
TP+ Summer Series
For my next blog post I thought I’d try and do a bit of a project breakdown of something that was a bit of a challenge. And the TP+ series I shot for Sunpix is a perfect example of that. So let’s get stuck in… The concept At first let’s see what this project was […]