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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Well Spun Tales

    Well Spun Tales

    Last year my friend Shane Connelly approached me with a proposal to create some short documentaries for the Velo City festival. Velo City is a huge cycling transport policy event that happens in a different city each year. Last year Dublin played host. Shane and I are both avid cyclists. Both intensely disturbed by our Read more

  • Trying world class lenses on the Blackmagic Pocket 4K and 6K

    My youtube review show ‘Hot Lunch’ took a look at the Zeiss CP.3 range of compact prime lenses, testing them out on both the Black Magic Pocket 4K and 6K. These cinema primes are a filmmakers dream, offering beautiful skin tones, silky smooth aperture and focus, and full frame coverage over the whole range. We Read more

  • New advert for Martintown House

    I created this ad for the new glamping facilities at Martinstown House. Martinstown is a beautiful Strawberry Gothic great house located near the Curragh in County Kildare. They have a new glamping setup that puts you to sleep right amidst the trees. Read more

  • Our review of the Sony FX9

    New review up. This time of the Sony PWX-FX9. The 6K sensor full frame successor to the FS7. We look at everything from colour to usability, to the changes Sony are bringing to the camera later this year. If you’ve been considering an upgrade, or even thinking about this as your first cinema camera. This Read more

  • The Late David Turpin | Love Shrine (feat. Xona)

    My new video for Irish artist David Turpin. Shot last year in Dublin. Concept: David Turpin | Dir/Ed: Gareth Stack | DOP: Siobhán T. Rose Madden | Prod: James Galvin | BTS: Anthony Kinsella Feat: Xona, Lorcan, Dmitry, Michal, Pablo, David, Emerson and Bonnie Take from the album ROMANCES. Directed this last year for Irish Read more

  • A Year with the Black Magic Pocket 4K

    We’ve spent a year getting to know this small but mighty camera. We’ve shot around Europe and the US, on both corporate and music videos. Just what makes the Pocket 4K and it’s big brother the Pocket 6K different? What do you need to use these cameras? Can they replace production cameras? Can they be Read more