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I'll be posting here semi-regularly on past, current and future projects, along with information on exhibitions, published works and other notes/opinion pieces regarding photography and videography.
Currently an on going project of mine, is that of my documentary film, 'Guardians of The Sea'.
Filmed in North Wales, on managing and understanding the impact of conservation efforts in Salt Marshes with the Marine Biology Department at Bangor University, I was lucky enough to going Mercedes, Giulia (pictured in black ad yellow accordingly) and others in their PhD program testing the ebbs and flows of migration patterns and species that are actively spawning young in these areas.
This was my first major foray into film-making and working with the kit provided from the University of Gloucestershire I was able to capture some great moments with the Sony A7III, a very capable camera for 1080p footage which at first was big learning curve, the menus specifically being hard to grasp.
Having either never been to a salt marsh, or at least never realised I was in one, I realised while filming what a truly beautiful place this kind of environment really is.
Plant life and different animals only found in these landscapes stretch out for miles across the UK, however, hundreds of years of damming these areas for agriculture, has caused many issues for the local flora and fauna.
Not to mention the impacts on those living locally, as these marshes, pay a huge role in combating sea flooding, managing storm surges and higher tides by providing an essential barrier between arable, habitable land, and the sea.
From this project, I was taught many things that I had no idea about this kind of environment, and how the UK is going through a transition now where land like this, that was used for agriculture, residential and commercial developments are being protected, and slowly returned back to how they were for thousands of years.