SOVI Video

SOVI - Sailing Opportunities for the Visually Impaired from michael austen on Vimeo.

Shot on a Canon 5D Mk2, sound from a Zoom H4N and edited in FCP, this is the first film I've been happy to show.... and it was a total pleasure to shoot, these guys are remarkable.

Kelkoo

Corporate portraits commissioned by the Red Consultancy for Kelkoo. Absolutely nothing glamorous about the location, one end of their offices that were being refurbished, but bare plasterboard makes a good background.

HMP Chelmsford

Haven't been inside for a while! So a recent shoot for the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse in HMP Chelmsford was both interesting and unusual. Time was limited, the guys still spend a large part of the day locked in their cells, but they were genuinely interested and eager to participate, for which I'm very grateful. Over 600 inmates, more than a third have drug problems... Images processed using bleach bypass in Lightroom.

SOVI

Sailing Opportunities for the Visually Impaired, in case you were wondering. Back from a short trip with Nick Pomfret who uses his yacht, Toucan, to take visually impaired sailors cruising for a few days. We headed west to Poole, back to Yarmouth, Bembridge, had a great night in the Folly in Cowes and then home. Shot some stills and video for his new SOVI website, editing it now and will post soon. An amazing, humbling experience.

Damaged iPhone

I guess it finally had to happen. After more than a year of cradling it like a baby, I finally managed to drop my iPhone, face down onto concrete. The glass looked like it had been hit by a bullet. I initially thought it'd be an insurance claim but then found Lovefone. You send them the phone, they replace the screen on the day it's received and then sent it straight back by RMSD. Fantastic service!

Clients

If you're in the business you've got to take a look at this site, Clients from Hell, and it's all true...

From the air

There's not a lot to shoot from an Airbus at 36000', except stunning skies like this. Helped to pass the time on the way back from the Dominican Republic.