Author: Gethin Moreau

Nearly every problem people try to solve with a purchase is a problem of light, distance or patience. I write about where to put the camera and why, how to cover a scene so it can actually be cut, what a colourist can and cannot rescue, and which piece of equipment genuinely changes the work — a short list. I will name gear when it matters, with the caveat that I have shot better material on worse cameras than the one you are saving up for.

The Complete Guide to Planning a Shoot

January 3, 2026August 19, 2026 Gethin Moreau

I once spent four hours on a documentary set in a damp basement in Leeds, watching a kid half my age stare at a $50,000 sensor readout like it was going to tell him how to fix a muddy, flat image. He had the most expensive kit in the county, but he hadn’t even looked…

Guides

Choosing a Camera by What You Shoot, Not What You Read

January 1, 2026August 19, 2026 Gethin Moreau

I spent three weeks on a documentary in the Highlands last year, working with a kit that had half the dynamic range of the latest flagship sensor, and I still walked away with better images than the kid I saw last month using a $50,000 rig in a studio with nothing but overhead fluorescent lights….

Cameras