Those of you who know me, are aware that for over thirty five years, I produced and directed numerous TV programmes. Whilst I was also teaching photography and video too, I over saw the production of multi media productions for internal and external consumption on behalf of the Home Office. On top of that I was also delivering my own landscape work, concurrently as a separate entity.

Lucky to be trained at the BBC, I enjoyed working with some of the most interesting people across the spectrum and finding myself in national and world situations that I never thought would ever happen. It was a busy and exciting time.

I was younger then ha ha!

I found working on programme production to be both rewarding and a furtherance of the creative process. It was a huge jigsaw puzzle to create, break up and then p[iece together again. Hard work but satisfying!

An image from many moons ago….On the set of ‘TIP THE BALANCE’ which was a production that starred Robert Powell as a game show host, in a hard hitting programme concerning drugs and addiction that was distributed throughout the country.

Now though? Well I am happiest walking the fells of the Lakes or the mountains in Eryri.

My happy places!

When I finally retired from the HO, I said I would concentrate entirely on the single image and I have been true to my word on that.

Until now…

Times have changed, as has the market out there and it is amazing what you can now do with an iPhone 14, a gimbal and a microphone!

To that end, I have now posted a video, my first under the ‘MovingStills Production’ channel on YouTube, that was shot in the Ogwen Valley over two days during autumn. It turned out to be testing conditions to say the least, hence the title.

I pass on a big thank you to Vicki Procter who added an extra camera on the shoot. I couldn’t have done it without her.

Please click on the title ‘WEATHER ROULETTE’ and this will take you straight to it.

I hope you enjoy watching and more will follow in due course.

Regards

Mark