I like solar power, I really do. Which is why this particular project really appealed to me.

I had the opportunity to film the NWU's solar car, nicknamed the Batmobile, over the weekend and I was really glad I did because the NWU team surprised everyone by winning the event. They came into the event as complete underdogs and quickly became media favourites as the Sasol SA Solar Championship toured the country.

Above: Fitting the GoPros. In a hurry. The team was kind enough to allow us to d...

Above: shooting footage for an upcoming documentary on a community music project

Yes, it's documentary time again.

We've nearly wrapped up filming and I'll be starting with post-production this week. I'm really loving this project. It's a remarkable story of a group of kids who through music reach a higher potential. The remarkable part? Well the kids, many of them from underprivileged backgrounds, go from complete novices to playing in a full wind ensemble in only a week! Some truly inspir...

The School of Music's concert ad for September is live on YouTube. Check it out. I'm having so much fun producing these clips at the moment. The GoPro went along to the shoot purely for show and tell purposes but I ended up shooting footage with it that actually made it into the final clip! Just goes to show how versatile these little devices really are.

I wonder if GoPro would edit it into their demo reel if I sent it to them. Put it in right after the base jumping dude... :)

This upgrade was so cool, I just had to write about it! I've been putting off upgrading my media encoding application for a while now, but when Sorenson Media offered a limited 40% discount on upgrades to Squeeze 8.5 Pro I jumped onboard. I'm a huge fan of Sorenson Squeeze and it's very much a mission critical part of my post setup.

Squeeze 8.5 Pro now supports Avid DNxHD and Apple ProRes output. That's right, it means you can encode edit-ready, native codec media from just about any sour...

Above: my first test shoot with the GoPro HD Hero 2. Sadly this YouTube clip does not do the footage any justice; it really is super sharp when viewed in full HD. I'll rather burn this to Blu-ray... 

I've wanted one of these for a long time. Whenever you see footage of skydiving, basejumping or any other adrenaline-fueled occupation, chances are it was filmed by someone wearing one of these strapped somewhere to themselves or their gear.There are a number of action cameras available at the m...