Freelance Sound Recordist / Supervisor

11/12/2025

So this has been a long time coming, but i’m very proud to announce that I was one of the sound recordists on location with Will Smith for the whole of this series made by Nutopia for National Geographic
The only exception being the North Pole as logistics ruled out a full crew, and I’d been solo sound on the South Pole shoot!
The scope and scale of this production was almost unimaginable, yet an incredible team of people, top of their game in every department absolutely knocked it out of the park to make it happen.
I’d worked with Will before on a couple of eps of Welcome to Earth, and he was on great form again on this series. He brings a great vibe and was charming, helpful and very easy to work with, a real pleasure!
Zaxcom radio mics made sure every moment was locked in audio wise, and the flexibility and compact size of the Nova recorder made it perfect for this shoot.
From the South Pole to the Himalayas, deserts to jungle, boats, helicopters, stunts, monks, tribes, scientists, linguists, and more.
A powerful tale of the beautiful yet fragile nature of our planet, hopefully a strong message about the environment will be the overarching legacy, with a great deal of fun along the way.

Five years in the making, POLE TO POLE WITH WILL SMITH follows Will across all seven continents, taking him from the icefields of Antarctica to the jungles o...

08/12/2025

3 years ago yesterday I arrived in Antarctica for a truly epic shoot, one of the highlights of my career!
Shooting with 2 x Arri Alexa Mini LF, Ronin 4D, and a variety of Reds for “minicam” rigs, 24hr daylight and temps down to around -30C.
Zaxcom Nova and Zaxcom recording radio mics for flawless and flexible audio coverage at all times.

07/12/2025

Not all shoots are created equal!
This one has involved topside reality filming and underwater scuba audio. Divers can communicate using OTS Guardian full face scuba masks fitted with mics and ultrasonic transmission systems - like an underwater walkie talkie. The mic feed is split out into a zaxcom recorder in a waterproof housing, and it records the output of the mic constantly, allowing for a full capture of everything the diver says.
With a boat full of underwater camera team and safety divers, topside cameras and editorial, surface safety and boat crew as well as contribs and sound department, it takes great understanding and cooperation to film like this. It is definitely not for the faint hearted, but is super fun and exciting when it’s all working in synchrony.

30/11/2025

I have so much love for the Nova recorder, it’s an awesome little machine. 16 channels of super flexible audio in a tiny box, ready to go anywhere!

24/11/2025

Final shoot in my diary for 2025, though I am available again from 14th December and all through January and onwards.

I promise not to bang on about the colour of the water and the sunshine here, just know the sandflies are brutal early morning and sunset.

Otherwise, yeah I gotta admit this is pretty peachy!

20/11/2025

These are DJI's Mic 3 - a tiny kit with 2 x wireless mics and a receiver which can pick up these and another 2 mics as well. The mics are about the size of the tip of my thumb. The whole kit is cheap as chips.

I guess they're aimed at self shooters or even content creators, as the mics will bluetooth straight into a DJI Osmo cam or even your phone.

I bought a pair just to try them out - I think as a professional sound recordist I'm supposed to look down on them and assume they're rubbish and have no place in my kit. But they've quickly guaranteed a place in my everyday sound kit and I keep thinking of interesting ways to use them!

Not least, they blew me away recently on a shoot in a super noisy location. These little bad boys have built in noise cancellation, just like your AirPods. I'm sure post has better tools available to get rid of noise on recordings, but they gave me a real peace of mind on location. I was able to hide them on a pair of on screen talent alongside my regular mics. Even the eagle eyed wardrobe dept couldn't spot them. They gave a remarkably tight and clean sound that became my go to audio for a few scenes where I'd have been crying into my headphones otherwise.

Additionally, they're super quick to deploy as spot mics - eg in a sun visor for an impromptu car rig - they have onboard recording with timecode sync as well, mind blown!

You could hide any number of them as plant mics for a hidden camera shoot.

Or mic up a roomful of people in super quick time at minimal cost if you were happy just to pull the files later.

The wireless range is surprisingly good as well (DJI are just nailing everything they do)!

I'm off on a water based shoot from tomorrow for a couple of weeks, I can see these being waterproofed and used in a whole bunch of ways, with boats and cameras in water, I can't wait to play!

I think these are a fantastic tool for self shooters, but also a thing that can integrate into a fully specced setup. I think I'm just looking for excuses to buy a whole load more of them. Feel free to hit me up if you have that excuse for me!

12/11/2025

Prosecco and cake in the car park after wrap. Local cat wasn’t interested, just hoping for some ham probably (prosciutto of course)!

09/11/2025

Currently shooting premium doc footage for Nat Geo / Disney +.
2 x Alexa 35’s with Steadicam also. Shooting drama style with full camera dept, video playback, make up and wardrobe departments.

At the opposite end of the spectrum I’m also very happy shooting minimally intrusive PD filmed content, which generates a real intimacy with subjects.

I love it that I have the opportunity to jump between lots of different styles of filming, it always keeps things fresh and flexible. Skills used in one format can always be transferable to others, even when you don’t expect it!

31/10/2025

Suddenly my life is all about carnets!! Three in quick succession after months and months without any travel, turns out they’re just like buses!
Quick trip to Monaco yesterday and back today, Italy on Sunday for a couple of weeks and then Bahamas a week or so later.
Very pleased and lucky to be travelling and very grateful the work is rolling back in again!

29/10/2025

Feeling festive after shooting Christmas commercial for EE yesterday. Not my usual type of gig but fun and shiny day with lovely people! No photos as can’t spoil the surprise!

17/10/2025

Busy but fun shoot with Kalel Productions for C4 last week with important social impact, fantastic to be a part of!
Maxed out my recorder channels with 16 mics in play, mixing on the move and sending audio back to an on-camera Gallery.
RF feeds to and from the gallery to cover a large Georgian house in London, Zaxcom mics all recording individual iso's for off-the-cuff splinter unit shooting.
Available now to help out with any audio needs or queries, feel free to get in touch!

14/10/2025

Not got a strange ear disease, getting fitted for some new custom moulded earphones for use in loud places!
Not smiling for the photo cos it mis-shapes the moulds until they’re set!