Lesly Leon Lee Cinematography and Photography

17/09/2023

Latest work that had very interesting content. Random encounter from Google was how I got this job. Great guy Pablo and we had some good talk about the nature of life and consciousness.

Why are we conscious? What is it about brain activity that is "magically" linked to conscious experiences, be it seeing, hearing, a thought, a feeling, or a ...

19/12/2021

So good to be shooting again. I never realised how much joy it brings me until covid fu**ed it all up. Promo for Finas showcasing their audio post production facilities. Finally bought a gimbal after all these years. Held off long enough. Found what I needed with the DJI RSC2 Pro. Raveneye WiFi transmission works well for the director to review the footage as we shoot. Thanks to Adrian Yew our audio guy for the shot.

22/04/2020

This is because you’re essentially engaging an entirely different set of ISO settings through a different signal path, which is optimized for lower-light shooting. This will give you a much lower noise floor for these higher ISOs than if you had kept using the same signal path like a standard camera without Dual ISO capabilities.

The Dual ISO sensor is on the rise, and every major camera manufacturer has made one (or will very soon). What is it, though, and what does it mean?

10/04/2020

A dance film. Music is by me too. Please use headphones. There's some awesome left/right channel stereo shifting.

This is the second take of two single takes. Basically one practice run and what you see is the second run. No pre-choreography and amazing spontaneous dancing from Rathimalar Govindarajoo

A semi camera test of the AF performance of the A7III. Wanted to push it to the limits for my freelance jobs. Low light, lots of random handheld movement. Zero crew, just me.

Sony A7III, Tamron 28-75mm at f/2.8, set at 35mm. Edited and graded in Premiere Pro.

For a higher quality 4K version, watch here. https://youtu.be/amv2vvlcZ_E

Do check out her profile. https://www.youtube.com/user/starbloodmoon/videos

08/04/2020

Film I was DoP on which won director Edmund Yeo Tokyo International Film Festival Best Director. Was on a steadicam the whole shoot. I used it roughly since I wanted a smoothed off handheld feel. Used a Samyang cine lens 35mm f/1.5 80% of the time, one focus puller and one lighting person with 2 led lights max. The frame you see here used one of my all time fav lens a USD20 35mm CCTV lens. Uncoated and crazy bokeh and flares. Shot on the OG Sony A7s. 1080, 50mbit on SLOG2. The scene with dead bodies from the boat,the lens got coated by sea spray and I decided to leave it on cos of the diffused dreamy look it gave, serendipity and genius that's what I call it. Now available to watch on MUBI.com

Short of money, a woman turns to human trafficking to make ends meet. Focusing in part on the Rohingyas’ flight to Malaysia to avoid persecution, the film is a poetic depiction of one woman’s spiritual journey.

28/04/2019

09/11/2018

Dancing in Place 2018 at Urbanscapes
Urbanscapes

20/10/2018

My thoughts on one of, in my opinion, masterpieces of cinema. This movie made me think, a perfect movie has been created. Why bother. But lol I don't think so now. Films are infinite fractals as is life.

F**k my life, I’ve been working on this for like almost 6 months. It’s just a fu***ng review Foo. Anyways, here it is in sketch form. Make of it what you want. And thanks for reading. I…

03/10/2018

Photos I've taken since 2005. I went crazy taking picture with my first DSLR, the Nikon D70s, then Canon 300D, GH2, Sony A7s.

03/10/2018

02/10/2018

Seems like Facebook thinks my showreel shows too much nudity. Here's an external link. Only I can see my full showreel posted here on my page. https://vimeo.com/292251875

Love Is A Dog From Hell Short (Director Edmund Yeo) Sony A7s (Slog2), Blackmagic Cinema Camera (RAW) (for some of the static shots) Nikkor-O.C 35mm f/2 Prime (No.854633),…

02/10/2018

Alicia Amin best model I've worked with so far (not that I've worked with that many) Thanks for the self direction and poses. This was for a sub brand from Bata, Power. Shot on a 24mm Nikon F/2.8 lens and a Sony A7s in RAW and cooked in Lightroom.

28/09/2018

Lesly Leon Lee Cinematography Cover Video