Working as a camera operator and photographer for World Animal Protection
Nicolas Axelrod kindly recommended me to work as a camera operator and photographer for World Animal Protection.
After spending almost 4 years working in Mondulkiri on Last of the Elephant Men, it was great to go back to Sen Monorom to catch up with everyone and document the great work Elephant Valley Project are doing.
It was my first time working as a camera operator and a photographer at the same time. It was challenging, but overall good fun. I look forward to doing more of this in the future.
Working as a videographer for Digital Divide Data - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives Preservation and Digitization Project
I worked as a videographer to document the work DDD has been doing preserving and digitizing the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum’s archives.
It was fascinating to see the work that they were doing and the training that the local team had received to meticulously preserve and digitise the archive. It was also great to see the museum advertising the video on Facebook to get more people to visit the museum.
I was working alongside Simon Toffanello a Phnom Penh based photographer, who kindly put me in contact with DDD. You can see a selection of his images here.
Working as a videographer for Digital Data Divide - Souvannahong and Bounheuang case study
I worked as a videographer on a couple of videos for DDD, a New-York based social enterprise. They train disadvantaged youth in IT and after working for them for a couple of years they can move on to well-paid job in the IT sector.
It was great shooting this video of Souvannahong and Bounheuang in Vientiane, Laos, as they both enjoy their work and are appreciative of the life-changing support DDD provides them with.
Working as a camera op / video journalist on The European Investment Bank - Safe Water for Cambodia video
I was contacted by The European Investment bank to work as a camera operator / video journalist on the project they support to provide clean water to everyone living in the Phnom Penh municipality.
My brother was over with his eldest daughter Dasiy to celebrate my 40th. We travelled back from Kampot, where we enjoyed a short break, in the evening on my birthday, so I could be in Phnom Penh to film the next day.
A view of the river from Champa Lodge
A view of the old bridge in Kampot
The schedule was pretty tight, but overall I'm happy with the results. It's great to see someone else editing something I shot. Some of the graphics are great and there's creative use of the frame rates and reframing the 4k images.
EIB put a message about the job up on a private Facebook group and someone put me forward. I need to find out who it was and say thank you!
Samnang's Story - an NGO video for Temple Garden Foundation
It was great working as a videographer on this video for Temple Garden Foundation (TGF), a small NGO based in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The video has been a successful fundraising tool to raise much needed funds to help people in Chi Kreang district. Known for its temples, Siem Reap is one of the poorest provinces in Cambodia, so it’s great to be able to support the vital work TGF do.
The Cambodia Run Challenge is an annual event that has been set up to raise money for TGF. If you get the chance please head over to their page and check it out.