Bavaria Dog Dancing

TWA England
International Dog Dancing Champs
Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany
Enthusiastic pooch lovers came from all over Europe to the Bavarian village of Oberammergau to compete in the Dog Dancing Champs. Categories included waltzing, foxtrot and country - no kidding.

Swiss Alps

SNTV Sports News Television UK
Santa Claus World Champs
Samnaun, Switzerland
Every year in the Swiss ski resort of Samnaun they hold the Santa Claus World Champs. Events I filmed included chimney climbing, snowball fights, donkey racing, and a huge Santa Parade

Putzmeister

Mader Communications USA
Putzmeister Corporate Video
Stuttgart Germany
Putzmeister make the largest cement pumps in the world..immpessive huh? Coz they use big laser beams to cut the metal we had to wear these unfortunate glasses all the time

Pumpkin Racing - Switzerland

SNTV Sports News Television UK
Pumpkin Regatta
Pfäffiker Switzerland
Take a few 300kg pumpkins, scoop out the middle, grab an oar, jump in and then race them across a Swiss lake. Then you have a Pumpkin Regatta. This crazy sports event was a laugh to watch and great fun to film

Vodafone - Milan

CTN Communications
UK Vodafone Investors Day
Milan Italy
During this shoot I got a day off so I visited a few sights in Milan including the impressive Duomo worlds 2nd largest cathedral

Cycling Champs - Austria

British Eurosport
2006 Cycling World Champs
Salzburg Austria
In Salzburg, Mozart's hometown I followed the progress of the British team at the Cycling World Champs

World Champion Cyclist

British Eurosport
Profile on Nicole Cook
Nuremberg Germany
Nicole Cook is presently the world’s number one road cyclist. I shot a wee profile on her for British Eurosport

Mud Marathon - Netherlands

SNTV Sports News Television UK
Mud Marathon
Oudendijk Netherlands
The annual Mud Marathon in the Netherlands would have to be the filthiest and possibly smelliest sports event on Earth
Straight after the above photo was snapped this happy competitor hugged me! It was ugly oh and muddy too

Sonntags

ZDF

"Sonntags"

Hessen Germany

I visited some lovely churches and cathedrals shooting a piece for Sunday morning TV show "Sonntags" about Germany's most well known saint, St Boniface

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Philips USA

Philips USA
World Cup Fanfest
Cologne Germany
We got into World Cup Fever shooting for Phillips who provided the giant outdoor video screens all over Germany for partying fans who couldnt get tickets to the games

FIFA World Cup

Channel 9 Australia
"The Footy Show"
Kaiserslautern Germany
Being camera assistant with Reg “Bring Back the Biff” Reagan was one of the funniest and most exhausting days of my life. Channel 9 followed Aussie fans to the legendary World Cup victory over Japan. I’m still the only person I know of that actually attended a world cup game in Germany, tickets were like hens teeth

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsefSMDU1ck

New York Fire Dept

Philips USA
New York Fire Department
Landstuhl Germany
During the World Cup The New York Fire Dept football team came over to play a few matches and the client didn’t have to pay extra for fancy crane shots

SPG TV

SPG TV Italy
Starwood Hotels
Frankfurt Germany
Risking life and limb as cameraman on this promotional shoot about the Frankfurt Reinland region. The director from Milan loved a good cigar and was working on the wrong side of the camera I reckon

Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television USA
Werner Seifert Interview
Frankfurt Germany
Ex German Stock Exchange boss Werner Seifert now pusues his passion for playing jazz organ. We interviewed him and shot his performance at Frankfurt's Jazz Cellar

Deposition - Norway

Legal Deposition
Oslo Norway
In Oslo the world’s most expensive city I shot a legal deposition which I can’t tell you anything about because I’m not allowed to. In fact maybe I’m not even authorised to mention it. Oops

ZDF - Switzerland

ZDF
Nano
Zurich Switzerland
Picturesque and punctual Zurich was the location for a shoot about schadenfreude (a great word which loosely translated means gloating) for German science show Nano

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RS Components

CREA TV Cologne
RS Components Corporate Video
Bad Hersfeld Germany
In Germany Corporate Videos are called "Image Films" so as you would expect I filmed some images for RS Components

War Stories

"War Stories"
General Patton
Heidelberg Germany
Beautiful Heidelberg is the resting place of renowned US General George S Patton whose death in Germany after WW2 is still a subject of controversy. We filmed for War Stories as they examined his mysterious passing

World Tug of War - Ireland

Trans World Sports UK
World Tug of War Champs
Killarney Ireland
Amid endless cups of tea I filmed lots of men grunting and pulling on ropes in lovely Killarney which reminded me a bit of the West Coast of the South Island back home. The locals were quite a relaxed bunch except for the Tug of War competitors of course