The Beauty Of The Candover Stream

We're very happy to have been working with the Environment Agency again.

This time the location is at the beautiful Candover Stream in Hampshire.

Our brief here was to collect both landscape shots and also reference shots of the work the EA have been doing here to restore and preserve the stream from degradation from people and animals alike. I can't tell you what a pleasure it was to work here to the sound of woodpeckers tapping away, surrounded by countryside where there is no sound of anything but the wildlife. It is very rewarding to be involved in these kind of projects.

The stretch of the Candover is quite extensive and so had to be tackled in multiple stages. The grass was long making take off and landings something of a creative exercise!! but we got it done.
Some area's of the river have been fenced off by the EA and developed to return the riverbanks to their former glory where the banks had been trampled by grazing cattle and suchlike.

From the air the difference between the fenced areas and the unfenced was immediately noticeableand this was one of the aspects they were very keen to capture.
The whole area is often used by the military for aerial exercises and so I had to be alert to helicopters or planes in the area the whole time.

We will be returning here to get some high res shots soon and will also be back when work in the pipeline has been completed to complete the before and after story. Can't wait
All in all a great place to work.

On the flightpath with The EA at Woodmill

Recently I was contacted by the Environment Agency to get involved in a project taking place in conjunction with Southampton City Council at Woodmill and neighbouring Riverside Park in Southampton. They wanted a mixture of landscapes and reference shots.

Anyone who knows the area will know that woodmill is literally in front of the main approach to Southampton International Airport and as such would make this a tricky job indeed. Especially as some of the shots needed would need to be taken at around 110m which would put us directly in the approach.

After we had gained the necessary clearances for filming in the area and been in touch with N.A.T.S at the airport to inform them of our plans the day finally came to get it done.

On arriving I contacted the control tower at the airport and got any information that was necessary on the day for our operations. They were extremely helpful and did a fantastic job of keeping us out of the way of the big stuff due to arrive and depart.

The whole project went extremely smoothly and the EA were very happy with the shots we got for them.

All in all a very productive and rewarding day.

The "Enchanted Forest" to appear in "Nature Pod" Project

Excerpts from my Video "The Enchanted Forest" are to be included in a futuristic 3D project in production by a team at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD).

The project specifically deals with "Experimental Futures" and is due to be unveiled at the IIDEXCanada Architecture show early in 2016. The project is being headed up by Professor of Faculty of Design Studies Dr Stuart Candy and is called "Nature Pod".

 Footage from the video is to be converted to 3D and will be included in one of three parallel nature pods as part of the futuristic project. OCAD is the largest and most prestigious Art and Design college of it's kind in Ontario and is based in Toronto, Canada. 

Stuarts futuristic blog can be found at: www.futuryst.com 

 More about the work of Stuarts lab at OCAD can be found at: www.situationlab.org