The Wandering DP Podcast

We are back with another breakdown this week as we jump behind the scenes to see a recent spot I shot and discuss a few of the many challenges. Day exterior spots are always tricky and this one even more so as a few location issues meant we had to re-arrange the schedule to put ourselves […]

Drum roll please... The winner of this year's Andre Sofhob award is...Tim Pfaustch! A round of applause for the whole group of nominees and a big congratulations for Tim for taking home the ward and keeping it in the Tim family after Tim Thompson's win last year. It is always fun to celebrate people from the community and […]

Hello good people of the podcast world! This week it was a toss up between a breakdown episode and a question and answer episode.  In the end we got neither of those options.  I started rambling about the current state of my career, some of the issues I am facing on a local level both creatively […]

On the show today we are excited to welcome back cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo.  We caught up with Andrew a few years ago and this time he is back on to talk us through his latest experience on Moon Knight. I am a big fan of Andrew's work and really enjoyed hearing about his experience on […]

On the show this week we sit down with cinematographer Ula Pontikos BSC to discuss her latest work on season 2 of Russian Doll. Ula shares her approach to prep, finding the right collaborators, and how she divides her time between the narrative and commercial worlds. Be sure to check out more of Ula's work at the […]

Hello film friends! Today on the podcast we are looking at a recent table top food ad we did here in sunny Western Australia.  In most parts of the world the food game is very specialised but today we are stripping back the toys and going more budget friendly (...really that depends on your version of […]

We've got a great one today as we are sitting down with cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister BSC to chat about his latest work on the Apple series Pachinko. I really enjoyed the look of this series and it was a great to get to hear from Florian how they managed to capture what they did.  Lots of […]

This week on the podcast we are sitting down with cinematographer Jonathan Furmanski to discuss his most recent work on Life & Beth. Jonathan was previously on the show back in Episode #173 and he is back again today to talk about his process, working during the pandemic, and how his approach is constantly evolving. Be sure […]

Today on the show we've got cinematographer Brendan Uegama on the show to talk all about his latest project Moonshot. Brendan and I chat about film production, knowing when to offer suggestions, and we go over exactly how he likes to work on set to get the most out of the crew and the gear. Enjoy!Advanced Cinematography: […]

One of the most enjoyable parts of being a cinematographer is getting to work on a wide variety of projects each with its own unique demands and circumstances.   In today's breakdown episode we take a behind the scenes look at a recent job that had its own challenges and we discuss our solutions as we […]