The Wandering DP Podcast

We are trying something new today for the podcast. This is a breakdown episode of a recent commercial I shot but instead of housing all the images and lighting diagrams on the site we have packed everything into a 49 page PDF. You can download the file with all the images and descriptions from the podcast by […]

On the show this week I chat with direcotr Mike Oldershaw.  Mike and I have worked on a number of different jobs together (some of which we have broken down on this podcast) and I am a big fan of his work and his style of directing. We discuss the treatment process, pre-production, what it is […]

On the show today we are chatting with cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel ASC about his career and his most recent worn on Da 5 Bloods. Enjoy!Commercial Cinematography: The Foundation CourseIf you are interested in Commercial Cinematography and getting the most out of Pre-Production than this course is for you.  In the course I lay out a step […]

A great show today with the added benefit of not being a real commercial.  We are looking at a spec (sort of) ad today and breaking down how it all came together. The double edged sword of shooting commercials and trying to break them down here for you is that there is only so much I […]

Today on the podcast we chat with cinematographer Joshua Weinstein about his latest work on the Quibi documentary "Blackballed". Joshua shares his unique process working with the director to establish the look of the show, navigating the technical issues that come with format changes, and how he designed his lighting throughout the show to deliver his […]

This week on the show we sit down with Australian director Alex Feggans to chat about his views on the industry, finding his voice in the work, and continuing the creative pursuit. Alex and I have done quite a few jobs together and his style of directing is why i wanted to get him on the […]

We are closing the loop today on the show as we take a look at some of the test clips from our Virtual Production shoot. We spent two days with the LED wall and all of Dave's fun stuff and these frames are from those tests. We talk about what worked well, what didn't work at all, […]

This week on the show we sit down with VFX Supervisor/all around smart person Dave McDonnell so that he can tell us what the future of film production is going to look like. Dave has been tinkering away in the world of Virtual Production and over the past few weeks we have been testing his own […]

A little something different for the regular listeners of the show. We had planned to sit down with the VFX Supervisor of the crazy DIY Volume LED thing that has been all the rage over on instagram this week but alas our plans we thrown out last minute.   Instead this week I started doing the breakdown for […]

Alright, alright! On the show this week we chat with cinematographer Thomas Scott Stanton. No doubt he has the craziest story for getting in to the business that I have ever heard.  If you are one of those folks who thinks there is only one way to become a cinematographer than this is the episode for you. Lots […]