The Wandering DP Podcast

Listen to the Podcast​On the podcast this week we are breaking down several different night interior cinematography set ups.  The commercial we will be looking at featured a number of different night time bedroom scenes and it gives us a good look at different ways to treat this scenario. There are endless ways to shape the […]

Listen to the PodcastOn the show today we chat with the extremely talented cinematographer Matias Boucard about his project shot on the newly released Arri Alexa LF. Matias is one of my personal favorites and I have always wanted to get him on the show to chat. After seeing his work with the Arri Alexa LF on […]

Listen to the PodcastOn the Wandering DP Podcast this week we are going behind the scenes and looking at how we lit, framed, and finished a recent television commercial.  We also discuss how lighting references can help inform you and the rest of the crew on the approach a situation calls for. Lighting references are a […]

Listen to the PodcastWe pause from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special edition of the podcast.  This week we are doing a bit of a question and answer podcast and responding to queries from listeners.   We go over everything from what is the quickest way to get in to commercial cinematography to […]

Listen to the PodcastA bit of a different format today as we teamed up with Illya and Ben from the Cinematography Podcast to co-produce part of this episode. I sit down with them to chat about this year's Academy Awards Nominees and if Roger Deakin's will ever break his drought. Also I briefly breakdown a green screen […]

Listen to the PodcastOn the show this week we are chatting with director of photography Nicholas Wiesnet about his work in feature films, transitioning from documentaries to narrative, and his approach to the work has evolved. It was a pleasure chatting with Niko and hopefully we can catch up again once his movie has been released.Patreon […]

Listen to the PodcastOn the podcast today we are going behind the scenes and taking a peek at how we filmed a recent TVC campaign featuring a CG elephant.  The sun played a key role in the shape of the cinematography and we discuss how you can use a location and time of day to help […]

Listen to the PodcastA very special episode this week as we sit down to chat with cinematographer Sam Levy about his work on the film Lady Bird. Lady Bird marks Greta Gerwig's directorial debut and in our conversation we go over working with Greta, deconstructing the script, and turning ideas into reality once you are on […]

Listen to the Podcast​In today's episode of the podcast we are breaking down all the steps that went into creating a recent commercial campaign. In the spirit of run and gun we are taking about a spot that was almost all natural light with very little emphasis on traditional film lighting techniques. These jobs are a great […]

Listen to the PodcastOn the podcast this week we chat with cinematographer JP Summers about his experience on a recent tvc and how working with the right collaborators can propel your work to the next level. I first came across JP in the Wandering DP Patreon group and he sent through the project that is the […]