Evan Zell.

With over fifteen years in the television, video production and live production industries, I work as a director of photography, licensed RPAS pilot, live director and certified DaVinci Resolve colourist. Clients and peers know me as a one stop shop for a shoot day: I come fully equipped with whatever the job needs, and I am comfortable working solo or inside a full team.

My kit covers digital cinema, broadcast, stills, time-lapse, drones, live production, lighting, gimbal and audio, which makes me a practical option across a wide range of productions. The work runs from corporate and TVC production to live multi-camera and remote transmissions, licensed drone operations, government infrastructure, construction progress and time-lapse, press and red carpet, medical, and training and induction video.

My editing background means I shoot with post in mind, which is the sort of thing your editor notices and nobody else does. It makes for a faster, cleaner turnaround at the other end.

Most of the people who book me are running a business of their own: a production company, an agency, an events outfit, another time-lapse provider. They are usually not short of work. They are short of one capability their client has just asked for. Hiring me is how that capability appears on their rate card this month instead of next year, and stays theirs.

I am based in both Sydney and the Central West of NSW, travelling between Meadowbank and Orange every few days, which makes city and country filming convenient and cost effective, and means a lot of early drives over the mountains with a boot full of kit. Available Australia wide and overseas.

I am never completely happy with a job, which I have made my peace with. It is probably the reason people book me again.

Member of the Australian Cinematographers Society. White card and RIW card current, so construction and rail sites are a booking, not a three week induction problem. Certificates of currency and CASA documentation on request, same day.

I also run Reel Impact Media, a Sydney production company, for jobs that need a full crew, a producer and a deliverable rather than a pair of hands. It is the reason the rules above are written down. I know what it is worth to keep a client, so I am not going to take yours. If a job you are quoting would be better served by a whole production company, tell me and I will either point you at it or stay out of the way, whichever you prefer.