Hector Skevington-Postles
Lighting Cameraman
Bristol, United Kingdom
I am a natural history and documentary cameraman. My professional experience to date includes filming in Africa, Asia, South and North America on blue-chip and other wildlife series for the BBC Natural History Unit, National Geographic and Netflix. Experienced and competent, and working with the newest cameras and formats, I have been lucky enough to travel to over 40 countries, and both filming and stills shoots all over the UK and Ireland.
Credits and Experience
Our Planet: Shallow Seas (2016)- Silverback Productions- Netflix
Photography – Current Project Shoot 1 : Arctic
Mexico: The North (2016)- BBC Natural History Unit
Photography – Mexico TX 2017 Bird behavioural sequences in the Sea of Cortez and the Sonoran Desert.
Mountains: Himalayas (2016)- BBC Natural History Unit
Photography – India : TX 2017 Snow leopards- Long lens, drone and camera trapping for BBC Mini landmarks series. Also a human story following a Buddhist monk’s journey.
Mosquitia Rainforest: Lost City Of The Monkey God (2016)- Nat Geo Studios
Photography – Honduras : TX 2016 A month spent filming this expedition, in one of the most inhospitable rainforests in the world.
Tribes, Predators & Me (2015)- BBC Natural History Unit
Photography – Botswana : Lions and Bushmen TX 2016 Working with the F55 to build wildlife and human interaction sequences in the northern Kalahari. Sync, long lens and MoVi.
Gorilla Family & Me (2015)- BBC Natural History Unit
Aerial Photography / Wildlife Camera – DRC : TX 2016 Filming the world’s biggest gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo. Long lens animal behavior and drone work.
Tribes, Predators & Me (2015)- BBC Natural History Unit
Wildlife Photography – Ecuador : Anacondas TX 2016 Shooting long lens wildlife in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Plus added beauty through timelapse and drone
Alaska: Earth’s Frozen Kingdom (2015)- Mini-landmarks BBC NHU
Photography - ‘Spring episode’ TX Feb 2015 Filming behavioral sequences of sea otters, sperm whales and brown and black bears on the salmon run. Designing and building 20 bespoke underwater cameras. Shooting on Red Epics, using cranes and MoVis on land and on boats.
World’s Sneakiest Animals (2015)- BBC NHU – Ep: The Hunger Games
Photography – ‘The Hunger Games’ TX 2015 A behavioural sequence of squirrel deception. Shot on the Arri Amira and included an additional days filming with Chris Packham. Feedback from producer Gavin Boyland in the edit - a stand out sequence; stunning footage.
Equipment
Panasonic VariCam LT, DJI Matrice 600 heavylift drone (takes VariCam LT, Red...), DJI Inspire 2 drone, DJI Inspire 1 RAW drone, DJI Ronin, Time lapse 3-axis slider .