This is a reel for a visual effects company called The Mill (http://www.the-mill.com/). The creativity behind these spots is very inspirational! enjoy!
http://vimeo.com/7475898
http://vimeo.com/7475898
Vaquero
Along my travels to Mexico I met this vaquero (cowboy) outside of Durango. Though his english was terrible, and my spanish even worse we managed to almost arrange a deal in which I would trade my "steel horse" for a couple of his "real horses". I wonder what my life would have been like had this deal gone through.....
Anash & the Legacy of the Sun-Rock
About 2 months ago a TV series called Anash & the Legacy of the Sun Rock came to Whitehorse and I managed to get a job as a Production Assistant and Stills Photographer for the series. A funny incident came up when one of the actors was absent and they needed someone to play a British sailor.....immediately! So they ran into the office, grabbed me, threw me into wardrobe (18th century costume) and makeup, shoved the lines into my hand and directed me to say a few lines. I have to say acting is quite a bit harder than I imagined. I think I buggered the lines up 3 times before getting it right. So I guess now I will now have to get an agent and move to Nigeria. All in all, it has turned out to be an amazing experience and I've learned many of the inner workings of the industry. As the stills photographer, my pictures were used in a local newspaper called "What's Up Yukon". I think they look pretty good. The website link is here http://www.whatsupyukon.com/
Dreaming Tree
If my memory is correct, and it often is not, this tree lives in Kenya. I was on my way back from a day of wildlife viewing in the Masai Mara (National Park) when the sun poked through the clouds and winked at this tree. There are few places more beautiful than Kenya; the clouds dance about the horizon, full and bursting with energy while the sun softly skips across the landscape, pointing out things such as this lonely tree along the way.....
Horses in the Snow
Back in March I ponied up my motorcycle and headed south to Mexico for two months. The route basically followed the coast down to LA, inland to Utah, then down the Baja California and back via the mainland. The trip itself was a grande adventure in which I met many characters, slept with rattlesnakes and lightning storms, and covered 15,000 km. I took with me my (at the time) new Canon 5D and documented the trip through both HD video and pictures. Here is one of the pictures: this was taken in Utah just outside of the Bryce Canyon National Park. For some reason I was under the impression that Utah was hot and desert-like the whole year around; I was wrong. This snowstorm crept up on me and I spent half a day trying to outrun it!
The video taken from this trip can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/user/brendanpreston#p/u/4/ejC7F1bDwTc
The video taken from this trip can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/user/brendanpreston#p/u/4/ejC7F1bDwTc