The Wandering DP Podcast Patrick O'Sullivan - Cinematographer, Director of Photography, & Leica M Enthusiast

We are back at it this week looking at a recent commercial and doing a little breakdown.   Normally a job like this I wouldn't highlight the approach but after talking with Elliot Nieves on a recent episode about this series I thought it might be beneficial to look at what works and what doesn't work […]

This week on the show we sit down with cinematographer David Feeney-Mosier to discuss his latest work on the Oscar winning short documentary The Last Repair Shop. We chat about his approach to documentaries, how they differ from more traditional narrative projects, plus David shares his own journey of making the switch from camera assistant to […]

This week we welcome back cinematographer Geoff George to chat about the future of virtual production for cinematographers. Geoff was previously on the podcast in Episode #282 where you can hear all about his more traditional work and history in cinematography. All productions want better, faster, and cheaper and going virtual certainly offers two of these options […]

We brought back the Cinematography Survey for 2024.   The results are in. It isn't looking good but, by the sounds of it, many of you already know that.  The vast majority of respondents highlighted how 2023 was a massive struggle with changes in the market structure plus a drop in demand has left quite a few […]

So we were supposed to have an expert on the show to talk about Virtual Production, where it is going, and what it means for us normies in the cinematography space. Alas, those plans didn't work out so you get me ranting to myself for 40 minutes about the topic.  Definitely not an expert take but […]

Cinematographer Veronica Bouza is back on the show for her second visit this week and she talks us through her latest narrative project, The Gutter, which premiered at SXSW this week. She talks through how the job came about, what steps she took in prep to make sure she had a firm grasp of the material, […]