Whether it's following a host up and down the Glaciers of Alaska or diving to the depths to comment on the wildlife of the Kelp bed you need a solid sound mixer that has been there before.

I've experience in recording sound underwater with the AGA mask, Howler Monkeys in Central America with the Holophone and Humpback Whales with hydrophones. Added to that many Expedition Documentaries as the Location Sound Mixer, you can be sure you are getting the best sound possible.

David Barker

United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)7738 408 470

Email: debarker.contact@gmail.com

I am a budding Sound Recordist developing my career and I am looking for both sound recording and production assistant work.

Currently I am working freelance for a London based production company as a Technical Manager looking after all of the camera and lighting equipment as well as recording sound on shoots and handling Data.

I am used to travelling, working long hours and I’m always ready to assist with any aspect of production, a valuable asset on any shoot.

Since achieving a first class BSc (Hons) degree in professional sound and video technology I have developed a long and varied experience in Live Sound, Audio Post production, Sound FX design and Acoustics working in both full-time and freelance positions.

I have a keen interest in photography and thoroughly enjoy working outdoors.

I am keen to get involved with productions abroad and in remote and varied environments

Oli Cohen

Ealing
London
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)7930 343 442

Email: oli@olicohen.com

Website: www.olicohen.com

Oli works as a cameraman and a sound recordist but he can also direct and edit. He has over fifteen years of experience working with some of the best people in the industry, yet he's always keen to work with new people whether from the UK or abroad.

Oli is as comfortable working with high profile personalities as he is with the average man on the street. He's now worked with the legend that is David Attenborough three times. The first time was as a sound recordist, the second as a cameraman and the third time as a director.

The equipment he owns includes a lighting kit, a full sound kit, two editing set ups and various cameras including the new HD broadcast approved, large sensor Canon C300.

He has public liability insurance, equipment insurance, a BECTU press card, radio frequency licences, a clean driving licence, a recent CRB check and two passports.

Oli is based in London but his work takes him all over the UK and around the world.

His vaccinations are always kept up to date and, since he has his own kit, he's always ready for those last minute foreign assignments.

Also see: JrF hydrophones, contact mics & coil pick ups.

Jez riley French – field recordist, composer, artist.

Having been active in contemporary music & the arts for over three decades my work has been performed, exhibited and published widely across the world. In recent years I have been artist in residence with organisations in Estonia, Belgium, France, Portugal, Latvia, Italy, Japan, Korea & Austria.

I am fascinated and passionate about the infinite detail and expanding vistas of life around us, its sights and sounds, often overlooked or hidden. My creative output focuses on this never ending, joyous exploration and has increasingly involved elements such as audible silences, active listening, stillness & the empathy of compositional lines.

Just graduated BA Audiovisual Media specialised as documentary cameraman, I have also developed good experience as a Camera Assistant and Sound Recordist.

From the start of my first days in Film making I've gained much experience from pre- to post-production. I'm best described as a young cameraman with good knowledge of (digital) post production workflows and wildlife.

Work at a combined equipment rental company and post production facility brought me good knowledge of both. Equipment wise this has brought me good experience in HD and newer types of cameras like the Red One, Alexa and DSLR. With the experience in such cameras, I work increasingly as digital Clapper-loader on Dutch feature films an commercials. A person on the set archiving and backup is increasingly a necessity in the world of digital film production.

I love to work in teams but I'm very capable of working on my own as well. I'm self driven, fast in troubleshooting and always in search of new adventures!

Nick is a professional sound recordist with a background in radio and television.

He has over 1300 hours of live mixing experience as a Studio Manager for the BBC World Service, both in studios and on location, and has mixed programmes covering everything from the inauguration of President Obama to the Iranian elections, Afghan poetry to African choirs.

For television he has mixed a range of things from interviews with Vic Reeves and Ellie Goulding, adverts for Samsung and programmes for the National Geographic Channel.

Frederique Olivier

Fredpics
PO Box 147
South Hobart
Tasmania 7004
Australia

Phone: + 61 (0)400 511 800

Email: pagodroma@gmail.com

Websites: fredsaway.wix.com/fredpics & www.fredpics.com

I have 9 years experience in documentary production and worked in various positions from field logistic support, photography, sound recording and now mostly videography. I have good experience working in remote areas and extreme environments from tropical to polar, especially polar.

Programs were essentially natural history (BBC NHU), science, various documentaries, conservation and educational programs. Details on Linked In and website. My latest shoot involved the use of remotely controlled cameras on robots filming Emperor penguins for the BBC Series Spy in the Huddle.

Services: camera, location sound, field logistics, still photography.

Post: Editing with FCP, DVD authoring.

Additional: stock footage and imagery.

I have recently successfully completed a BA Hons Degree in Sound Design at Ravensbourne. The course developed my skills in recording, mixing and designing sound. I have worked on numerous projects including, but not limited to documentaries, short film, TV pilots, animations, installations and radio shows.

In the past two years, I have begun to combine my lifelong passion for natural history and my love of sound in wildlife sound recording. I grew up working on my family farm in Kent, surrounded by nature, where I developed a keen interest and understanding of wildlife. I am intent on pursuing a career in the sound aspect of documentary film making, particularly wildlife and I'm seeking further experience in this field.

I have had a lot of experience on location shoots and in post production and have a wide range of recording equipment in my inventory.

Sabyasachi Patra

Wild Tiger Productions
A113, First Floor
Shivalik
New Delhi
Delhi 110017
India

Phone: +91 99 1090 0446

Email: sabyasachi.patra@gmail.com & sabyasachi.patra@indiawilds.com

Websites: www.indiawilds.com

Sabyasachi is an award winning cameraman and filmmaker who is passionately criss-crossing India in his SUV to document the fast vanishing wildlife of India. Sabyasachi is currently working on a documentary on leopards living outside protected areas titled Leopards: The Last Stand. He uses his Canon Cinema EOS C300 camera as well as Canon 1D C and Go Pro 3 cameras to get the desired footage. His deep knowledge of animal behaviour makes him move close to large mammals and get the desired footage that would have been otherwise impossible to get.

Sabyasachi uses his Canon long tele lenses as well as wides and believes in using the heavy OConnor fluid head and tripod for stable footage, even in treacherous terrain. He is adept in sound recording using his Sound Devices recorders and various microphones including shotgun and parabolic microphones. He is well versed in editing in Final Cut Pro X (FCP X).

A prolific writer and conservationist, he is the founder of IndiaWilds (www.indiawilds.com) an online conservation and photography forums and writes a monthly newsletter to raise awareness about the fast vanishing wilderness areas and wildlife of India. He has made many short films for conservation like A Call in the Rainforest, Mother and Child, Scavengers, A God in Distress, Blood Betting: Cock Fights etc.

He is available for any assignment as DoP, still photographer, Sound Recordist, Director and Editor.

I am an experienced professional field recordist and sound designer with a keen interest in natural history and conservation.

I have worked on all kinds of projects in the past including animations, films and documentaries and have a selection of very high quality kit.

I am friendly, hard working and am used to working long hours outdoors and in harsh conditions.

Derek Solomon has been recording African wildlife for many years focusing mainly on the southern Africa region and has recordings from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.

His current collection includes 23 species of mammals ranging from elephants, large cats to a variety of small animals, 245 species of birds as well as several insects, amphibians and snakes.

Derek has worked on underwater communication in hippos and has appeared as a hippo specialist in several TV documentaries including the recent edition of Inside Nature's Giants - Hippos.

Professional Sound Recordist for Documentary, Feature film boom Op/assistant.

Experienced as a assistant producer and editor for factual, science communication films.

Experienced technician, able to self shoot, design and manage workflows and camera assist on location.

Chris Watson is a very experienced sound recordist specialising in wildlife - He has worked closely with two of the most high-profile natural history presenters in the business, David Attenborough and Bill Oddie. He is Oddie's favourite sound man and the TV veteran says of Watson: "I don't know anyone who is so intense yet so splendidly frivolous."

Chris became a sound recordist in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television and is now widely regarded as one of the most creative sound artists in the business. His recent credits include the hugely popular Springwatch and Autumnwatch,The One Show, Bang Goes The Theory (Can you hear a snail?) and he received the Wildlife Film Asia Award for the BBC's Galapagos: Born of Fire. He also creates for the radio, with credits including Soundscape: The Sea Swallow, Watersong and The Estuary, all for BBC Radio 4, and he recently won the BPG 2012 "Radio Personality of the Year" Award for The Wire.

He also finds time to be a Wildeye tutor, runs courses in wildlife sound recording and post production at the BBC Natural History Unit and lectures internationally on location sound and sound design.

You can purchase his fantastic CDs through our shop.