Tell Me Whom You Haunt
This was another in a series of interviews shot at the Blain Southern gallery in Hanover Square, London. This was my first shoot with the Kessler Pocket Jib traveller and it was quite a challenging day where I really felt that my kit was fighting me instead of working with me. I travel to these shoots on the train so the amount of kit I can take with me is limited. That day in particular the production company asked if I could bring along a travel dolly rather than the Kessler Stealth Slider as the subject matter required larger camera runs.
I have one of those Hague dolly’s that runs on plastic tubing so I took that with me and ended up battling with it all day. I’ve used that dolly in the past and with enough time and a few extra hands it can produce good results, but in an environment where time is of the essence and your working with minimal help it’s a challenging thing to use. I’d much rather take along my Kessler Stealth slider which produces much steadier results with less effort, although over shorter distances. As it turned out the slider would have been much better suited to the subject matter that day anyway.
I think the final results look really nice so well done Archie Campbell for finding the good shots. It does show that the little Pocket Jib Traveller can deliver the goods if you’re careful enough with it, just don’t try and run it on a travel dolly at the same time!
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