© 2019 Mike Smith.

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0417 075 937

About

Mike has been viewing life through a lens for more than 40 years. The “creative itch” started early growing up among the jungles and beaches of Bougainville Island in PNG where he would sneak off with his dad's Canon Super 8MM.

A graduate of the UCSQ’s (University College of Southern Queensland) Film & TV department, he started capturing images professionally in 1991, working for various Broadcast TV Networks’ production departments, filming commercials and shows for national, state and regional broadcast.

With a 2 year stint in London working with diverse range of clients (BBC, Channel 5, ITV, Czech TV, ZDF, WTN, APTN, Disney and Star TV Athens) and projects all over Europe he focused on documentaries, creating beautiful moving images and telling compelling stories.

With over 25 years experience & now based in Sydney Australia, he is renowned for innovative, creative and collaborative cinematography to help make captivating narratives. His eye for composition and lighting, enthusiasm, attention to detail and technical skill have earned him a long list of devoted clients both here in Australia and abroad. Working with agencies, productions companies, producers and directors he has established himself as a "first choice" DP for TVC’s, Branded Content, Corporate and Online Videos, Documentaries and Short Films.

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Gear

Cameras

BlackMagic Design Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K G2

BlackMagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K (BMPCC 4K) with Metabones MFT to EF speedboost adaptor

BlackMagic Design Production Camera 4K

Canon EOS C300

DJI Osmo / Zenmuse X5pro + wireless Follow Focus kit with 15mm f1.7 lens or 14-42mm f3.5 lens

DJI Osmo / X3 - Integrated hand held 3-axis stabilised gimbal camera system with 20mm f2.8 lens

Other formats available on request

 

HDD/Solid State Recording:

AJA Ki Pro Mini (Apple Prores 422/DNxHD)

Lenses: EF mount

Canon CN-E Cine Prime Kit - (14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 135mm)

Canon CN-E 30-105mm T2.8 Compact Telephoto Cinema Zoom

Canon CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 Compact servo zoom

Zeiss ZE Prime Kit (18mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm & 100mm macro)

 

Canon 24 - 70mm L series zoom

Canon 70 - 200mm L series zoom

Canon EF 2 x III extender

 

Tokina 11 - 16mm Pro DX wide-angle zoom

Sigma 18 - 35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art series zoom

Lens Baby 35mm & 85mm Kit (Tilt shift)

 

Lens Accessories

Chrosziel MB450 Matte Box 2 stage 4x4, 4 x 5.65 with Polar, ND, Grads Pro mist

Chrosziel 206 Studio Follow Focus

Monitoring:

Sony PVM 1741 17" OLED HD

Marshal 7" LCD HD

Small HD 6" LCD HD

Dell Ultrasharp 25” HD LCD

Decimator Quad 4S HD video splitter

Paralinx Arrow+ HD wireless video link system (inc. Crossbow SDI-HDMI adaptor)

Camera Support:

Miller Arrow / 2 stage CF tripod system (mid spreader)

Miller Compass 25 / 3 stage CF Solo tripod system

Manfrotto Hi-Hat

Zhiyun-Tech CRANE 3 LAB - Handheld Gimbal stabiliser with built in wireless TX (up to 4.5kgs)

Wally Dolly 10’

Kessler cine slider 3’ with Hercules 2.0 head

EasyRig Cinema 3 400N (stabilising camera support for 8-10kg cameras)

Cine Saddle large

Lighting LED:

2 x Litepanels Astra BiColor 1x1 LED’s
2 x Litepanels Astra EP BiColor 1x1 LED’s
1 x Fiilex 360 bicolour LED
1 x Litepanels Sola ENG LED
1 x Ianiro Aladino cam light/sun gun 50W LED (dichroic)
3 x comer LEDs (55K) (200HMI) in Brisbane
2 x  BrightCast 1x1 LEDs (1 x bicolour, 1 x bifocus daylight)

Lighting Flouro:

2 x 6 bank flouro
1 x 12 bank flouro

Lighting Tungsten:

4 x Dedo DLH4’s 150w
1 x Gemball 30" lantern/China ball 1000w
2 x FilmGear Fresnel's 650w
2 x Lowell tota's 800w
1 x ArriLite 2000w

Lighting Support:

Chroma Key Digital Background (with stands) - 6’ x 6’ & 10’ x 10’
4x4 / 6’ x 6’ Scrim Jim (Silk, China, ND)
Adjustable 4’ x 4’ - 8’ x 4’ Scrim Frame (Silk, China)
C-Stands, Combo Stands, Crossover arm Stand, Air-Cushioned Stands, Arms, Poly, Reflectors etc.

Contact

0417 075 937

Sydney, Australia