VIDEOGRAPHER | Photographer
Working With the Best BRANDS and CLIENTS
About Me
Hi! I'm Spencer, great to meet you. I am an experienced filmmaker and freelance photographer and videographer with bases in Manchester and North Yorkshire. I am able to travel both around the country and abroad!
I'm a Yorkshire lad, born and bred, but now live in Manchester after studying Film Production at the University of Salford where I graduated in July 2023. I am an extroverted guy with barrels full of energy at all times. Externally to creative work, I love gaming, sports and fitness.
Photographer/Videographer
As a photographer, I have covered everything from huge events like the 30th Anniversary of the MOBO Awards, beauty product releases, weddings, portraits and headshots, property, live music and sports, e-commerce and food photography. As a videographer, I have been both a full-time in-house content creator for Studio68, a YouTube production studio based in Manchester and for Leeds-based property company YPP Lettings as well as a contracted freelancer for The Mob Film Co, where I travelled the world to shoot high-end sports and commercial content. At Studio68, I was the sole creative for Howson IRL, shooting a wide variety of outdoors content, as well as shooting and editing the Head's Gone Podcast that released weekly on Rio Ferdinand Presents as well as the occasional episode of Vibe With Five, including a special interview with Manchester City and England's Kyle Walker. I also shot and edited Manchester United news content for the Stephen Howson and Stretford Paddock YouTube channels, including a 1-on1 interview with Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg. I also later became the lead content creator for Studio68, meaning I was the videographer, editor and graphic designer for YouTube channels Stephen Howson, Stretford Paddock FC and Howson IRL. Not only do I shoot entertainment content, but I also shoot the sponsored segments and content for brands like McLaren, Dropbox, LIVGolf, Manscaped, Surfshark, NordVPN, HelloFresh, Ridge Wallets, Beer52, TenTrade, 7SevenLayer, Fum and more, as well as personalities and professional sportsmen like Rio Ferdinand, Kyle Walker, Joleon Lescot, Ashley Williams, Jarrod Bowen, Danny Drinkwater, Bryson Dechambeau and Joel Beya.
I've shot music videos, property for high-performing social channels like The Luxury Home Show, interviews, weddings, promotional content and even gym workouts for PTs. Previous clients include reality television stars from shows like Love Island, The Only Way is Essex and Ibiza/Kavos Weekender, professional athletes from sports like football, boxing, golf and rugby, brands like BooHooMAN and Gripz Socks, X-Factor and The Voice contestants, small bands and musicians, film and theatre actors, small businesses like cafes and charities, and online marketing experts. I have also been a camera operator for football matches and theatre productions on both roaming cameras and on jibs and cranes. I've also worked for ITV News, interviewing former Premier League footballers for Granada Reports.
Filmmaker - Camera dept & editor
While at university, I mainly specialised in the camera department, working with cinema cameras like the Arri Mini LF, Arri Alexa XT, Arri Alexa Classic, Arri Amira, Sony FX6, Panasonic Varicam (35 and LT), Panasonic EVA 1 and even the Canon C100, as well as completing a module using an Arri celluloid film camera, learning how to load film and expose using a light meter. I also specialised in offline editing on software like Avid Media Composer and further trained my skill on Adobe Premier Pro which I have been using for 7 years. I also learned how to colour grade log footage on DaVinci Resolve. While there, I won an award for Best Student Short at KinoFilm Festival 2022 with the film, "Sinister Sales", where I was the Director of Photography. Our final year film, Milkshakes and Burger Phones was nominated twice at the university's L6 Awards Ceremony, winning Best Colour Grade and coming Runner-Up for Best Stylisation.
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Externally to university, I have experience working as camera trainee on a Raindance Best UK Short winning film, BFI shorts and an Apple TV show, award-nominated dramas both in the camera department and as a boom operator and runner when I was younger, a horror feature film as 2nd AC, flying to Germany to be 1st AC on a short film shot in Berlin (that has 8 festival selections), Morocco to create content for The International Series and visiting Normandy on the ferry to shoot, edit and release a documentary on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.
I've had the pleasure of working with multiple Academy Award winning filmmakers and actors from narrative films and series such as The Danish Girl, The Sisters Brothers, Benidorm, Slow Horses, Sex Education, Coronation Street and Happy Valley and documentaries like Amy among many more.
I've also had the chance to work alongside iconic cinematographers like Oscar nominated Danny Cohen. I've also edited adverts for The International Series, airing on television.