Aerial imagery
The following videos are examples of aerial imagery done in various places in Asia. Available in ProRes format, 2k (2048×1152, 29.97 or 60fps), 1080 or 720p.
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Mastery and toolset
- French, studied arts in Beaux Arts and Engineering in France, then MBA in USA
- Successful career in world-leading companies such as Apple, Cisco, IBM, eBay and PayPal
- Communicates in French, English, Persian, Dari, Khmer, Chinese, Spanish, Thai
- Professional photo workshops with James Nachtwey , David-Alan Harvey (Magnum), Philip Blenkinsop (Noor), Ryan Libre, and Gary Knight
- Contributor to NGOs: GlobalRoots.org and Open Society Foundation, UN, and many more
- Published in Shanghai magazines, National Geographics, online,…
- Tools: Hasselblad H5D + Canon 5DMIII + GoPro + Sony a7r + Leica + helicams (professional)
- Editing MacBook pro, Final Cut X, Photostop & Lightroom. Prores LT422 and Raw formats.
What
- NGO consulting: photography, videography, interviews, fundraising assistance
- Web-site editing: wordpress, joomla, CSS, Perl, PHP, and others
- DOP, Script writing, documentary scoping, planning and execution
- Aerial imagery/videography with professional hexacopters
How: Guiding principles, values, and commitments:
- Be elegantly, positively, creatively disruptive
- Act with Integrity, Ethics and Transparency
- Achieve everything with Excellency
- Solutions, not excuses: face and solve problems. Debate, decide, deliver
- Keep it Human. People first in all decisions
- Influence and empower others positively and sustainably to lead them to success
Think different, think creative, think beautiful
Operating modes and achievements
- Regularly operate in the most difficult conditions with minimum assistance, some in the context of GlobalRoots humanitarian research or survey missions, some as assignments
- Embed in Afghanistan with ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) and Afghan Air force
- Chase Somalian poachers with Kenya Wildlife Services ranger
- Camp in Cambodian wilderness for humanitarian missions
- Explore China/Tibet and Kenya remote and sensitive areas in search of humanitarian heroes
- Crossed Africa Sahara, explored western Africa in military trucks
- Surveyed Sishuan’s earthquake devastated areas to assist victims
- Crossed Cardamom jungle in Cambodia on motorcycle
- Pioneered Solar cooking with GlobalRoots in 20 Kenyan communities
- Researched and documented Female Genital Mutilation and early mariage
- Researched, planned, negotiated and sustained green houses in water-deprived zones to produce tomatoes
- Raised schools with minimal budget in education-deprived plantation areas
- Brought community awareness on water quality and impact on health
- Researched, planned and installed solar-powered lamps in Tibet and Kenya
- Researched and planed establishment of vocational schools in Kenya and Afghanistan
- Worked with Kyila, founder of Kikikids.org, on setting up a kindergarten for blind children in Lhasa/Tibet
- Some of the results of these projects an be seen on http://www.Globalroots.org
Usage rights
- All media produced is public domain, can be used with prior authorization and reference to the author and/or GlobalRoots.org.
I cannot do it alone
Credits
- GlobalRoots.org and Rick Montgomery for his friendship, inspiring thoughts, leadership and uncalculated trust.
- James Nachtwey , David-Alan Harvey (Magnum), Philip Blenkinsop (Noor), Ryan Libre, and Gary Knight for their invaluable insights and tuition.
- My family and friends for their support and for pushing me to get up and shoot.
- Canon and Hasselblad for their trust on lending their best equipment, knowing it would travel in the most incredibly risky places (and get the equipment back in good condition!)
