Hi I’m Martin and I‘ve been a lighting cameraman at the high end of Broadcast for over 18 years. I trained in Glasgow where I achieved a HND with distinction in Television Production, In 2006 I moved back to Ireland, immediately directing for RTE Junior (The Den & SMS Music show). May 2014 - July 2015, I produced & directed & edited a half hour magazine style show.  I then moved to the news department of the national broadcaster RTE & TG4, filming not just news but on the weekly show Nationwide. I spent 2 years filming and editing feature VT's for the TG4 weekly current affairs show '7LÁ'.

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Later in 2020 I added a drone to my equipment. I am also trained and registered with the IAA, having Open Certificate A1, A2 & A3. 

In my career to date I have worked on a huge variety of jobs for all the UK and Irish broadcasters in single camera crew operations and in studio/ multi camera broadcasts. In 2012/13 for instance, I headed up a production which streamed three live TV programmes daily to the internet using some of the latest technology. Broadcasters I have worked for include RTE, TG4, Virgin Media News, BBC (News, BBC Scotland, BBC News 24, Newsround), Channel 4, ITV, SKY (News, Sports HD, Sky HD), DW TV (Germany), Setanta Sports, Basque TV, Golf Channel, CBS Sports.

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In nearly 20 years I have seen the changes from DVCAM & Digi Beta tape, linear editing to 4k RAW, SLOG and very responsive non linear editing systems, what do we have in front of us in the next 20 years? technology waits for no man!!

My kit is very versatile and adaptable being able to shoot full HD 1920x1080 at 120fps and 4K, the capacity to stream using up to 4 cameras, editing using premier pro, full audio & lighting kit. Please see attached cv for full kit list.

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