Shooting Image Ltd is successful video production company with a wealth of experience behind it. As you can see by exploring this website, we’ve helped satisfy the video needs of a growing list of important clients, locally, nationally and even internationally. But where did we begin?
After completing my PhD in 1987 I worked for Dalgety PLC in the UK (1988 to 1997) and DuPont in the USA (1997 to 2008) as a Scientist / Technologist, Manager, Troubleshooter and as an Independent Consultant in a specialist technical field. I have several scientific publications, including US / EU and global patents and have won awards for my work, etc. - basically a veritable track record of achievement behind me. This is in both the corporate environment (where I initiated and led large multi-national technical projects) and a self-employed consultative environment.
I’ve been UK-based since 2001 but have worked extensively with over 50 companies globally. I have travelled more than a million miles by air in just 7 years - not as glamourous as it sounds!
In that time, I worked with people from different cultures and professions (technical, marketing, senior management, shift operators, labourers - i.e., from factory floor to top level). I’ve worked extensively in the food industry (but also in other sectors like biotech and pharmaceuticals) in pilot plants, laboratories, universities, research institutes and many very high tech (and some very low tech!) factories in North, Central and South America, Europe and Australia. Fantastic fun and a real privilege - but it was time to move onto something new.
The economic downturn in the USA in 2008 gave me a welcome chance of a career break, a means of reducing my personal carbon footprint and a way to spend more time in the UK with my young family. I’m now following an interest in video production which I’ve had as a very keen hobby for many years.
A few years ago I was regularly producing DVDs informally for Ely Cathedral to help keep this great building funded, shooting some large (1000 plus people) and important ecclesiastical events with a good friend. We also helped them with some photographic work (postcards, Christmas cards etc.) In addition, I was a very early adopter of the consumer HDV video format and also a pioneer user of portable media playing devices (PMPs). In fact, I was using PMPs for in-flight video on long-haul flights long before the first Video iPod ever appeared, much to the amazement of some on board. I also participated extensively in moderating a large web forum to promote and problem solve this video technology as it was emerging. Now that the Video iPod / iPod Touch / iPhone and all their competitors are commonplace, everyone wants video content and increasingly on the move on a Netbook, Internet Tablet, iPad, PMP or Smart Phone. They expect it to look like slickly produced TV content too.
I’ve always tried to be at the forefront of technology in my professional and personal life and saw this video revolution coming. Now I want to be even more active in this field and so I formed Shooting Image Ltd in 2008 to help companies create web video content in a professional and creative yet cost effective way.
Look at what we do in the EXAMPLE VIDEOS on this site and increasingly on our clients websites. If you like them and feel there is an opportunity we can help you realise, then you know what to do. I live and work in the beautiful city of Ely just north of Cambridge but, as you already now know, can and do work effectively anywhere.
Andy K Wilkinson PhD
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