3 Degrees Media headed by Peter Banks. Peter is primarily a television lighting technician (Spark) and Gaffer, he started out as a videography camera operator, with a varied background in photography, radio and events.
After learning the basics of lighting for my own videography and photography there became a growing demand for me to light for others, I have now spent over a decade specialising in lighting for TV, commercials and small film productions, although I don't really shoot any more my beginnings behind the camera enables me communicate well with camera operators and DoPs do deliver outstanding results, whether that be consistent light for multi-camera Television, a highly finessed look for commercials or outside the box thinking for creative projects.
I have a long-standing passion for telling stories, sharing knowledge and a consistent drive to continually learn, develop and grow.
With my past experience in a variety of fields, I'm always keen to try new challenges or see where my skill base can benefit productions or projects of any scale.
Having spent over 15 years working in film and media since studying Media and television production at university, I went straight into freelancing as a photographer and videographer back in 2009, since then I have turned my hand to many things including documentary and events camera work, events management, and radio production.
I enjoy seeing where my years on set with large teams and many different talented professionals leads into a development in my style and skill.
As my skills and experience grow I have always enjoyed bringing this experience back to smaller local productions, for this, I grew a modest lighting package available for either wet or dry hire across the Midlands.
( I have reduced my kit hire a little in recent years while I try to balance work and family life better however still happy to discuss whether my stock pile might fit your productions needs or or offer alternative suggestions)
This page used to say what I would enjoy doing when I wasn't working but now Im a dad to a 2 and 3 year old, now all of my out of work time is spent being a tired dad.