28th September 2023
If you are in the early stages of exploring different types of content creation or just looking to save a little money before investing in professional software such as Adobe’s Creative Cloud (which will cost around £50 / month for…
28th August 2023
Insta360 HDR Photography Of Stockholm in Sweden
360 photography is a great way to immerse the viewer within a scene on a desktop PC, smart phone, tablet and VR headset such as a Meta Quest 2 or Meta Quest 3. I recently visited Stockholm in Sweden and…
27th August 2023
Spatial Multimedia Design Gallery
About Spatial IO Spatial is a desktop, mobile and virtual reality compatible platform designed to help brands, game designers and media producers build and share spaces containing interactive content. The type of media you may find in design galleries on…
18th October 2022
Custom Brothers Car Photography In Chinon
I recently visited Chinon in France as part of my summer travels this year. Chinon is located in the Loire Valley, famous for its wine, old Châteauxes and great weather. During my stay I visited Brothers Custom, a car customisation…
4th October 2022
Freelancer’s Handbook Book Launch
Simcoemedia has just published Freelancer’s Handbook: A Survive And Thrive Guide For Beginners In Creative Industries, a 130 page full colour paperback written and designed by Peter Simcoe. It is available on the Amazon bookstore website at http://mybook.to/freelance. The book…
28th June 2022
Design Inspiration On The Web
Raising Your Ambition In the early days of my design, video and photography career, I used to consider the standard or "bar" set for my own design to be the activity of those companies or individuals around me in my…
25th May 2022
360 Video Handbook 5th Year Anniversary
Motivation It is 5 years since I began writing my book, the 360 Video Handbook. The book was written over a period of 8 months alongside my freelance project work. Here are several reasons for undertaking such a large project:…
31st March 2022
Simcoemedia 20th Anniversary
In February 2022, Simcoemedia celebrated its 20th year in business. The company was created in 2002 by Peter Simcoe and functions on a freelance / sole trader basis. From those early days designing posters, flyers and creating photographs for Joogleberry…
20th February 2022
Google Maps Photography Portfolio
I have previously published 360 photography examples on this website's blog, but as I recently visited Sweden where I used my high resolution XPhase Pro S2 camera to capture scenes from the capital, Stockholm, I thought it might be worth…
5th November 2021
Greenbarnes Signage Product Promotion Videos
https://youtu.be/B2ZGk3-_L2k Simcoemedia has recently been developing some product promo videos for a signage and noticeboard manufacturer in Brackley, UK. This included video production, graphic design, photography and voiceover. The client, Greenbarnes Ltd, required a series of videos that outlined and…
30th March 2021
Fiona Parkinson Media Production
Working with a new business as a designer, photographer and video producer is an exciting time. It is an opportunity to help shape the future of the business through their promotional material, tone of voice and approach to the target…
3rd January 2021
Photography of Welsh Castles for Toyota
Simcoemedia was recently commissioned to take photographs of Hawarden Castle and Denbigh Castle in North Wales, UK. Toyota Motor Manufacturing on Deeside in Wales required high resolution images of the castles to print as wallpaper for the Denbigh and Hawarden…
15th December 2020
Lady Gaga Adobe Design Competition
During June 2020 Adobe ran a competition to design a poster for Lady Gaga using a variety of assets provided by the artist herself. I created this image using 90% of the graphics provided. You can see the winning designs…