20th February 2022
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…
25th January 2022
CV Design For Designers
Creating a Curriculum Vitae (CV) (or a resume as it is also called in some countries such as the USA), as a designer presents two key issues: Writing about yourself can be difficult in terms of objectivity. Ensuring that you…
12th January 2022
Virtual Reality: Hopes for 2022 and Beyond
2021 demonstrated that sales of Virtual Reality (VR) products for those wishing to explore this rapidly developing technology on a modest budget remains alive and kicking - with over 10 million Meta Quest 2 headsets sold throughout the year as…
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…
4th October 2021
VRARA European Summit Presentation on Virtual Reality VR
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YSpfX9ujbjU About The VRARA The Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) is made up of designers, engineers and artists with an interest in the development of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and "The Metaverse" (yes, that latest annoying buzzword). In…
25th June 2021
360 Photography in Liverpool
I recently visited Liverpool in England and took my 360 camera with me. These images are of The Beatles statues near the docks and the Chinatown gate. The highly detailed photographs were taken with an Xphase Pro S2. 360 photography…
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…
25th January 2021
Atmospheric Tilt Brush Animation in 2D and 3D 360 “The Desert”
https://youtu.be/806mkUoTanY Above is a 4K 2D video cinematic animation created entirely within VR using Google Tilt Brush along with a soundtrack created with a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). The 3D model is expansive and additional fog / smoke / dust…
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…
21st December 2020
Google Tilt Brush Cinematic Animation Experiment
https://youtu.be/kuhAgOIxzAQ I have recently been developing my exploration of cinematic visuals and camera movements created entirely within Google Tilt Brush. In this example I created scenery covering the entire workspace and included water, fire and cloud / mist effects using…
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…
1st December 2020
Character Designs
Developing design and multimedia skills is an important part of a freelancers development. Retaining and developing drawing techniques can open up new presentation methods and improve the efficiency when communicating concepts. As part of the t-shirt designs created earlier this…
8th November 2020
Google Tilt Brush Experiments
https://youtu.be/-Zxd4kx_ysAGoogle Tilt Brush is a virtual reality art and design application for Oculus Rift, Quest and HTC Vive created by Google. Over the past couple of weeks I've been experimenting with this tool to create a variety of scenes. Some…
29th September 2020
Google Trusted Photographer
Simcoemedia has recently received Google Trusted Photographer status. This is an interesting landmark for me as a freelance video producer, designer and photographer because it means Google has certified Simcoemedia as able to produce virtual tours of property and locations.…