BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Graham Bartholomew

Graham Bartholomew

Unit Still Photographer

South African photographer based in Cape Town, my main focus is unit still photography working on film and TV sets creating imagery to be used for publicity and marketing.
Member of the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers (SMPSP)

BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Graham Bartholomew 1 — Vin Diesel on the RST Lab set on the set of Columbia Pictures’ BLOODSHOT.

Do you have a good tip for us?

Always be ready, and know what your camera settings are at all times. Those magical moments can take place within seconds and can easily be missed.

With my Blackrapid double strap, I feel like I’m ready for a shootout in a Western, with my finger always on the trigger.

Photoshoot experience:

Getting a last-minute call to capture a first-look image for the film Serenity with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, we were on the back of a fishing boat and had to quickly wrangle the two actors after the scene had been completed. With the crew busy moving gear and taking down lights, I literally had seconds to capture the shot.