Matt Hildreth

um god where to start lol, my top artists have given me endless inspiration are: Alex grey - www.alexgrey.com/ Robert Venosa- http://www.venosa.com/ Doré Gustave- http://dore.artpassions.net/ Dante- Inferno is one of my all fav books; Doré did the illustration most of Dante's The Divine Comedy. which have always blown me away I could sit and look at them for hours on end.

I would recommend Canon, I started off with a 20D which is a classic; I bet you can pick up pretty cheap now. Like people have said spend more on the lens L class are the top end stuff it costs more but well worth every penny for in the long run.

So who wants to share there santa wish list? What Equipment (Cameras, lenses, ect ect) would you love to own ? The Things I would love to own at the moment are: Hasselblad H3DII-39 PHANTOM HD The ARRICAM STUDIO oneday... :(

Christopher Doyle hands down...I would even clean hes shoes if I had half the chance of meeting him lol

This is excatly what I am doing; as I am studying tobe a cinematographer, in between my main course I will be taking a 18 week course in Visual Effects & Compositing I think it is the best way to go in my honest opinion as you will have a good knowledge on both spectrums. As people said it is a lot more work to take on but in for a penny in for a pound; it could get you a lot more jobs in the future.

Hey guys, I am new to the forum, so thought I would introduce myself to the community in this section (my apologise if this is in the wrong section) Details about me: Im 22, l live in Manchester, UK I've been working as a graphics designer & photographer for the last 4 years. I am starting my 5 year university studies sortly; which I've been planning and saving for the last 4 years; some people think I am crazy studying for 5 years but I know I will becoming out with MA degree; the things you do to chase yours dreams & passions in life ;) Since a early age i've been facinated by photography, flim and art; two of my favorite flims of all time that I will forever hold deep in my heart was Tom Thumb (1958) and also Jason and the Argonauts (1963) I used to watch them at least twice a day on my dads betamax; (hehe) Other flims that have given me so much inspiration and drive: Farinelli (1994) Directed by Gerard Corbiau / Cinematography by Walther Vanden Ende Ying xiong (Hero 2002) Directed by Yimou Zhang / Cinematography by Christopher Doyle (of my heros) The Fountain (2006) Directed by Darren Aronofsky / Cinematography by Matthew Libatique (the most stunning flim of all time for me) What Dreams May Come (1998) Directed by Vincent Ward / Cinematography by Eduardo Serra Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Directed by Michel Gondry / Cinematography by Ellen Kuras They are thousand more I can name, but I will leave them for another day. I'll stop typing now, before people start falling asleep reading my thread. ;)