From independent businesses to established teams, I help you plan, create and publish content—with photography, film and ongoing creative support from one partner who understands your business.
For a one-off project or an ongoing partnership, I can support the whole process or the parts you need.
CAA GVC holderOperational Authorisation — currentAir & ground, one supplierEssex · London · UK-wideDrone & aerial →
★★★★★
Gareth is a game-changer. He brings top-notch expertise to our projects and always goes the extra mile to ensure success.
Juan Visser — Director, Human Studios
02 — Film & Video
Recent films
Documentary, event and brand commissions — stills, motion and drone, start to finish. Best with sound on.
Featured01 · FEATURED FILM · 2026
Rob Mayes — Rowing Coach
On the Water, On the Erg
A standout commission for rowing coach Rob Mayes, who runs both online and group sessions. We filmed a full coaching session and delivered a complete content package on time — a main promotional film, multiple short-form reels and a set of stills, built to power his coaching across every channel.
A three-day commission for Chichester District Council, combining documentary photography, film and aerial drone work across the district. A considered portrait of place, people and public life — delivered as both a short film and a full library of stills.
A commissioned film following Michael Gibbs of Ella Rose Building Services as he takes on a house left on the edge of collapse by cowboy builders. The story of a full restoration — undoing the damage and bringing a family's home back from the brink.
Commissioned by Global Warriors to capture an equine retreat day hosted for a London hotel company. A full day on location across photography and film, delivered as a complete content package — stills and motion ready to deploy across their channels.
Two days on a live South London site as RTT Tree Services felled and cleared a plot in Kidbrooke ahead of construction. Captured across film, photography and aerial drone — delivered as a hero film, social reels and a bank of ground and aerial footage.
An ongoing content partnership capturing Optimal People's CPO Accelerate programme for senior HR and people leaders across London. Each event delivered as a hero film, vertical interview reels and a full photography set — within two weeks. They've commissioned every event since.
A planned, scripted content programme for leading Essex dental clinicians — storyboarded shot-by-shot around live clinical lists. Delivered as hero films, vertical reels and a full photography set spanning surgery, lab and studio portraits.
Aerial isn't a bolt-on here. I hold a CAA General VLOS Certificate and a current Operational Authorisation, so I can fly commercially anywhere in the UK the law allows — no second crew to book, no separate insurer to satisfy, no compliance pack for you to chase.
On site it means the aerial and the ground coverage are planned as one shoot: same day, same eye, same grade. The wide that establishes the story and the detail that sells it come out of the same commission.
CertificationCAA General VLOS Certificate (GVC)
AuthorisationOperational Authorisation · PDRA01
PaperworkSite & flight risk assessments supplied
InsurancePublic liability · certificate on request
Most clients start with one shoot. Most are still here.
One film doesn't build a brand. Your audience, your competitors and the platforms all keep moving — so the content has to keep moving with them. That's why my best work happens inside long-term partnerships: producing consistently, quarter after quarter, with a plan that adapts as your market does.
And a partner gets better with time. By the third shoot I'm not learning your business — I'm anticipating it. The footage library builds, the turnaround shortens, and every piece of content compounds on the last.
It always starts the same way, though: one project, done properly.
One eye, many subjects. Whether it moves or stays still, the approach is the same — patient, observational, cinematic.
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Film & Motion
Short-form documentary and brand films. Story-led, shot on cinema glass, graded for mood.
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Aerial & Drone
CAA-certified commercial flight — GVC and a current Operational Authorisation. Establishing wides, site progress and moving aerials, planned into the same shoot as the ground coverage.
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Events
From large corporate days and conferences to festivals and private celebrations — the atmosphere, the people and the details, covered end to end.
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Portraiture
People as they are. Natural and styled portraits with a filmic, available-light feel.
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Fashion & Brand
Editorial and brand shoots with a strong sense of place — styling, light and location working together.
06 — About
I'm a photographer and filmmaker drawn to the honest moment — the look between two people, the light an hour before it goes.
I work across documentary, events, portrait and fashion, and I shoot stills and motion side by side so a single story can live in both.
Garilla Photography & Film
Based in the United Kingdom — available worldwide
Stills · Motion · Aerial · Direction
★★★★★
He's not just a videographer; he's an artist who will capture your business or event in the most stunning way.
Tell me where you are now and where you want to be — whether that's a single shoot or a content partner for the year. I'll come back with a plan, usually within a day or two.