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Photography & Film — Essex, UK & Beyond

Frames that feel like film.

Cinematic stills and motion, built to get results — researched before a camera comes out, watched after delivery, and adjusted for as long as it takes to do its job.

★★★★★

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
00 — How I work

Hired for results. Not files.

Anyone can hand you a video. My job is to make sure the work moves something — enquiries, bookings, reputation, reach. So every commission runs the same way:

01

Research

Before the shoot, I get under the skin of your sector — your audience, your competitors, and the formats performing in your space right now. The plan is built on evidence, not instinct alone.

Market research · Audience · Competitors · Trends

02

Create

Stills, motion and drone, shot on cinema glass with the end use already decided — so you get a working library of assets, not a single file.

Photography · Film · Drone · Direction

03

Publish

Content delivered isn't content seen. I can schedule, post and manage your channels, so the work actually reaches the people it was made for.

Scheduling · Posting · Channel management

04

Monitor & adjust

Trends shift. Algorithms change. I watch what performs and adjust the plan over whatever timeframe it takes — because the goal isn't delivering files. It's getting you the result you hired me for.

Performance · Trend monitoring · Plan adjustments

01 — Film & Video

Recent films

Documentary, event and brand commissions — stills, motion and drone, start to finish. Best with sound on.

Rob Mayes rowing coaching film — preview frame
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.

  • Photography
  • Film
  • Reels
  • Promo
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Chichester District Council film — preview frame
Chichester District Council

A District in Motion

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.

  • Photography
  • Film
  • Drone
  • 3-day shoot
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Ella Rose Building Services film — preview frame
Ella Rose Building Services

Back from the Brink

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.

  • Film
  • Documentary
  • Brand Story
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Global Warriors equine retreat film — preview frame
Global Warriors

The Retreat Day

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.

  • Photography
  • Film
  • Content Package
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RTT Tree Services Kidbrooke film — preview frame
RTT Tree Services

Before the Towers

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.

  • Film
  • Photography
  • Drone
  • 2-day shoot
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Optimal People CPO Accelerate film — preview frame
Optimal People · Ongoing Partner

The People Who Lead the People

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.

  • Film
  • Reels
  • Photography
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Together Dental film — preview frame
Together Dental · Leigh Dental Centre

Behind the Work, the People

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.

  • Film
  • Reels
  • Photography
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02 — Selected Work

Real projects, real frames

A cross-section of recent commissions — every frame a real project. Hover any tile to open its case study.

03 — Partnerships

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.

Optimal People CPO Accelerate — an ongoing content partnership Ongoing Partner
Optimal People
CPO Accelerate · Event after event, London
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04 — Disciplines

What I shoot

One eye, many subjects. Whether it moves or stays still, the approach is the same — patient, observational, cinematic.

01

Film & Motion

Short-form documentary and brand films. Story-led, shot on cinema glass, graded for mood.

02

Events

From large corporate days and conferences to festivals and private celebrations — the atmosphere, the people and the details, covered end to end.

03

Portraiture

People as they are. Natural and styled portraits with a filmic, available-light feel.

04

Fashion & Brand

Editorial and brand shoots with a strong sense of place — styling, light and location working together.

05 — 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 · Direction

★★★★★

He's not just a videographer; he's an artist who will capture your business or event in the most stunning way.

Mitul Shah — Anytime Fitness, Hornchurch
06 — Contact

Let's make something worth keeping.

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.

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