The City of London skyline at golden hour, hazy light behind the towers
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.

CAA GVC holder Operational Authorisation — current Air & ground, one supplier Essex · London · UK-wide Drone & 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
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 — From the air

Air and ground. One supplier.

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
  • CoverageEssex, London & UK-wide
High aerial over East Head and Chichester Harbour at West Wittering, sandspit and saltmarsh below West Wittering · Chichester District Council
Aerial of the City of London towers in low golden light City of London · golden hour
Aerial view along an east London waterway with the Canary Wharf towers on the horizon East London · Canary Wharf
Top-down aerial of an excavator and dumper clearing ground on a development site Site clearance · top-down
Top-down aerial of a city street junction, green roofs and a live construction plot City grid · top-down
Aerial of two excavators clearing ground at the edge of a pine plantation Woodland clearance
04 — 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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05 — 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

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.

03

Events

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

04

Portraiture

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

05

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.

Mitul Shah — Anytime Fitness, Hornchurch
07 — 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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