John Gardiner
The summary: High school theatre nerd gets technical and discovers cameras! Raised in the West Coast, the South, the East Coast, Midwest, Japan and Hawaii.
Goes to film school.... yada yada! Let's grab coffee, I'll tell you the whole story.
I shoot docs, features, shorts, music videos and commercials.
You've seen my work on : HBO / NBC/ ABC/ CBS / ESPN / NFL/NHL/MLB/ Netflix / VICE / ATTN / Turner / Facebook / AMEX / Capital Records / Nickelodeon / Viacom / Meta / Instagram / TikTok
Equipment
Camera
Arri Alexa Mini (3.2K/4:3 Sensor/Prores/Arri Raw)
Red V-Raptor (8K/Full Frame/R3D/ProRes/120fps)
Canon C300MK3 (4K/Super35/MXF/Raw Lite 120fps)
Fujifilm XT4 (6.2k Stills/Super35/Timelapse/4K Video)
AKS
Easy Rig Vario5 Vest W/ Flowtech Serene
100cm Trost Slider
Rhino Motion Timelapse Slider
Gold Mount Batteries
Audio
NTG 4+ Shotgun & Boom Pole
Rode Wireless GO II Kit (2:1 / Mics:Receiver)
2x Sony Wireless/Digital Lav Kit (VoiceTech Mics)
Zoom F3 (2 Channel Audio recorder)
Glass
Canon Zooms (S35/EF/PL) 15-47 & 30-105 T2.8
Canon Full Frame Flex Zoom (PL) 20-50 T2.4
Canon Stabilized Zooms (EF/AutoFocus) 17-55mm 70-200mmII 2.8
Celere HS Primes (FF/PL) 18.5/25/36/50/85
Zeiss ZE (FF/EF) 15/18/21/25/28/35/50/85/100/135
Iron Glass Primes (FF/PL) 20/28/37/55/85
Laowa Nanomorph 1.5x Anamorphic (PL) 27/35/50
Sigma Art Primes (FF/EF/AutoFocus) 18-35/20-35/20/28/40/50/85
Contax Zeiss Vintage Zooms (FF/EF) 28-85mm& 80-200mm
Fuji Primes (S35/XF/AutoFocus) 16-55/50-140/18/33/56/90
*Voigtlander (FF/M-Mount) 21mm F1.4/28mm F2/40mm F1.4SC
*Canon FD (FF/FD Mount) 15/20/24/28/50/55/85/100/135/200/300
Lighting
Aputure 600D
2x Aputure F22C 2ft x 2ft Flexible light panel (RGB)
4x 4ft Quasar Rainbow Tube Kit (RGB)
2x 4ft Quasar Double Rainbow Tube Kit (RGB)
1x Lite Panel Gemini 1x1 Panel (RGB)
2x Nanlite 60C w/ Leko & Fresnel AKS (RBG)
1x Nanlite 150B w/ Leko & Fresnel AKS (Bicolor)
Grip
6x C-Stands
2x Light Weight Combos
4x Small Stands
1x Heavy Duty Combo W/ C-Boom Arm
8x8 Frame w/ Silk
6x6 Frame Kit with various fabrics
10x Sandbags
Various Fabrics/Frames