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KEITH INGRAM · Director of Photography
Director of Photography, Scotland.
Drama, commercials and documentary, lit to suit the work. Nearly 30 years behind the camera, owner-operator, mobile from Glasgow — UK & worldwide.
Selected
·The Future with Hannah Fry — DoP · Emmy-nominated
·T2 Trainspotting — 2nd unit DoP · dir. Danny Boyle
·An Clò Mòr S1 & S2 — DoP · BBC ALBA
·NatWest / RBS — campaigns · The & Partnership
·Choose Life — DoP · CMA Award winner
Selected work
Recent cinematography.
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Documentary21:14
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Plays on click · lazy-loaded · self-hosted heroes + streamed clips. See the full catalogue on the Work page.
What I do
Four ways to add me to your production.
Pick the page that matches your production. Each is a working summary of credits, approach and rates for that discipline — drama and film, commercials, documentary or camera operating for a production that already has a DoP.
01 · Cinematography
Director of Photography
Lead DoP for drama, film, commercials and documentary. Single- or multi-camera, spec'd to brief and budget — from a one-person doc setup to a fully crewed commercial.
02 · On the floor
Camera Operator
Operating for a production that already has its own DoP. Flexible on rate against a DoP day rate — said plainly. Steady, fast and easy to have on set.
03 · Self-shooting
Lighting Cameraman
Self-shooting, lean-crew documentary and factual. Own kit, own lights, own transport — a complete unit for productions that need to move fast and travel light.
04 · Agency-facing
Commercials & Branded
Brand-fluent and fast. NatWest, Tesco, Scottish Opera, Ballantine's, People's Postcode Lottery. Built for agency timelines and production efficiency.
The differentiator
A fully electric shoot. No generator required.
Very few DoPs can offer this. The Kia PV5 electric van is charged on 100% renewable electricity and runs a 3.6kW V2L system — on-location power for camera and lighting with zero generator fuel and zero tailpipe emissions in transit.
- 3.6kW on-location power from the van's V2L system — no diesel generator on set.
- Supports productions working toward albert certification, formatted for the albert toolkit.
- Emissions data and charging records available on request for supplier invoices.
Free on-set tools
Calculators crews actually use.
Built for the floor and used on my own sets — no sign-up. Gaffers, ACs and DITs land here from a Google search, then find the kit and the crew behind them.
01 · Data
Storage Calculator
Card and drive storage by camera, codec, resolution and frame rate — single, multi-camera and panic mode. Canon, Sony, ARRI.
02 · Power
Electric Shoot Planner
Plan a fully electric shoot on the PV5's 71kWh battery and 3.6kW V2L — travel draw, equipment load, battery remaining and recharge time.
03 · Exposure
Exposure & Log Reference
Where 18% grey and clip fall on the waveform for your exact camera, log profile and ISO — with on-set calibration.
04 · Reference
Canon LUTs Guide
What each Canon Log LUT does, which delivery LUT to use, and how to set it up in Premiere, Resolve, FCP or Avid.
Owner-operator
One call books a complete unit.
A two-camera Canon Cinema EOS package with cine glass, full grip and a versatile RGBWW + HMI lighting kit — self-sufficient and road-ready in the Kia PV5. No hire house required.
Need more than that? I can crew up from a trusted network of Scottish crew, and source additional camera, lighting or grip when a job calls for it. Tell me about the project and we'll work out exactly what it needs.
2×Canon C300 Mk III
1×Canon R5C
6×Canon cine primes
3×Canon L-series zooms
1×DJI Ronin RS2
2×Litepanels Gemini
4×Litepanels Astra 6X
2×Dedolight HMI
1×O'Connor 1030D head
1×Kia PV5 van
About
Nearly 30 years behind the camera.
I'm a Director of Photography, lighting cameraman and camera operator based in Glasgow, working across Scotland, the UK and worldwide. The work spans drama and film, commercials, and documentary — from An Clò Mòr for BBC ALBA to second-unit on T2 Trainspotting for Danny Boyle, and the Emmy-nominated The Future with Hannah Fry.
I light to suit the work — naturalistic when that's right, bold when the brief invites it — compose carefully, and keep a set calm and collaborative. I crew up when a job needs it and work solo when it doesn't — owner-operator with a full van-ready kit, so one booking gets you a complete unit.
Got a shoot in Scotland?
Tell me the dates, the format and the brief. I'll come back with availability, a kit recommendation and a straight rate.