• 18th August 2023

Meet the Crew – Rees

Meet the Crew – Rees

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Meet the Crew: @reeslt

We appreciate you Rees Thomas Lewis, your unique mindset, extensive experience and perspective on excellence is KEY to building such a great team and client base. Your efficiency and diligence is crucial for all of us, as the team and as the client, to reach our goals.

Best thing about being a camera operator for Light Years Media?

We produce many different videos and we are always working within multiple industries, so I continually learn other companies best practices which we can also apply to our business.

What’s something you wish you had mastered sooner in your career?

There’s a saying “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” I wish I had build a great team around me earlier on. With our team we are able to accomplish so much!

Recent challenges you faced and how you overcame it?

Can’t think of anything specific but it’s always a challenge to onboarding people, whether it’s internal (with staff) or external (with clients)… so the key learning is COMMUNICATION. Continual comms and bringing people along the journey with you so everyone is on the same page and invested.

Pro tip for new camera operators…

Communicate verbally, write it out and ask for feedback. Create a good comms strategy with clients and listen to them.

Favorite piece of gear/software?

Coming from a 3D animation background I love my WACOM tablet – honestly it speeds up all workflows. Well worth the investment! I’ve had mine for 10+ years and it is still going strong.