London’s finest photographic lighting technicians and digital operators under one roof.
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/ About

So you want to work with the best photographic lighting technicians and digital operators?

Then welcome to Assist London. With over twenty years of industry experience, we represent the finest photographic talent. Whether you are a photographer seeking assistance or a client, agent, or producer sourcing a team of skilled professionals, we have the crew and resources to meet your needs.

/ For you, the photographer / client / agency / producer

At Assist London we supply skilled crew to work alongside photographers and videographers. By providing top-tier professionals we ensure your creative and technical briefs are achieved on every shoot

01.
Quality creatives as standard

Quality is our hallmark at Assist London.
Every time, without exception.

02.
Built on real relationships

We only work with people we know and trust. For you, that means having confidence in your crew’s ability. But it also means we are able to work together time and time again.

03.
Streamlined booking system

Understanding the frustrations of the booking process we have simplified it. Need a team secured within a few hours? Consider it done – and with no booking fee.

04.
Exceptional technical support

From lighting to digital equipment, our members across London have access to a wide range of tools and resources. Whatever you require we can provide it.

05.
Transparent cost management

Before commencing any project we lock in the costs. Everything is agreed upfront so you’re always in control of your budget.

/ Our Team

Now that you’ve learned about our services, it’s time to meet our talented team.
Julia Eskell
19 Years Experience

Location: South West London

Skills:
Digital Technician & Retoucher, Gorgeous Grades, Marvellous Mood Boards, Foosball Champion, Strong Muscles, Bad Ass Location Set Up.

Equipment:
Canon R5 MKII with BGR20 grip, Canon R5 with BGR10 grip, Canon RF 24-70mm, Canon RF 24-105mm, Canon RF 50mm, Canon RF 70-200mm, Canon EF-RF adaptor, Black pro mist, ND’s & Polariser filters, MacBook Pro M3 Max 16” 4TB, MacBook Pro M1 Max 16” 2TB, 2 x CG247 Eizo’s 24” plus satellite set up, 12” iPad with LS Digital plate satellite kit, Seaport, Tripod, Batteries & Eco Flow River 2 Pro, Canon Selphy Printer, Tethers & Digital accessories.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Car

Luke Johnson
15 Years Experience

Location: South West London

Skills:
DigiOp Since 2012, Lighting Tech Since 2015. Been a long long-term first Assistant Who Works Well Both On My Own & In A Team. I’m A Problem Solver Who Can Help Being The Technical To Creativity.

Equipment:
I Have All The Digi Kit Needed – Just Ask For Packages. For Studio: M4 Laptop With Older Back Up, Screens That Mount My Cart And For My Lowboy, Small To A2 Printing On Site – All The Bits. For Location: M4 Laptop, 12” Ipad As Screen, A Lot Of Hyperjuice’s – All The Bits 

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: VFR 1998 Motorbike, 2004 Car, 1986 Classic VW Campervan Called Moonshine & I’ll Get A Push Bike One Day

Bruce Horak
18 Years Experience

Location: London & Cape Town

Skills:
Working on on stills and film sets worldwide and honing my skills as a Digital Operator and Lighting Tech since 2008…still learning everyday

Equipment:
Full digital operator kit for both studio or location shoots. Nikon D850 camera kit + lenses.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: I’ll go anywhere on a bicycle

Ben Turner
13 Years Experience

Location: South West London

Skills:
Lighting (flash & constant), Digi Op (Phase One Certificated), Well Travelled, Video & Movie Experience, Gimbal Op, Rigging, Driving Vans, Can See In The Dark

Equipment:
Mac Pro, Nikon D810 + Lenses, Elinchrom Rangers, Elinchrom Quadras, Softboxes Bags & Dishes, More Memory Cards Than You Can Shake A Stick At.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Vauxhall & 3 Bikes (I know!!!)

Chris Chudleigh
14 Years Experience

Location: East London

Skills:
Digital Operator, Lighting Tech, Retoucher, Video & Stills, Castings & BTS, Bringer Of Good Vibes To Set, Creator Of Lovely Curves

Equipment:
Apple M2 Max 16″ 2023 Macbook Pro, Seaport Case, 055 Tripod Legs with Manfrotto Quick Release, X2 Hyperjuice 100w batteries, Eizo CG247, Cal Digit TS3, Area51 & Tethertools Tethers, Tether Block, Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse, Capture One, Photoshop, Lightroom, Chronosync, Backup SSD, UE Boom & Kitbag with light meter, X-rite color checker, adaptors, cables, tapes, clips and all the shoot essentials.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Jeep Cherokee

Declan Slattery
12 Years Experience

Location: North London

Skills:
Digital Operator, Flash & Constant Lighting, Loading Film, Ecomm, Organisation, Travelling & Location Work, Very Tall, Always Has A Story For Everything

Equipment:
16″ Macbook Pro M1, Eizo Monitors, Capture One, Photoshop, Chronosync, Caldigit, Tripod, Light Meter, Leatherman.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Public Transport, Extremely long legs

Patricia Benitez
6 Years Experience

Location: North West London

Skills:
Digital Operator (Phase One Certified), Lighting (Flash & Continuous), Capture One, ChronoSync, Photoshop, Spanish, Very Organised, Speedy Gonzalez, Small But Strong

Equipment:
Sony A7III + 24-70MM + 55MM, 15″ MacBook Pro, tether cables, tether block, Hyperjuice, Tripods, Seaport i-Visor LS pro, Capture One, Photoshop, Chronosync, Lightroom, Helicon Focus, Assistant’s Kit Bag with everything you’ll ever need, Wacom tablet, Speaker, Many Gels and croc clips.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Public transport and as far as I can go with my dutch bike

Harri Gillan
9 Years Experience

Location: South East London

Skills:
Lighting (flash, continuous, grip, kit lists) in studio and on location. Digi Op (Capture One, Chronosync, moodboards) very organised multi-tasking high speed worker and problem solver. Very strong – can lift concrete (ask rob!) fast runner

Equipment:
Sony A7rlV + Lenses, MacBook Pro, Wacom Tablet, Tripods, Tethering cables, 9×9 Scrim (black out, full stop scrim, bleached bounce) Adobe Suite, Capture One, Chronosync, x2 B10 plus strobes + rechargeable batteries, grid set with gels, Medium white umbrella + sock, 5in1 lasolite reflector, background support, x2 c stands, x2 manfrotto master stands, x2 magic arms + super clamps, Universal Profoto TTL Air Remote. Lighting tech kit bag for all on set grip needs. 

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: VW Golf + quick moving legs

Matthew Tortolano
8 Years Experience

Location: East London

Skills:
 Lighting, Grip, Digi, Capture One, Moving Image Experience,Retouching, Chronosync, Beautiful Moodboard Creations, Transforming Myself In To A Light Stand

Equipment:
Canon R6, Canon C200, Canon Ef 24-70 2.8 II L, Canon EF 100mm 2.8 Macro L, Canon EF 35mm 1.4 L, Capture One / Premier Pro/ Davinci Resolve MacBook 14 Inch M1 Max

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: A Few Old Vintage Bikes, London Underground (with a knowledge of station shortcuts), My Legs

Kai Jadwat
6 Years Experience

Location: South London

Skills:
 Master of Light, Loader of film, Digi Op, Retoucher, Ecom, Lifter of heavy things, Putting the mood in mood-boards, Chess lord

Equipment:
Macbook Pro 16″, Hasselblad 500CM + 80mm T2.8, Wacom tablet, Too much gaffer tape, clips, gels

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Bicycle (analog)

Doma Dovgialo
8 Years Experience

Location: North West London

Skills:
 Phase One Certified Digi Op. Lighting Technician. Organised. Very fast and adaptive despite the short legs. Great for holding lights in small & overcrowded location houses. Speaks 4 languages, one of which is helpfully English. Always optimistic and up for a laugh.

Equipment:
Macbook Pro M2 Max 16” (96GB Unified Memory/4TB SSD Storage), Seaport i-Visor LS Pro MAG Laptop Case with Manfrotto Tripod, Eizo Monitor CG277 (27inch), Canon R5 Mirrorless Body, Canon 5d Mark IV Body, Canon EF 50mm f1.2L USM Lens, Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L Lens, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens, Tamron 70-200 f2.8 Di VC USD Lens, X3 Profoto B1X Monolights (with Profoto Air Remote, Extra Batteries & Masterstands), X2 Elinchrom Rotalux Stripbox 130x50cm Softbox, Elinchrom Rotalux Deep 100cm Octabox, X2 130cm Umbrella with Sock, DJI Ronin M Handheld Gimbal System, DJI RS 3 Ronin Gimbal, Aputure HR62 3-Light-LED-Kit

Driving Licence: No
Vehicles: Tube, Bike

Lawrence Atkin
9 Years Experience

Location: North London

Skills:
Lighting Tech (Flash, LED, and HMI), Digi Op, Retouching and Layer Blending, Spotify Radio Specialist, Human Boom Arm (Same Wingspan as Larry Bird), Photoshop and InDesign moodboards, Capture One Shortcut King, ChronoSync, Aussie can-do attitude, Can usually be found cleaning the tops of studio fridges (no-one else sees how dirty they get!)

Equipment:
2021 M1 Max MacBook Pro (64GB, 4TB), iPad Pro 10.9, All day batteries, Wacom, Inovativ Digi Plate w Grip/Accessories, Manfrotto 055 legs, USB-C cable for days, SSD backups, Pocket Wizard x5, Sony A1, Sony A9 Mk2, Sony GM Holy Trinity (16-200mm), Canon 24mm TS-E w adapter, 35mm F1.4, 50mm F1.4

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Manual Licence (but no car), Tube, Bike

George Maund
3 Years Experience

Location: South London

Skills:
Lighting Tech for Stills and video. proficient in Flash & constant. efficient, consistent. Quick thinker. I come with full driving license and positive vibes. Outstanding height to strength ratio

Equipment:
Nikon d850 + Lenses, MacBook Pro + capture & adobe suite, Hasselblad 501cm + lenses, Profoto soft box + Umbrella kit, powerful brain.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: A Mighty Mazda 3, it will go anywhere

Andre Vasiljev
16 Years Experience

Location: East London

Skills:
Digital Operator & Lighting Technician (Flash & Continuous), Capture One x AOP Certificate, Premier Pro Basic Training @ Media London, Photography, B-Cam Operator, Ecom & Muscle For Hire, 35mm 5×4 & 10×8 Film Loading And Dev As Well As Dark Room Printing Experience, Studio & Team Management, Allround Serious Guy.

Equipment:
Nikon z8 + video cage, Nikkor z mount 70-200, Seaport Location case + tripod, Nikon D800, Pentax Optio W80, Olympus tough 830, Nikon coolpix s220, Sony RXM7, Fuji Xpro1, Sony Mavica, Insta 360, Sigma Art 50mm, Sigma Art 24-70mm, Nikkor 24-70mm, Selection of older Nikon film lenses, MacBook Pro m1x, Cheese plate light, lowboy, satellite kit (5 or 10 meter) BenQ monitor, Eizo Monitor, Hard drives, docks etc. Profoto D1 1000 x 4, Air remote, Zoom reflectors and much more grip.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Hot Boy Honda Jazz, Cub C90, GT Tenquesta

Grace Tasselli
4 Years Experience

Location: East London

Skills:
Lighting (flash & continuous), Digi Op, Capture One, Chronosync, Loading Film, E-Commerce, Moodboards, Useless Trivia Supplier, World-Famous Spotify Set DJ

Equipment:
Macbook Pro M3 48TB 2TB 16/40 CPU, Sony A7Riii, 24-70mm f2.8 G Master, 85mm f1.8, Mamiya RZ67 Pro ii, 65mm lens, 2x 120 backs, Capture One, Adobe Suite, Chronosync,Helicon, Mary Poppins level kit bag

Driving Licence: No
Vehicles: Tube, Bike, Legs

Tom Hunt-Smith
7 Years Experience

Location: East London

Skills:
Lighting Tech (flash, tungsten, HMI, LED), experience shaped by the Australian sun and winters in Melbourne studios, ability to (safely) lift objects has attracted the nickname ‘Forklift’. Digi Op known for turning up your cursor sensitivity, Capture One keyboard shortcut extraordinare, once loaded 120 rolls of 120mm in one day (endurance junkie). Always calm, precise, and ready to troubleshoot on the fly.

Equipment:
Every flavour of gaffer tape, Sekonic L-358 (pictured), clips, misc gels, a Bachelor of Commerce (yet to be used), A51 tether cables (USB-C to C), Canon EOS R5 + Grip, EF 24-105mm (series 1), Sigma Art 35 & 50mm, Mamiya 645 AFD mk1 + 50mm f2.8, and a premium subscription to the Sunseeker app.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Fast bicycle (analogue), slow bicycle (also analogue)

Ritz Shaiva
5 Years Experience

Location: North West London

Skills:
Armed with flash + continuous lighting wizardry, CaptureOne finesse and an Adobe Certified double threat (Photoshop + Premiere Pro). Sharp with E-com, sharper with retouching. Skinny but stronger than your Pelican case, powered by coffee (half human, half espresso shot). Adaptive problem-solver with the loyal energy of a golden retriever – friendly, fast and impossible not to like.

Equipment:
16″ M3 Macbook Pro, Nikon D810, 70-200mm f2.8, 16-35mm f4, 50mm f1.8, Minolta x-700, CaptureOne, Wacom Tablet. 

Driving Licence: No
Vehicles: Oyster Card

James Bain
4 Years Experience

Location: North London & Cape Town

Skills:
Digital Operator, retouching (on set and post production), film loading (35 and 120), video support (DIT and 2nd AC work), exceptional music management on set. Experienced lighting assistant. I’ve been told I’m professional, punctual and calming on set

Equipment:
Complete studio and location kits available. MacBook Pro (M3), Eizo monitors (CG2420), iPad Pros, Seaport, Tripods, tether cables etc. Canon R6 MKII with RF24-70mm, and Contax G2 with TLA200 flash.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: No

Lewis French
5 Years Experience

Location: South West London

Skills:
Lighting Technician (flash and continuous), Digital Operator, Film loader & lover, Darkroom handprinting, Retouching, Master Barista, Organised, On-time and a heavy lifting hard worker.

Equipment:
Canon R5 mk ii + RF lenses, Macbook Pro M1 Max 1TB, Canon EF lenses, Mamiya RZ67 Pro ii + lenses + film backs, Pentax 67 + lenses, Canon 1V + lenses, Profoto A10, Profoto Connect Pro for Canon, tether cables, blocks & digi bits, seaport i-visor, manfrotto carbon tripod with geared head, tiffen filters

Driving Licence: Yes (manual)
Vehicles: Bicycle (fast)

Rachel Byrne
5 Years Experience

Location: North-East London

Skills:
Digital Technician, Capture One, Chronosync, Flash and Continuous Lighting, Film Loading 35mm & 120mm (Pentax and Mamiya) Colour Grading, Mood Boarding, Retouching, Film Scanning (Imacon Flextight Scanner) & Dark Room/ Contact Printing. I can lift heavy equipment (I’m stronger than I look) & I’ll bring a calm & warm energy to set. 

Equipment:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2015), Canon 5D Mark iii, 85mm f, 50mm f1.8, 24-105mm f4.0, Canon Speedlite 430EX II, Pentax 67, 135mm f4, 135mm f4, Minolta X 300, Capture One, Adobe Suite, Canon Batteries, Card Reader, Tether Cables & Extension, Tetherblock, USB to USB C adaptor, Terra 2TB External Hard drive, Expo Disk 2.0 & Sekonic L308X Light Meter. 

Driving Licence: No (lessons are underway and test is booked!)
Vehicles: Subway or Skateboard. 

Fredrick Horn
5 Years Experience

Location: North London & Cornwall

Skills:
Lighting, Digi, Capture One, Film Loading, Darkroom Printing, Briese Training, Retouching, Graphic Design, Basic on-location Camera Repair, Confident in Remote Climates, International experience.

Equipment:
Pentax 67II, Pentax 67, Mamiya 7II, Nikon F4, Nikon D800, Fuji XT3, Sony FX3, Pentax 55mm,75mm,90mm,105mm,135mm, Nikon D 24-80mm, Macbook M1 16”, Manfrotto Xpro 3.

Driving Licence: Car & Boat License
Vehicles: VW Caddy Van (3 Tonne limit)

Danny Cozens
8 Years Experience

Location: South East London

Skills:
Digi Op (Capture, Back ups, Moodboards, Savvy with all camera types), Lighting Tech (Flash, LED, HMI, Tungsten), Kit lists for all occasions, Quickfire film loader, Organisation skills maxed out.

Equipment:
MB Pro M2 Max (2TB, 96GB RAM, 38-Core), iPad Pro 11”, Seaport Case w. Tripod, Canon R5 w. Battery grip & Area 51 tether kit, Sigma ART 35mm & 50mm, Pentax 67ii w. 75mm, 105mm, 165mm, 200mm. 36”, 46” & 60” Photeks.

Driving Licence: Yes
Vehicles: Vauxhall Corsa. Content driving anything up to a Luton van.

/ For our crew 
/ team members

At Assist London we know we are stronger together. So to deliver the best we work with the best. For our team this means several things

01.
Significant opportunities

Collaborate with top-level photographers, clients, agencies and producers to gain visibility across the industry.

02.
Professional support

Receive sound financial advice and professional guidance to make informed decisions and advance your career.

03.
Monetise your equipment

Sometimes all you need is your skill set. 
Other times there may be opportunities to earn extra income by bringing your kit along with you.

04.
Clear terms and conditions

Enjoy transparency with straightforward terms and conditions for every job you undertake, ensuring you always know where you stand.

05.
Timely and fair payment

We take full responsibility for collecting payments. This eliminates the hassle of chasing invoices and ensuring you are paid within a couple of days. Plus, we always negotiate competitive rates on your behalf with only a 10% agency fee.

06.
Affordable membership fee

After a successful 3-month free trial you can become a full member of Assist London with a low annual fee.