Matt Kennedy - Behind the Scenes with a Motion Picture Stills Photographer

View Finders Photography Podcast

Matt Kennedy is a motion picture stills photographer from California. Matt has worked on movies including Spiderman, No Way Home, Black Panther, Fast and Furious 8 as well as the new Obi Wan Kenobi series for Disney, Star Trek Picard and many more movies that you’ve probably seen. Matt has been nominated for several International Cinematographers Guild awards, In 2018, he was invited to join the prestigous Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers and some of his photographs from Black Panther are displayed in the Smothsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

We talk about how Matt first got into the movie business, how he became a unit still photographer, what it was like working on the latest Spiderman film, which went on to become one of the biggest movies of all time and some of the experiences he’s had along the way. Here’s my conversation with Matt Kennedy…

Show Notes:

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Website - https://www.kennedystills.net

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Photography equipment:

Canon EOS R5 - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-mirrorless-cameras/used-canon-mirrorless-cameras/canon-eos-r5/

Canon EOS R6 - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-mirrorless-cameras/used-canon-mirrorless-cameras/canon-eos-r6/

Canon RF 24-70mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-canon-fit-lenses/canon-rf-24-70mm-f-2-8-l-is-usm/

Canon RF 70-200mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-canon-fit-lenses/canon-rf-28-70mm-f-2-l-usm/

Canon 16-35mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/search/?www-product-search=canon+16-35mm&www-department=all

Additional show links

Double Exposure:

Sam Rockwell as George W Bush - https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9Kn4sJraZ/

Cailee Spaeny as Lynn Cheyney - https://www.instagram.com/p/Butcq5wgQUH/

Christian Bale as Dick Cheyney - https://www.kennedystills.net/vice

Other links:

Spider-Man: No Way Home - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10872600/

Back Panther - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/

Just Shoot Me - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118364/

Vice - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6266538/

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