CRISS FILMS
Photography, writing and creative tools for people who look closer.
LOOK TWICE
The internet moves quickly. These are the things that made me look twice.
CULTURE + THE INTERNET
You probably already know what happened to Macklemore.
Social media gave artists a direct route to their audience, with nobody in the middle.
This week showed the route runs both ways.
THE WIDER FRAME
Technology is rarely only about technology. Culture is rarely only about culture.
Long-form essays about the internet, technology, photography, culture and the things we slowly begin to accept as normal.
THE WORKING FRAME
No theory for the sake of it. Just the things you can actually use.
Practical guides for making, shooting, editing, organising and working smarter — the settings, systems and workflows behind the content.
THE WEEKLY FRAME
Once a week, I send the things I thought were actually worth your attention
The biggest story. Something social. Something AI. Something creative. Something to think about. Something useful.
Plus the latest from The Wider Frame and The Working Frame.
The best of the internet. Once a week.
SELECTED WORK
Wide angles, symmetry, straight lines and curves, cool tones.
Mostly London, mostly looking up.
I make tools for people who want to create better work with what they already have.
You don’t always need more equipment.
Sometimes you need to know what to do with it.
UNLOCKED
230+ pages to help you shoot, edit and create better content with the phone already in your hand.
From noticing the shot in the first place to composition, light, video, editing and building a camera roll full of content you can actually use.
START HERE
A few things I’ve made to help you shoot and edit better — free.
BEHIND CRISS FILMS
Photographer, filmmaker, writer and creator based in London.
Criss Films sits somewhere between photography, technology, the internet and paying attention.
I make pictures. I write about the things changing around us. And I build practical tools that help people make better work.
Sometimes that means looking at what everyone else is looking at. Sometimes it means looking somewhere else entirely.