Ben started his career in Television at Channel Nine Perth in 1990 as a sports / production cameraman. After gaining three years valuable experience covering international Test cricket, NBL and Rugby league as part of multi-camera outside broadcasts, he moved into single camera news and current affairs.
In 1996 Ben moved to London and joined The London News Network as a staff cameraman covering news, current affairs, entertainment and features for a variety of programs on ITV.
In 1998, Ben continued in London as a freelance cameraman, spending three years working on ITV's flagship travel series "Dream Ticket" before joining the BBC's international news gathering teams covering major events including Afghanistan, Kosovo, Russia and Northern Ireland.
Other clients in the UK have included Channel Five, BBC Three, NBC, FOX, France 1, ZDF, ARD, AL Jazeera, Channel Nine Australia, ABC (Aust), TVNZ and bureau cameraman at Channel Seven Australia.
Since living in London, Ben has maintained a close connection to some of his former clients and has continued to be sent around the world to cover major events.
In recent years Ben has worked on the
As well as sport, Ben has worked on a number of reality and Observational documentaries, including 7 years on The Force, The Zoo, Border Security, My Kitchen Rules, Married at First Sight, Keeping Australia Safe and Bondi Vet – coast to coast.
Corporate & mining video production is now also a large part of the workload too, with the geographical proximity to some of the worlds largest mining companies assets being in Western Australia.
Ben is now based in Perth as a freelance cameraman and is an owner of several HD and 4k complete camera kits and a Cineflex V14 gyro stabilised helicopter camera system and a LiveU (LU600) bonded cellular transmission system.