David Higgs is a BAFTA award-winning cinematographer who has created stunning images for nearly 40 films, television shows and series in a career spanning more than two decades.

He was recognized in March of 2010 with a BAFTA Television Craft award for Best Photography & Lighting for “Red Riding 1983,” with a BAFTA nomination for “Cambridge Spies,” and with two Royal Television Society award nominations for “The Russian Bride” and “Nature Boy.”

His credits include Guy Ritchie’s “RocknRolla,” short film “The Stronger,” feature crime drama “Tony” and other features; and TV shows and series including “The Tomorrow People,” “Cambridge Spies,” “Lost in Austen” and more.

With a broad perspective on filmmaking and deep experience of continual change in his craft, how does a creative professional like Higgs experience nitty-gritty technology like video interface and conversion solutions?

“I like technology when it empowers the creative side of things,” Higgs said, on a break while reviewing rushes from his current film “Rafta Rafta” at ENVY post in London, “and AJA does that.” He’s been an AJA user for several years, integrating the KONA video card and Ki Pro digital recorder into his standard equipment set and deploying them on multiple projects.

“I’ve always owned my equipment and I was one of the first people in the UK to buy a KONA 3. It was a bit of a revelation compared to what I had been using before to look at material and edit my own show reels. You can do so much with it, but it’s simple and worked straight out of the box,” he said.