Helen Sloan
A chance to go behind the scenes on Game of Thrones with principal stills photographer Helen Sloan. Helen will be talking about her job, the kit and techniques she uses. Sharing some of her amazing images – including some fascinating, behind the scenes photos and stories. If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones or film set photography this is definitely one to attend.
Helen was born in rural Ireland. Given her first camera at age 11, she quickly came into her “fly on the wall” role, capturing snapshots of life around her. At age 18 while studying Art in Belfast, she landed among a group of circus performers - where her non intrusive style of photography and technical mind lent itself well to performance photography. She travelled the world with various troupes and performers, spending a large amount of time in Iceland. A series of melancholy portraits caught the eye of a movie producer - who invited her to work on a series of horror films. Sloan landed more and more jobs on film and television sets over the next decade - and the “Game of Thrones” came to her doorstep. Helen is responsible for the photography from the hit HBO drama having been there from the first day of the pilot, until the very last day of filming. The job covered many genres of photography; landscape, portraiture, studio posters and behind the scene documentary.
She is a European Nikon Ambassador and the first Irish member of The Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers (SMPSP)