About
My name is Raphaël. I'm 26 and I'm a videographer based in Morges, Switzerland.
I was 11 when GoPros came along. That's how it all started: I filmed our family holidays and turned them into little films, edited in iMovie.
Then came my teenage years and I dropped it for a while. The urge to create stayed somewhere, though. It came back in another form the day I had to put together a magazine on architecture for my final school project. That got me into graphic design, and all through COVID I tinkered away on my computer, making posters, logos, album covers and social media posts for various businesses, including my dad's pharmacies.
I knew I wanted to get back to video, but I felt I'd fallen too far behind. It was during a year-long internship at Nestlé that I was asked to make a video promoting an internal training platform. I relearned the editing software, borrowed my dad's camera that could also shoot video, and slowly got back into it alongside my business management degree (I still wonder why I picked that).
At first it was a hobby and a way to make some money, with a few community management gigs where I got to film and edit. Then, after finishing my studies in 2024 (yes, I saw that bachelor's through to the end), I set off alone for a week to hike part of the Via Alpina, across the Swiss Alps.
What's that got to do with video? I filmed the whole thing on my phone, telling the story of my days, and when I got back I turned it into short episodes on Instagram, much like I used to as a kid. I loved the editing. It wasn't just cutting clips together anymore, it was shaping my footage to tell a real story. That's when the passion truly came back.
I started out filming on an iPhone, then bought my first drone, and later my first camera. In between, I had the chance to join Ocean Souls Explorer: two four-month trips, from Costa Rica to Mexico, then Mexico to French Polynesia. This experience taught me a lot, especially how to film in tough conditions, with very little time to get the right shot. I go into more detail on the dedicated page.
Since then, I've made it my job. Deep down, it was always the thing that made me tick.
My take on AI
AI has taken, and will keep taking, an increasingly important place in the industry. To me, however powerful it is, it will never replace the authenticity of the images and the message we want to convey. My golden rule: never use AI to create things that aren't real. That said, not using it would mean missing out on things that were impossible before, like a transition that links two shots organically. That's how I use it. Throughout my portfolio, whenever I've used AI, I mention it in the video's description.
And as I say on my homepage, I like to go and find images where they truly are!
And who knows, the next story might be yours. Get in touch.