Campaign for Wool

Merging Forest was fortunate enough to contribute to a video series for the former Prince of Wales, King Charles’ Campaign for Wool. Filmed on May 10th at Chassagne Farm in Puslinch, ON we spent a rather vigorous, yet leisurely day recording expert shearer Don Metherall do what he does best. The video is already in the can, however we don’t expect a release until Fall ‘23.

It was a run & gun affair. The shearing was happening whether we were ready or not, so we slapped a variable ND filter on a 50mm prime lens and shot at f4 to minimize any fiddling in order to capture the event—occasionally switching to 60fps for slow motion. The video has been edited into a rough cut that probably won’t change too much once we sit down with CFW’s CEO and discuss his notes.