Blake has been working as a colorist for over thirty years, starting off in Hollywood prior to moving to Europe. Blake has graded such films as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Poltergeist" to name only a few of the numerous titles he has worked on. Recently Blake was the digital intermediate colourist for Federico Zampaglione's film "Shadow". Most recently Blake was senior colorist for the film "Monsoon Empire".
Blake is an instructor with the International Colorist Academy and has over 28 years of experience. He gives classes in Basic Color Grading, Resolve Operation, Revival Operation and even Film Scanner Operation. He is one of the few people who have worked with Resolve and Revival since the products were introduced.
Blake has always been aware of the importance of monitor calibration. "Monitor calibration is vital for my work and X-Rite products are fantastic" says Blake. Blake has said that monitor calibration is and always will be vital for the industry as you have to know that what you see on the monitor is what you're getting. Blake went on to say, "I can tell if a monitor is not calibrated correctly just by looking at the image and comparing it with the waveform monitor".