Video showing a new framed print I just sold. Gives you an idea of what some of my prints will look like all framed up, this is one that someone specifically asked for. Have a look and see what ye think. 

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Instrumental and video 'Monster Shark'

Think of this as a audio and visual version of an abstract painting.

A quick weird instrumental I recorded on the spot and a quick video I made to accompany it. This was my first attempt at a video and it's all from my archive footage I had on my hard drive. 

No it is not in time, no the guitar and everything else isn't played well but thats the fun of it, I tried to create a mood.


I really want to get more into shooting video and films in the future, really find it fun and I love the process. I hope to do some collaborations with other artists and film makers also, I love collaborating with people and creating something that you ever could on your own.


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World War Z Movie Set

Just took a wander round the World War Z film set which right now is filming with Brad Pitt in Glasgow. Loads of yellow taxis, Philadelphia police cars, road signs and props like newspaper stands and stuff. I  took a few photos. Cool to see how they transformed the area and it's good to have a bit of buzz about the area. Hope things like this happen more often.

15th Street

15th Street through the crowds.

Arch Street and workers setting up more lights on the other side of the road.

Where the filming at this point was going on.

Hot Dog stand props.

J F Kennedy Bl

J F Kennedy Bl

I love the look of these yellow lights and signs.

Market Street

Philadelphia Police car

News stand props.

Working away at the lights.

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Good Old Film

Catriona in the garden. This was taken about 2 years ago now. This was one of the last times I shot colour film. Even though this is slightly out of focus I just love the clarity and detail film gives you without any messing around on the computer. Film is getting so expensive to buy and develop which is why I have been shooting almost exclusively digital over the last year. Nowadays though with the 5d mk 2 and some time on the computer I can get files that are pretty damn close to this. I still love colour film and I will use it again, it just isn't really practical right now.

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g. (An amazing short film by J. Xavier Velasco)

Found this on vimeo the other day and I was blown away. It engrossed me from the first second to the last. It was shot so well and just sucked you into the story. The creator J. Xavier Velasco states that it was shot all hand held with a canon 5D mk2 and a few lenses and virtually no budget. Shows what can be achieved when you have vision and creativity. This puts a lot of big budget movies to shame in my opinion. I loved the hand held aesthetic, I am not a fan of complete precision and the slight hand shake in this only adds to the feeling, atmosphere and narrative. I think that if this was shot using steady cams, glide cams and other expensive gear it would not have had the same impact (well on me anyway).

Watch this and see what great vision and creativity can achieve.

Watch it full screen for full impact.

g. from J. Xavier Velasco on Vimeo.

The Road

Went to see 'The Road' this weekend. I had read the book and found it to be one of the best that i have read. It flows so well and you never want to put it down. I have been waiting or the movie to come out ever since I heard it was getting made (about a year ago or something). I saw that it would star Viggo Mortensen who is one of my favourite actors if not the favourite.

I went into the movie not expecting it to deliver on the level of the book as very rarely a film can actually capture the essence of a book and normally leaves the viewer disappointed. Soon as the first few scenes played I was hooked. Not one part of the film allows your mind to wander. It keeps you gripped and focussed throughout the whole movie. I would say that it definitely captures the essence of the book and I would say captures it so well that I would find it hard to say one is better than the other.

Anyway all I'm saying is that if you were thinking of going to see the film then i would highly recommend it and also to read the book. I think actually having read the book first makes the viewing experience even better as you can experience the great words on the pages become great visual scenes on the screen.

Go See It!

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The Tenebrous Liar

I Saw Tenebrous Liar at the Windmill in Brixton on Monday. They are an awesome band, this is the third time i have seen them now. The first two times were when they supported Soulsavers and they really caught my attention. The music is dark, energetic, heavy, soft take a look at their myspace here www.myspace.com/tenebrousliar

The singer 'Steve Gullick' is also a well known music photographer. His photography is so good. He has photographed many great people such as Kurt Cobain, Mark Lanegan, Lou Reed, Neil Young and many more. He is a true inspiration when it comes to music photography for me. If your interested in Photography or music then you really need to check out his stuff. His website can be found here www.gullickphoto.com/


So if you get the chance to go see The Tenebrous Liar or an exhibition of Steve's photographs I don't think you will be disappointed. I am now a big fan of both.

All photographs taken on an old Olympus OM-2N film camera, using TRI-X film thats either pushed to 800 or 1600.

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Soulsavers Gig

Soulsavers at The Electric Ballroom in Camden on Friday night (11th Dec o9).

Was an amazing gig, the band were spot on and full of energy, Lanegans vocals were perfect. One of the best gigs i have ever seen.

We got to meet Mark lanegan. Mark is my favourite singer of all time and this is pretty much a dream come true meeting him. He was a really cool guy, he was happy to chat for a few minutes and take a few photo's. We didn't want to bother him that much as there were a couple of crazed fans that were clawing at him but we got a few photos and that was really cool. We asked him to take a photo of me and Cat for some reason (did I mention we were a little drunk) which he said yeah, but that he ain't that good with cameras (especially 30 year old film cameras) and the photo was eh......pretty messed up but is a cool memory of the night.

We also met The Guitarist Rich Warren. He is an awesome guitarist and is full of energy, its so good to watch him perform.

We also met the Bassist Martyn lenoble who was also very cool. All great musicians in their own right. Great night and here are some of the shots from the night.


Check out there myspace here www.myspace.com/soulsavers

Pentax ME Super
Kodak Tri-x pushed one stop to 800

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Stories From The Underground

Photographs(usually portraits)I have taken on the London underground. Shots that look like they could be part of a story, movie, short movie e.t.c. Thats the general idea.

This is a new ongoing project that i hope to continue for at least a year.

I like having some direction when taking photographs. I feel that it helps me get better if I'm thinking about what I'm doing rather than just going around photographing everything I see. I like to have a focus that i can concentrate on and I recommend every photographer or keen snapshooter to try this as it can be a lot of fun and you have a cool project to look back on in the future. I have done this a few times before using different topics which are still ongoing just now. 'Bargain Basement Hotel Series' is a photographic project that i started a year ago, which is my documentation of all the cheap crappy hotel rooms that i have stayed in while traveling to see gigs throughout Europe. I will post up this project here at a later date when i find some time.

Anyway this is the beginning of a long project for me that i look forward to continuing throughout the year. Why not give something like this a go yourself, think you'll be pleasantly surprised how fun and rewarding it can be.

Cheers!

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