Archive for September, 2008
Someone once told him
As prevously mentined I took part in the photography project Someone Once Told Me which I think is a great idea, whilst at the party where I had my photo taken several of my friends also agreed to take part including my old university friend and former flatmate Al. I’m pleased to say I think the photo of him came out well which you can see here
I also had the pleasure of meeting Mario again last night as folloing on from my picture another friend signed up to take part and had his picture taken, being a notably shy person when it comes to haveing his photo taken he was quite leased with the results which should hopefully be up on the site in the next few weeks
Someone once told me…
Has someone once told you something that has stuck with you for a very long time, something of importance that has reflected the way you’ve lived your life, or something simple and fun that it just hangs around in your head. Getting these words out is the premise behind the wonderful photography project Someone Once Told Me.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet Mario who runs the site and had my picture taken for the project whilst out on a mutual friends birthday celebrations, I was more than happy to take part and I wasn’t the first to indulge in the project that evening and helped Mario rope in a few more participants.
The basis of the site is very simple:
“Black and white photographs
A new one every day
Each person writes a message
Of something that someone once told them”
For mine I used a quote from a friend that I had received a couple of months earlier in a birthday card from them. The quote just stuck in my head when I read it and when I found out about this project I knew exactly from the start what I wanted to write. It was also timed nicely as the birthday celebrations I was at when the photograph was taken was for the person who wrote me the quote in the first place.
You can see my quote and my slightly dramatic pose over at the Someone Once Told Me websites archive
My quote on Someone Once Told Me
I think this is great project and as well as an interesting photography project I think it is a great insight into peoples minds and how things people say can influence us.
Exit Calm Video Shoot
Last week I had the lucky pleasure of being able to work on a music video. I got a call from a friend who would be directing the video and asked if I could come along and shoot stills, this was the first time I’ve had the opportunity to work on anything like this and I jumped at the chance.
Exit Calm video shoot
After meeting the other people on the shoot en-route to the location we arrived and began setting up. I duly helped out where I could, moving furniture and holding things whilst the Director and irector of Photography sorted out finer details and the lighting. Part of the setup including mounting a dvd player, projector and speakers onto the camera rig, after a bit of tooing and froing we were ready to go.
Camera rig at the Exit Calm video shoot
The band arrived and we made our introductions before lunch arrived and we all took a break. Once the food was wolfed down Annette got to grips with the make-up for the band. I would like to point out for fear of a beating from the band that they didn’t have much make-up.
And so the real work began, working to a recording of the upcoming single and pre recorded visuals we began the shoot, projecting film across the band and capturing their performance. Things went pretty smootly and the takes went quickly, I snuck round the camera and crawled across the floor, i knelt, I ducked, I got pulled out of the way and by the end of the shoot my legs were aching. I had taken over a thousand photos in that time.
For the few hours we worked together I felt drawn to the band, they had a brotherly spirit between them, they were a family. During the post shoot drinks this tie between them was evident in the recalling of stories from the road and how they met. When I met up with them at their gig at the Barfly in Camden this weekend I saw this bond on stage.
I’ve managed to get the number of shots down to around 300 however I’ve uploaded a few already as a sneak peak for any Exit Calm fans that might stumble across this blog
Exit Calm - Video shoot for next single
The rest of the photos can be found here:
Exit Calm - We’re On Our Own - Behind the scenes on the video shoot
I’ll be updating the set with more photos as I process them.
