Thanks to the band and their enthusiasm for charity shops we were able to play a classic game of ‘Guess Who’ in the woods! That and their sheer excitement on the shoot are what made this simple video work! The band are such talented and lovely chaps, I’ve got a feeling they’re gonna rocket over the next year!

Their single is released 6th August on the Static Caravan label.

I was only commissioned to shoot the London leg of the project. You can see a few of my stills featured on the Let’s Colour gallery and a few of my favourite shots below…

The comp teams film makers up with musicians, and gives them two weeks make a music video with zero budget. The completed videos are then judged by a select panel of producers and directors, with one winner and one runner up.

We were teamed up with local band Fatbwoi 5 and their track ‘Bullet’, below is our entry which took the runner up award…

Huge props to those that helped us on the video, dressing up peeps and all for getting involved! 

On the web and in print! Just got back from buying a copy for the archive! You can read more about Treasured on a previous post.

Sound from the 5D isn’t great so using a separate audio recorder I captured decent sound via a radio mic, then in the edit I synced up the 5D and radio mic sound in seconds with the remarkable Plural Eyes sound syncing software. You have to use it to believe it!

The doc itself is an interview with the Jonathan Watkins, director of the Ikon Gallery discussing the work of artist collective MadeIn and their edgy, hard hitting show that asks us to rethink and question our political and cultural perceptions.

It’s the first time I’ve been able to create the video first to then pass on to a sound designer to do their thing. Really impressed with the great work of sound designer and composer Lewis Gibson!

The show uses three items of bespoke designer maker jewelery from which it draws thematic narratives, as an audience member you experience this by yourself with the performers leading you around and immersing you into the story of your chosen piece. Treasured runs at the newly refurbished MAC from 9th - 27th June!

Just spotted the new Lomo 360 Spinner camera! Pull the cord for some panoramic madness! I want one of these! Check out the techniques especially the timescan technique, reminds me a lot of the work of photographer Jonathan Shaw, who experiments with time and motion in his practice.

Best known for her folk-inspired work, Rojas uses a wide range of media, including painting, installation and print-making, with a smart sense of humour, to make observations on gender relations and representation. This then translates through into her music, which she writes and performs under the alt-country alter ego of Peggy Honeywell.

For the exhibition opening Clare performed her music to a packed out audience and this provided the perfect live soundtrack and backbone to the film.

The video is now live on the Ikon site, so enjoy…

I didn’t get to see the show but did get to photograph some of the incredible puppets created by artist Caroline McDowell, a few of which can now be seen on the Arts Council website...

I was on camera duties for the Birmingham Vox Pop shoot - filmed around the famous Bullring shopping centre. A few months on and the Talking Energy video wall is now online promoting discussion and debate on the issue of future energy resources and climate change…

Here’s a short test video I made after my first outing with the camera…

During their research they stumbled upon a website called youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com, a blog site dedicated to naming and shaming those who blatantly steal other peoples work and call it their own.

One of the first posts they spotted was related to the BDE 2010 Brand Identity, a photographic logo I helped create with TAK! design and Dance Exchange back in April 2009.

The author of the post DBNI Industries claims that my work and the concept of TAK! design was a rip off of his own photographic work. He even claims that my photography isn’t even a photograph! Stating it contains computer generated graphics or swirls placed over the image of a dancer…

How wrong could he be! Time to set the record straight…

Online contemporary dance zine Article 19 were on the shoot to document our experimental logo production and created a really nice making of film…