After a day of recce'ing locations, Ben Homewood found this hillside beauty so we jumped at the chance to shoot Best Coast with such a view. The Fly saw them play 4 times out there, and it was great to be stateside, stomping about in blazing heat on a mission to eat BBQ meat and drink bottled beer. SxSW was a musical bonanza but the sight of Snoop Dogg playing on a stage crafted from an enormous Doritos vending machine was a nudge too far for me.
Some of them used to be in Joe Lean and The JJJ, but let's not hold that against them. Cool guys (hence the blue tone, done with a blue colorama on a bounceboard) and a great sound. No need to Google Toy, here ya go.
Just the best shoot with Graham. Illustrated his own backdrop with a fanciful mindfart doodle, and then was also up for shooting the portrait series himself with a cable release. More about that here. Just a great opportunity fully optimised really.
Nice to see a nice shot used nice and big. Nicely.
Should say that on his business cards. Was so wrapped in what Vint Cerf was saying I almost forgot I was supposed to be shooting. Launching Life Online, with Virgin Media, I felt truly privileged to be in the room with this guy, who was humourous, erudite, wise beyond belief but completely able to talk to normal folk like me. Incredible, honestly.
You don't need teeth to eat our beef. That's a motto that says everything about the restaurant, the food, the attitude, the area. It's earthy, you can buy beers opposite and bring em in, and the music and general experience was the best that I had in Austin. There, I've said it.
I guess a favourite aspect of SxSW was not walking for miles with a furnace on my back, but actually sitting in the dust watching some really fucking good bands every now and again. Here's one: Crystal Antlers. Absolutely rocking.
Spectrals at SxSW, backstage (in the car park) behind Urban Outfitters. Then we walked and walked and walked, this place needs loads more cabs.
Nice to see 2:54 here, they're doing great and the people are enjoying their beautiful music, which is nice news. The streets are awash with talent like you wouldn't believe here, flippin eck.
It's not weird but it is fun and everything's going very well so far thank you. This was shot at the Best Coast show out the back of an Urban Outfitters store. Yup.
Yup, in your face fancy pants fashion magazines. Have some of THAT. Well spotted @EdBartlett.
The man is a whirlwind of a powerhouse with a diary more like the phonebook. He crams more into a day than I ever imagined possible and having spent 8 hours with him yesterday, I realise I could definitely squeeze more into my life. He's @RichardBranson if you'd like evidence of this.
Froze my bits off for you I did. Worth it though, I think anyway. Who needs bits?
Hi. So my first blog for the Huffington Post is up, click here to view it. It's the story of a great fun shoot I did with Graham Coxon for The Fly, and so memorable were it that I thought I'd document the process in full and share it with your good self, dear viewer. Recorded forever, on the HuffPo. Something for the grand kids, you know. Heritage.
That's alright innit. Digi version? Scroll through here and feast your peepers.
What's up with me + contents pages? I dunno. It's been a good week for contents pages. Stop saying contents pages. Right - a shoot on a Hackney rooftop with the currently soaring Dry The River. Loads of powerful flash in their faces to combat a very bright sun. Cool guys and a great sound. They hate being called the next Coldplay so I won't do that. DRY THE RIVER.
Had a great time with this, shot at MKII Studios with Friends - who you could describe as 'up for it'. A wall, a rope, why not? Online issue of the mag here, if you fancy it. Or just listen to this. I love this.
Nice one Mojo. Proper feature with Florence and the most perfect page layout - any snapper would surely agree...
