Life's a Beach

Some stills from a series of flash adverts I'm making to promote beach volleyball to parents aged 30-40. I'm focusing on the idea of family beach holidays within the UK, and pushing the sport as a subsidiary of this.

Broken 3 Ways

Just thought I'd give a big shout out to Broken 3 Ways, an awesome local ska band who put in a great performance this Easter weekend. They played an hour slot at the OxJam festival...really got the crowd going. I decided to bring my camera along and try my hand at gig photography. You should really check this band out...if you fancy elevating your mood, having a bit of a chill, or an all out skanking session!

Here's their myspace

http://www.myspace.com/broken3ways

Decode

I took a trip down to London this weekend, mostly to watch my team (proudly) fall to defeat at Stamford Bridge. But while I was down there, I noticed a poster on the tube for a digital design exhibition at the V&A called "Decode". This took my interest, especially since taking the digital design module last semester. It was honestly one of the best exhibitions I have ever been to. The interactivity, innovation, and originality on show was incredible. It was such a fun experience to see people from all backgrounds and cultures coming together and really having genuine fun with art. Far too often I think people feel restricted in galleries. Be quiet...don't take photographs, walk around slowly from piece to piece - remarking on how inspirational it all is. I appreciate this element to galleries, and it is nice to be somewhere peaceful...but this environment I found to be very refreshing, and shown art to be as it should...a pleasurable and accessible tactile experience.

Above are a few snaps I took while I was in there...I think the exhibitions open for about a month more so hurry down if you get the chance...its not one to miss.

Shoot Me Again

I've recently been doing a bit of collaboration with other designers. Here are a few edited images from a fashion photography shoot that we did last week. It was really informal, we just experimented with it and had a lot of fun in the process. I think that this sort of thing is vital for us to be doing as designers, sharing skills and ideas with our peers from other specialisms. It helps to develop some really interesting ideas that you probably wouldn't have came up with yourself. We'll probably be doing some similar things in the near future so I'll be keeping you posted if anything half decent arises from it...watch this space.

Oh and here's a link to the both models blogs...

Sally - http://www.innocentindulgence0.blogspot.com/

Martin - http://www.do-you-know-what.blogspot.com/

Enjoy

EuGenious

I recently came across a quite stunning photographer, called Eugenio Recuenco. The Spaniard has developed a fantastic portfolio of work, with diverse themes running throughout. Many of his shots are really elaborate. He tends to build up a whole story within a single frame. Recuenco creates highly art directed pieces which can immerse you, pulling you into the scene and forcing you to question everything. There certainly is a lot of depth to his work.

As his fame has grown, so has his budget. Many of his works contain a multitude of strange and exotic props. There also seems to be more and more models included in each shot, which I feel shows that Eugenio is trying to incorporate more in his images, telling bigger stories and expressing more.

As well as individual scenes, Recuenco also creates photographic series. These resemble film stills, and act as an alternative platform for story telling. These images are too large for me to include here but I highly recommend you take a look for yourself at http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com/

His work really is fantastic, and his style - instantly recognisable

Smoke On The Water

I stumbled upon this photographer a little while ago, and I became fascinated.
His name is Graham Jeffery, and as you can see, his photographs are absolutely beautiful. He captures smoke and blends it with bright, vibrant colours. These colours help to compliment the spiralling effects which are created by the natural spontaneity of smoke. This creates a really tranquil image which I could just look at forever.

Surely I'm not the only one who is visually stimulated by these photographs?