Saturday 23 July 2011

A few weeks ago I popped down to Alexandra Bastido's animal sanctuary (Alexandra starred in The Champions back in the 1970's and has been in lots of other production too) in West Sussex and took some still photographs and a few video clips as a favour as the BBC where going to show a few seconds of the video I took on the local news to promote the annual open day at the sanctuary. Pete my partner at Inverse Square Media has edited the clips into a short video that the guys at the sanctuary can upload to their website. It's only 30 seconds long and very basic and here it is:-

Tuesday 19 July 2011

Here's the teeth whitening video that I mentioned in the previous blog entry. This was shot entirely on my Canon EOS 5D MK2 and was directed by my colleague Pete Rimington with sound recorded by a specialist sound guy!. This was produced by my new company Inverse Square Media which is a joint venture between Redshift Photography and Goldmoor TV. Our new blog for Inverse Square is www.inverse-square-media.blogspot.com so please take a look if you get a chance!.

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Without wishing to tempt fate I'm still mega busy and this summer could well be my best yet since I set up Redshift Photography 9 years ago!.The past two weeks since the last blog post have been flat out although last week I had a touch of man flu again so I did struggle to keep going but I got through it thanks to Lemsip Max!.
Philips Bright Idea Garden Hampton Court Flower Show













I've been photographing more care homes for BUPA, photographed (and video'd) a very cool concept garden at the Hampton Court Flower Show which was sponsored by Philips Lighting and also photographed a newly refurbished building in Henrietta Street (Covent Garden - London) for Zumtobel Lighting.

Philips Bright Idea Garden Hampton Court Flower Show
The diary is looking pretty full for the next couple of months too so at the moment it's a case of making hay while the sun shines.
I'm still doing the odd show on BBC Three Counties Radio too and last Saturday I did a two hour phone in on photography on BBC 3CR which went really well.It's great fun taking calls and emails from the listeners on all aspects of photography and it really keeps you on your toes as you never know what you're likely to be asked. It's usually questions about red eye and flash as flash photography is pretty tricky until you get used to it and every month I give the same advice so it would be good to get some new questions next time around. The best call I've had so far was from a guy wanting advice on how to photograph his wife in the nude!.
I have to prepare a fact sheet for each show now which is pretty time consuming but I still like doing it as I'm hoping that one day I'll get snapped up by a TV company to produce a TV show on photography but it hasn't happened yet after 5 years on the radio!.
Alexandra Bastido
I mentioned a shoot that I did in the last blog entry with an actress called Alexandra Bastido who owns and runs a lovely animal shelter down in West Sussex. She used to be in a 1970's TV series called The Champions and has made various film and TV appearances since then.I took some pictures of her for the sanctuary website and as promised here's a picture of her from the shoot. We're also producing a short video for YouTube for the sanctuary and I'll post a link here once it's uploaded.
Our new venture Inverse Square Media is going very well too with a couple of video commissions coming up soon. Last month we finished the Teeth Whitening video for Dioxiwhite that I've mentioned before and here's a link to the video on our ISM website http://inversesquaremedia.com/mainmenu.html

I've got another two weeks to go until our annual family camping holiday to the Cotswolds and although I'm loving the workload and I'm chuffed to be so busy I am really looking forward to taking a break.
When I do go on holiday I always take my old Canon T90 and A1 and take loads of pictures on black and white film. It's great to take pictures and not have to sit here at the computer working with Photoshop etc. Much as I love digital SLR's I do miss shooting film and working away in a darkroom and it's great to load up the old Canon FD kit with film.