Barcelona 2015

We're really looking forward to eyeforpharma's Barcelona event next month, it's always good fun and there's always some really inspiring speakers to interview.  

Here's the promo hot off the Stanton press.  (We like the Flamenco stamp).

A yawn is a silent scream for coffee

Had a great photoshoot with our friends at Cafédirect the other day and some of the shots are live on their brand new website.  Check it and them out here: www.cafedirect.co.uk.

Oh and you might want to have a butchers at their new TV ad featuring the brilliantly funny Adam Buxton: Cafédirect TV Ad

The Power of Sport!

@wheelpower

Been working with our brilliant local charity WheelPower his week.  We are creating various short films for them, to help get the word out about the amazing and transformative work they do.

This week it was The National Junior Games where school kids with various disabilities were able to try out a variety of sports - all with the aim of helping them to find a sport they love, to encourage them to lead healthy and active lifestyles, no matter what disability they may have.

The motto of the day was "have a go" - which Paul took literally:

Wherever you pointed the camera you got great shots of either steely determination in the eyes of the kids or just massive smiles!

Stoke Mandeville Hospital has a long and very proud history of helping disabled people - and WheelPower do a fantastic job of keeping this tradition alive with the sporting activities and events they run.  Check out their site if you have a chance.

Tasty Tony Singh

Not sure how best to describe Tony Singh, one half of BBC2's 'Incredible Spice Men'.  Maybe eccentric, definitely unique; with his thick Scottish accent, his brightly coloured turbans and his passion for concocting finger licking delicious grub, he certainly knows how to put an interesting cookery book together.  We recently had the pleasure of filming him for his book launch, luckily there were still some delicious morsels left-over in the studio from the earlier photo-shoot and like Tony says; they were Tasty!

How pure the shot?

@auroraorchestra.
@iestyn_davies.

Fun shoot last week - working on a promo for Aurora Orchestra and their latest concert "How Pure The Sky" with countertenor Iestyn Davies.

The theme of the concert is all things celestial - so we needed a visual way to convey this idea of getting into the heavens, and contemplating our place under them...  Our solution was to employ a great bit of kit - the Sky Moth.

The film below is a little behind the scenes clip showing how we got the signature shot we were after - which wasn't easy as the weather was definitely against us - which made for a dramatic sky backdrop, but also made operating the Skymoth a bit tricky...

Thanks go to Dan and Michael from Skyvue for their efforts in such unfavorable weather and BIG thanks to Iestyn for agreeing to lie down in a wet, muddy field in the rain...

...and here is the full trailer for anyone wanting details about the concert:

Berlin Bound

Paul and I have just returned from a super-quick shoot in Berlin.  We were covering a conference and creating some film content with a quick turnaround edit.  All good stuff.  Most impressive though - speaking as tech geeks - was the AV set up at the conference itself.

we've covered a lot of conferences in the past - but this one was just brimming with technology - to be fair, there was quite a large room to cover...

each attendee had their own iPad to interact with the presenters, ask questions, vote on topics etc - very, very smart.

Is there such a condition as "tech-envy"?

A Proper Cuppa

Just finished shooting @Cafedirect 's new delicious One Acre Teas
We love the new packaging, (well done Mayday London for the design work).  If you want to try them you can purchase from the Cafédirect website with the new Slingshot tool thingy.  Isn't life splendid!