Interesting Music Videos
Mar/100
I’ve been watching lots and lots of music videos lately mainly for research, I’d thought it would be interesting to start posting them up here for fun and for my own reference.
Here’s two I came across today:
Director: James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs
This is just genius. I love the amount of work that’s gone into this and the absolute chaos and seer barrage of stuff that’s flying about everywhere.
Director: Megaforce
Even though I can clearly see how the effects in this video have been done it’s still and really impressive and original video – I’d love to see all the planning, working out and tests done in preparation for the shooting.
Time Gentlemen…
Feb/100
Taken in The Plough, managed by Greg "The Fist!" Mcleod.
Almost not processing here.
By the Sea
Feb/100
One of my first Polaroids taken on my lovely SX-70 camera using expired TZ-Artist film.
There’s marks on this image at the bottom and the top left hand corner where myself and Lizabeth handled the polaroid after it popped out, it’s amazing how sensitive the film is to being touched.
I’m surprised at how degraded the film is, it is over a year out of date and I would have liked the image to be clearer but it does have a wonderful eerie quality to it.
The Lookout
Feb/100
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Taken at Crich Stand in Derbyshire. This was a day filled with cold – we drove up to Crich Stand admiring the scenery and the cliff face only to discover once we stepped out of the car the wind was trying to freeze our faces off. We didn’t stay long there, although it was such a bright and clear day the wind clearly wanted us dead. We later walked over some Derbyshire fields that were slightly less cold and then had a “milkshake” in a Belper cafe. I say “Milkshake” because a milkshake should not just be your thick hot chocolate drink served cold – even though I quite enjoyed it – but Lizabeth (that’s the lass in the photo) being a Canadian and coming from a land where they know how to make proper milkshakes had other opinions.
Image of actual said Crich Stand:
If anyone from the fine “This Derbyshire Life” magazine publication sees this and would like to publish it I think it would look rather splendid within your pages.
Chucks
Feb/100
I know I said the last photos were the last of the set, but I lied ok, I found one more.
They call them chucks over there, we (British) call them Converse.
I usually dislike photos of just feet and shoes, but I like this one for some reason. I think it’s a combination of the light, the colour of the laces and the incoming tide.
I’ve been hammering the hell out of the new Los Campesinos album carving new memories along to the music as I travelled up the Edinburgh on the train. If you’ve never been to Edinburgh, take the train, the scenery is breathtaking. Frightened Rabbit are creeping back into my life again The Midnight Organ Fight especially. Right now I’m listening to The National and their album Boxer – I adore this album 
Last in Set
Feb/100
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Last couple of images of Lizabeth on Edinburgh’s portobello beach.
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