Listen to Ray Mears
21/05/08 17:24
Ah - back in front of the mac again
with no more photos printed but a fair few more in print - if ya
get me. The new cyclesport is out with the Potzato photos from
Monaco and some ace work from Simpson in Flanders. Arty documentary
nonsense - very impressed.
Last week was pretty badass. Met the 97th sexiest woman in the world on a shoot with Adrian. That's a bit of a backhanded compliment but anyway, she was deserving of her title. Amazing Toaster stencil on the side of Wimborne house - "an excercise in promoting something which in essence promotes nothing but itself."
By the way - music corner - download the Toddla T's Ghettoblaster mixtape and the Dead Prez Hip Hop remix by Flufftronix. Heavy heavy heavy. "Hip hop means throw up your rag, soldier flag, if you riding the bus or you stole a jag"
So anyway - Were spoilt all week by Ma Baybutt cleaning and cooking and making tea for Big D and Keith who are refitting the bathroom. Thank you lots. Doesn't sound very exciting but you don't live here - has needed doing for a very long time. On tuesday I blitzed up to Sheffield in a big blue Vectra and bought a new bicycle - at last! It's fast let me tell thee! Planet x Kaffenback with 105, Toshi bar tape (again) and my lovely lovely Charge saddle which arrived the day after my Pompino got stolen. It's really comfy too. Love it, but more than that, I love riding to work again. Have really missed the commute - the moto has been amazing but the cycle is the way to go for sure. This one has those crazy gear things though so I can now ride a long long way - which is exciting..
(Can you tell I've worked out how to put photos on here...!?)
Sheffield had another purpose too - to shoot the new goals for Quickplay Sports as part of their world domination. Good luck lads; you're half way there with a great product (which makes me want to play football) and some killer shots. Had a kickabout in the middle of Bolton Stadium which was cool and drove back from there to home in 3.5 hours. Swifto. Thursday was with Adrian again and the Ting Tings in the K West hotel which was a bit of a disorganisation. BUT it all got done and looks great. As ever. (yes - she's fit.) Well done on the No1. Optimus Prime? Zangief? Yoshi? That's not my name either. Friday was Sir David Frost & co at Aljazeera network with Paul Rider. Yep, that Aljazeera network. A different side to things which is good. I've bought Anchorman today for £3 as it was pretty much a running theme all day. Sat at the news desk and read some scripts. Sweet Lincolns mullet!! I'd like an entry on here not to say "we had an Indian" but we did - I ain't gonna lie. Pete was here and it'd been a busy week. Treats. Pete came down so we could cash in my birthday present from (the amazing) Fera.... Pendulum tickets Oh gosh. What a gig. No really - wow. The Brixton Acadamy is amazing - massive and venetian (random) and full of ravers. Shoes laced on tight, pocket closed, elbows out and we thrashed about with 5000 others for a couple of hours. You could pretty much ring out my t shirt after. So so so loud. (Forgot my plugs - schoolboy error) One of my favourite nights out in London ever - that's a bold claim. Surprisingly nice chicken after, scary Brick City drivers and some tops survival tips from Pete via Ray. Happy birthday to Tom too - wine bar indeed. Old = poncy? Such a good weekend. And I completed Tony Hawk 3. Perfecto.
Worked with Mark Harrison for the first time in ages on Monday with Davros and some Daleks - pretty cool stuff. A-wooooo-e-oooooo-ba da da dum ba da da da dum... (Dr Who innit) And now we're caught up to speed. Last thing - well done to Al for passing her CBT today - not easy, especially when you've not had the good fortune to crash a couple of crossers as practice with gears.
Ooh very last thing - check out the new print sale section.... It's a bit crude at the moment but I'll be hooking up that paypal soon and get this biz rolling. Affordable art - till I get mega famous! haha
Peace,
RB
Last week was pretty badass. Met the 97th sexiest woman in the world on a shoot with Adrian. That's a bit of a backhanded compliment but anyway, she was deserving of her title. Amazing Toaster stencil on the side of Wimborne house - "an excercise in promoting something which in essence promotes nothing but itself."
By the way - music corner - download the Toddla T's Ghettoblaster mixtape and the Dead Prez Hip Hop remix by Flufftronix. Heavy heavy heavy. "Hip hop means throw up your rag, soldier flag, if you riding the bus or you stole a jag"
So anyway - Were spoilt all week by Ma Baybutt cleaning and cooking and making tea for Big D and Keith who are refitting the bathroom. Thank you lots. Doesn't sound very exciting but you don't live here - has needed doing for a very long time. On tuesday I blitzed up to Sheffield in a big blue Vectra and bought a new bicycle - at last! It's fast let me tell thee! Planet x Kaffenback with 105, Toshi bar tape (again) and my lovely lovely Charge saddle which arrived the day after my Pompino got stolen. It's really comfy too. Love it, but more than that, I love riding to work again. Have really missed the commute - the moto has been amazing but the cycle is the way to go for sure. This one has those crazy gear things though so I can now ride a long long way - which is exciting..
(Can you tell I've worked out how to put photos on here...!?)
Sheffield had another purpose too - to shoot the new goals for Quickplay Sports as part of their world domination. Good luck lads; you're half way there with a great product (which makes me want to play football) and some killer shots. Had a kickabout in the middle of Bolton Stadium which was cool and drove back from there to home in 3.5 hours. Swifto. Thursday was with Adrian again and the Ting Tings in the K West hotel which was a bit of a disorganisation. BUT it all got done and looks great. As ever. (yes - she's fit.) Well done on the No1. Optimus Prime? Zangief? Yoshi? That's not my name either. Friday was Sir David Frost & co at Aljazeera network with Paul Rider. Yep, that Aljazeera network. A different side to things which is good. I've bought Anchorman today for £3 as it was pretty much a running theme all day. Sat at the news desk and read some scripts. Sweet Lincolns mullet!! I'd like an entry on here not to say "we had an Indian" but we did - I ain't gonna lie. Pete was here and it'd been a busy week. Treats. Pete came down so we could cash in my birthday present from (the amazing) Fera.... Pendulum tickets Oh gosh. What a gig. No really - wow. The Brixton Acadamy is amazing - massive and venetian (random) and full of ravers. Shoes laced on tight, pocket closed, elbows out and we thrashed about with 5000 others for a couple of hours. You could pretty much ring out my t shirt after. So so so loud. (Forgot my plugs - schoolboy error) One of my favourite nights out in London ever - that's a bold claim. Surprisingly nice chicken after, scary Brick City drivers and some tops survival tips from Pete via Ray. Happy birthday to Tom too - wine bar indeed. Old = poncy? Such a good weekend. And I completed Tony Hawk 3. Perfecto.
Worked with Mark Harrison for the first time in ages on Monday with Davros and some Daleks - pretty cool stuff. A-wooooo-e-oooooo-ba da da dum ba da da da dum... (Dr Who innit) And now we're caught up to speed. Last thing - well done to Al for passing her CBT today - not easy, especially when you've not had the good fortune to crash a couple of crossers as practice with gears.
Ooh very last thing - check out the new print sale section.... It's a bit crude at the moment but I'll be hooking up that paypal soon and get this biz rolling. Affordable art - till I get mega famous! haha
Peace,
RB
1%er necktan
07/05/08 10:17
It's so nice outside I have to ask
myself what the hairy hell I'm doing indoors but there seems to be
so much work on at the moment! Last night I shot a couple of
flatlanders in West Norwood (it's been soooo long since I shot BMX
- rubbish). Anyway - it still messes with my head how they manage
half the stuff they do. Unfortunately I find it tricky to capture
the endless months and years spent practicing the same thing over
and over and over and over - you get the idea. Thanks to Marie,
Jason and the crew for hooking up some great shots. Click here for the biz
niz.
Had a great weekend which started off in Pisa shooting Frank Schleck for Cyclesport. He's a really nice guy, very chilled and down to earth. He also rides a bicycle faster than you and weighs less than a bag of feathers. He did prove a bit more rock and roll than I'd first thought as I asked him to sit on this bridge over the pool for a GQ stylee' shot and he fell in - with his phone and passport in his pocket. So funny. ANOTHER job which didn't feel like one - was sat half way up a big hill in Tuscany, eating roast pork sarnies (full big pig - none of this little suckling pig stuff from St Johns Bread & Wine), drinking red wine and watching some racing with a heap of noisy Italians. Then I got burnt in the sun outside the airport. Oh yeah - there was nearly a fight between a massive guy who'd broken his big motorbike and had to leave it & fly home and the saga tours oldies who didn't like his tattoos. Was so funny watching them fuss about one place in the queue whilst he was looking like he was going to cry or punch someone. Hope he gets it fixed. Fussy people isn't what anyone needs at that point I'm sure.
Saturday was an experience - Pugh and me took the hog to the isle of Sheppy in deepest darkest Kent. Nice. The bridge over was fun - not much else to report so we skipped the fish and chips and went back to Greenwich for a fantastic curry at Moguls. The Nepalese Khutta is amazing.
It's nearly 11 - have to get this dona and sit outside!
Sunday was the May day run to Hastings. Another motorbike adventure. The BBC said something like 20,000 bikers were there. It seemed a lot anyway - so noisy. Only saw 3 Ducati monsters though... interesting. Saw a man with a real life barn owl on his shoulder and some frankly ridiculous bikes. So good. We lay on the beach, had our fish and chips, chatted and hung out and generally had a brill bank holiday. Thanks for coming Fera, so much fun.
I really have to go - this is getting silly. Right - catch up soon. Get in touch & speak soon.
RB
Oh yeah -
When do the A-team eat?
At Mr-T time!
hahahahahahahaha - we need more jokes here.
Had a great weekend which started off in Pisa shooting Frank Schleck for Cyclesport. He's a really nice guy, very chilled and down to earth. He also rides a bicycle faster than you and weighs less than a bag of feathers. He did prove a bit more rock and roll than I'd first thought as I asked him to sit on this bridge over the pool for a GQ stylee' shot and he fell in - with his phone and passport in his pocket. So funny. ANOTHER job which didn't feel like one - was sat half way up a big hill in Tuscany, eating roast pork sarnies (full big pig - none of this little suckling pig stuff from St Johns Bread & Wine), drinking red wine and watching some racing with a heap of noisy Italians. Then I got burnt in the sun outside the airport. Oh yeah - there was nearly a fight between a massive guy who'd broken his big motorbike and had to leave it & fly home and the saga tours oldies who didn't like his tattoos. Was so funny watching them fuss about one place in the queue whilst he was looking like he was going to cry or punch someone. Hope he gets it fixed. Fussy people isn't what anyone needs at that point I'm sure.
Saturday was an experience - Pugh and me took the hog to the isle of Sheppy in deepest darkest Kent. Nice. The bridge over was fun - not much else to report so we skipped the fish and chips and went back to Greenwich for a fantastic curry at Moguls. The Nepalese Khutta is amazing.
It's nearly 11 - have to get this dona and sit outside!
Sunday was the May day run to Hastings. Another motorbike adventure. The BBC said something like 20,000 bikers were there. It seemed a lot anyway - so noisy. Only saw 3 Ducati monsters though... interesting. Saw a man with a real life barn owl on his shoulder and some frankly ridiculous bikes. So good. We lay on the beach, had our fish and chips, chatted and hung out and generally had a brill bank holiday. Thanks for coming Fera, so much fun.
I really have to go - this is getting silly. Right - catch up soon. Get in touch & speak soon.
RB
Oh yeah -
When do the A-team eat?
At Mr-T time!
hahahahahahahaha - we need more jokes here.