House keeping and the UAE

I'll be away shooting a personal project in the UAE over the next few weeks, I will try to update the blog with various images of my exploits. I've heard that internet connections can be temperamental so apologies if the blog is a bit sparse over the next couple ( to be honest its always a bit sparse so you probably wont notice).

Anyway before I go a couple of housekeeping items to bring to your attention.

Big Shiny Project has hit a few logistical snags, (model makers casting room burning down has somewhat slowed down the timeline...) but the project will be hitting the ground running when i'm back from the UAE, I've assembled a great team for the project, and am pleased to announce the Cinema 4D guru James Chiny of Hypoly.com is onboard to help with visual effects modelling on the CGI side of the project. If his recent 'The Moment' short is anything to go by this collaboration is going to be epic.

I've had a mad couple of weeks raising my profile as an assistant working on a number of jobs. Firstly, with Tara Darby at East Photographic, alongside her long-time first assistant Nick Seaton and the talented Ben Beagent, I had a great time on set working alongside such a professional and friendly team, I can't wait to work with them again in the near future.

I've also been assisting the Laura Pannack whose fantastic portraiture won her First Prize in the World Press Photo awards for portraiture this year.

We spent several days up in Sheffield working on a portrait series and despite the long days and endless travelling came away with some great shots and amusing memories. Most notably a respectable 70-something year old lady having the time of her life in a wheel barrow and the construction of a mock 'bundle' involving two dozen excited children at a roller hockey rink. Needless to say it was a fun assist and I look forward to future projects with Laura. Check out Laura's blog for more on the project including a rather nice portrait of yours truly.

That is all for now, bon voyage...