Need people.

Last night we went to Kiln Farm to see some bands play, and it made me realize that I really need to start taking photographs of that stuff, or just photographs in general again. I want to start taking portraits, as i was never really good at it. But I feel half of what makes a photograph interesting is the subject, and I know that some friends of mine are very interesting, each for their own reasons. 

I'd also like anyone that needs photos taken for them, bands, designers/illustrators/artists, event organizers, dancers, models, basically anyone! Just tell me to come take photos for you, and I will. Simple!

Oh yeah. I definitely think it's worth you listening to the bands from last night aswell:

House of John Player

Orion Arm

Barberos

  And on another side note; I've decided i'm going to start rinsing 35mm, so I will have more photos up soon. SRS.

Sean Smith

Looks like someone needs to learn to pop his nollie inward heels. 

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

PaPa.

This is from the second roll of film i ever shot. I think I should take more photos of my Dad, he definitely is a interesting person which are always good to take photos of.

Dream.

I seem to be dreaming alot recently; really vivid and realistic, yet surreal dreams. Most of them I forget within the first hour or so of being awake, which is what usually happens when people have dreams i think. Last nights dream really stuck with me today though.

The main focus of the dream was a race between several people from England to France, one of the people in the race was a good friend Joel Peck. In the dream he was using a big, old wooden sail boat to cross The Channel. At the very end of the dream I remember finishing the race and wondering where Joel was, then I got told that he swallowed his tongue during the race and died. I then remember just going absolutely nuts, pranging out and being genuinely devastated by his death.

When I woke up I remember being so confused yet really aware as to what just happened in my dream, the first thing I did after waking up was checking on the internet if it is possible to swallow your own tongue. (apparently it isn't, though your tongue can swell and block your gullet, stopping you breathing) As the day went on though I kept on suddenly remembering my dream and getting pretty bummed out at the thought of it.

Though this dream really sucked, I hope I do continue to dream alot and hopefully remember the dream through the day. If i do, I'll probably talk about it on here again, which sucks for you if you found this really boring; gutted.

To make this entry some-what interesting, here's some photos of the very alive and well Joel Peck. (The last one was obviously not taken by me, but himself)

Pre-beard, Alan Davies in Jonathan Creek look alike. Summer 2008.

 

 Post Australia travels.

 

I forgot to mention that he takes fucking amazing photographs. So look at some of them here.

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Friends.

How many of us have them?
Switchblade life.

Happy Birthday

To this little bastard, Robin. Happy Birthday you hamburgled murky man.

Bitter Wind

Obviously I'm quite late late with this, but in case no one had noticed we have been shat upon with snow by the sky quite alot recently.

Andrew Horner.

I need to learn how to focus, or take an aesthetically good looking photo all together.

I'll try get back to you on that one though, promise.

Not an average Joe.

It really is a general concensus that Gino Iannucci has one of the most flawless and finessful styles to grace street skateboarding. Below is just one of his awe inspiring video parts from 101's "Snuff" relesed sometime in 1993, which I think most of you will agree is pretty much unfuckwithable.



What annoys me, is that if you ask one of the kids that skate day in and day out at the bus station if they know of someone called Gino Iannucci. They either say no straight up, which to me is fucking unbelievable, or like one of them said to me "Yeah, I saw him on The Berrics but he weren't skating. Who is he?" It's makes me think that all they care about is this new generation of new professional robot skateboarders which are appearing everywhere, which I agree some of which are an absolute fucking joke and are no doubt the future of skateboarding. Personaly I find it hard to watch most of these young kids that are absolutely killing it though, because they all have the same style. There's not alot of indviduality left in skateboarding these days. I can however think of a few names of the top of my head that I think are doing there own their own thing and really do deserve the praise they get. Guys like Grant Taylor, Justin Brock, Jake Johnson, Marquis Preston and even Alex Olson along with quite a few others are really doing their own shit, which i really like to see.

Basically there is not alot that I love more than 90's skateboard videos. So when I get lazy and have nothing to talk about or no pictures to post (which will probably be alot) I'm just gunna be posting some part from my favourite people to watch on a skateboard.

Basicly.

I need to write more on this blog, talk about current goings on and what not.
So, I decided i will start. Soon, not now though. Always later with me.

Picture by Jamie Harold.

Dalbs.

Definitely one of the raddest people ever.

Building Site

Over a year ago now, was hellllllllllla fun.

Paul Norris.

He's a nice guy, honestly.

Predicament.

As I mentioned previously, snapping your ACL isn't fun, so don't do it. But its not just the reconstruction surgery to repair the bastard thing that isn't fun. (see below if you have a soft spot for drilling through bones and what not.)


But its also the recovering after, the first few months after the operation I was on crutches at which time seemed to fly. Now I'm at the point where I have been walking, biking and getting on fine with everything as far as pain in my knee goes. So as you can imagian I've been stepping on a skateboard again, which I was told I shouldn't for at least 10 months post surgery, but 12 months is the suggested time. It's been 4 and a half months since i had the reconstruction, and i find myself stepping on a skateboard and pushing myself most days of the week now. The problem is i don't know if this is normal? If the doctors say that long just to make sure?