FINDHORN

Scanned negs from Findhorn. I spoke to my photography tutor about them and he said there wasn't much of a narrative in the images and they were missing the human element. He told me to go back, stay in one location and shooot shoot shooot!

Scotland by 6x7

A preview of the images taken in Scotland on the 6x7. Hope they are better in technicolour! I have discovered the two reigning photos I took didn't quite make it onto the film. Lesson learned, always overcompensate!

Sketches from Scotland

So it's common knowledge that my sketches are rather, uh, rustic? But I do love drawing, so I did a little while I was in Scotland, here's a few out of my trip sketchbook.

Hip hip hooray!

I can't wait to see the Decemberists on March 16th.... !! Their new album, The King Is Dead comes out in 6 days (Jan 11th) and it's going to be sublime.

Xmas Family Jumpers

I had to keep this Christmas design a secret! I made this traditional Canadian xmas pattern with cranberry chains, snowshoes, feathers, kissing balls and pinecones to screenprint onto jumpers. This was my gift to my family this year. I wanted them all to have to wear silly turtlenecks and pose for a family portrait (negatives need to be developed).

These are the initial sketches then drawn over in black...


Then they were scanned in and printed on transparency sheets, ready for the exposing machine!

I also made a few cards for friends as tests (see below).


Here are all the variants of the jumpers. It was impossible to find the exact same style/colour for everyone so some of them ended up being different. There were 13 all together. My nephew Eli arrived just in time for the holidays so he received a onesie as well.


Incase I haven't posted this yet...

the NATIONAL!!!!

I had an extremely overdue gig to attend with Mimi last night. We purchased our tickets ages ago and with the dissertation madness, my memory became an abyss and managed to swallow the gig date. The National was incredible. We assumed our 'spot' (stage right), although there was a giant barrier keeping us several feet from the stage. I was delighted that Matt Berninger (whom from video footage I gathered he enjoyed) immersed himself in the crowd mid-song. He definitely fell victim to many grabby bum-bandits, as he announced "if anyone finds a pale butt cheek somewhere can they please take it to the lost and found."

Matt connected with the entire expanse of the front audience. Unfortunately, instead of reaching up to give him a high-five while he towered above me, I fumbled with my camera, desperately trying to get a shot of his proximity. I got the back of his head as he walked away. Fail.

It was spectacular! Lots of bopping and singing ensued.
Here are some crap-quality moments captured.



The unplugged version of Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks was a fun interactive experience.



It was during the video below (Terrible Love) where I stopped recording to try and photograph our Berninger encounter.



Mimi and I came up with a parody line for "Conversation 16" which we could put on our parody album along with My Morning Jacket's "Sec Walkin'/Noodletown."
We changed the chorus from "I was afraid, I'd eat your brains.... cause IIIIII'm evil" to "I was afraid, I'd eat your grains.... cause IIIIII'm a veeeegan."

We are discussing starting a collaborative music blog and maybe even a club to accompany it. Seeing as how we are complete music-geeks!