I shot this photo today of Alan playing his acoustic guitar on a roof. My company, Melon Graphics South Africa, just finished his online website blog so check it out at www.alanshenton.co.za

Uncle Rudi finally upgraded from the old Lada and his new car rips. I tried to shoot a photograph of it yesterday after I killed myself skating but the light changed so the photo is not nearly as cool as I wanted it to be but with the little gear I had there, this will have to do. I thought I would post it just because I haven’t blogged in a while and to wish Rudi good journeys with his new baby.

Have a good weekend all. M

My new wife and I are moving to the UK at the end of this year and we had to find a place to live for the next two months. We made a super cool little home and are loving living there together. This is the sunset from yesterday.

Ok, so my friends from Zebra and Giraffe played on Saturday night too and that is the main reason why I went to Tempos. I have shot with these guys so much before and witnessed many of the hours they have worked on their project and it’s crazy that I haven’t been able to get to one of their shows until now (but that is what work does).

Anyway, the show was really cool and I have to admit that I think I am going to become a Zebra and Giraffegroupie, not only cause they are friends but because they really are good at what they do. I think the album is good but I think their live show kills that album and makes it looks small. It just puts things into perspective for me and makes me want to listen to the album more and more so that I can sing along at their next show.

I really had fun shooting photographs by moving the smoke machine and getting in everyone’s face and just actually taking over the stage. The pics came out really good I think so that’s always exciting for me. These are just a few of them. Please let me know what you think.

Do yourself a favour and go watch them. I know you will enjoy it.

Hope you are all well. Have a good week. Marcus

Desmond and the Tutus also played on Saturday night and I really like them a lot. They seem to just have a fun time and work the crowd so that everyone has a good time. These are some of the photos from their show. I felt super bad being all up in their faces cause I don’t even know them.

Watched Kid of Doom at Tempos on Saturday night and really really like the sound these guys have. I just keep wishing that the keyboardist would grab the microphone and sing. My personal opinion though. Shot a few pics just to check lighting. These are them.

Some of my photographs of 30 Seconds to Mars are being used on the new Jared Leto fan site in Germany and I think it’s cool. Check it out if you a fan of Jared Leto.

Reach had their album launch at Doors in the Vale on saturday night. I made it super late and left right after them cause I was done. They are super cool though and I cannot wait to get my hands on their album. I am sure they owe me one. Haha.

These are just a few photos from the show. Lighting was terrible to photograph in but I knew that would be the case. I like these though.

Hope you all well. M

Wow, I am getting really good at this. So many blogs in so little time. I should get a back tap here. Haha.

Shot these with Alan, Andrew and Jane from Cassette on the roof of SABC during sunset last night. Was super hard to get up there so props to Grant for making a plan.

Hope you are all having a good day, Marcus

I watched Life Through A Lens (about Annie Leibovitz) about a month ago and it really is inspirational. I found myself rethinking so many of the shoots I have done in the passed and wondering how I could have shot them differently. I got married almost 3 weeks ago and decided to take a break away from shooting photographs while we were on honeymoon. At the time I cannot say that I was happy cause I saw SO much stuff that I could have photographed but I did a lot of thinking while we were away and now that I am back I am SUPER excited to photograph more and just put some of my ideas into action. One of the most important things I realized is that I don’t always need huge budget and crazy lighting and props to make a good photograph but rather just my camera and the will to shoot.

This is all a really long story but basically yesterday I went to shoot the guys (and a girl) from the band Cassette as they are recording in studio. I shot everything with just my camera and lens. I tried to capture what it was like there and how it was all going on in a documentary type of way as apposed to trying to create shots that aren’t really real if that makes sense.

I am not going to post any of those shots now as I want to give them to the band first before I do. I am going to post these though cause I really like them. Alan is playing for Cassette and during the recording yesterday we decided to venture into the underground areas at SABC and shoot some stuff in there. This is them.