So I have been working like crazy lately which is a good thing but I hate that I have so much new work to show and no where to show it. I mean, I really liked the way my old website looked but it really just was too much distraction as apposed to just showing off the photographs. It’s always hard to think of the best way to showcase online because I do not like Flash based websites purely because I have seen so many people having issues using them and in the end I think I wanted to make sure that mine would be as user friendly as possible. The website I had also never allowed me to put the photos up at a decent size so with all this in mind I have created a new one from scratch and although I am still filtering through photographs and updating the content, there is a good amount up so that I can release it.

If you have a chance, make sure to check out www.marcusmaschwitz.co.uk and have a look. As I said I am still busy uploading content so keep checking back.

This is a screen grab of the home page, hope you like.

I shot a bunch of stuff for the guys at Criminal Damage the other day for them to use in some up and coming adverts and point of sale (POS) marketing material. It is pretty standard and pretty plain in a white studio with a few members from bands that they support so it’s really not like the normal stuff I shoot but I had a good time working with the guys (and girl). These are a few of the photographs from the shoot so you can get an idea of what they were looking for. There are currently a few different full page adverts running in several magazines including this months Front and Drapers so be on the lookout for them. I will do my best to upload some of the tearsheets shortly as soon as I get more of them.

Featured in the images below are Jake Robbins (Out Of Sight), Ben Husted (Out Of Sight), Natalie McQueen (Farewell City) and Alfie Scully (We Are The Ocean). All very cool bands worth checking out.

If you have the time, be sure to check out some of my band photography on www.londonbandphotography.co.uk or my photography portfolio on www.marcusmaschwitz.co.uk

I shot photographs with Alkaline Trio last night and it was again a super show. I really like them live and feel they give a really good performance. Because they are quite a dark band, the lighting is mostly back lit and because you cannot use flash with bands like this, it makes it quite hard to shoot the way I would normally like (especially without smoke). For this reason I opted to shoot dark images and this is the result. Not as nice as I would’ve usually been able to get but I like them. I did shoot for a magazine so I cannot show any of the other stuff until the issue comes out but I had to post something because I have been getting mails asking about these.

After many emails I have also decided to post my images a little bigger so you will see that this has started with this post. Hopefully that will help you see better.

I hope you are all well. Marcus

Dear Reader just arrived back from what sounds to be a super good trip throughout Europe and they just sent me these 2 scans of my photographs with them that have been published in Les Inrocks Magazine. These are them.

I will be shooting with them one more time before I leave to the UK and will blog those images soon so look out for them.

I photographed a feature for Cleo Magazine a few months back and the issue with my work in is currently on shelf. I don’t necessarily think that these are the best shots from the shoot and would’ve processed them differently if it was up to me so I will upload one or two that I think work as soon as this issue comes off shelf. For now check out the magazine or visit their site online at www.cleomagazine.co.za

My buddie Greg, from Zebra and Giraffe, mailed me last night to show me the article that is being run in One Small Seed. I shot the photographs that are being run in the article and they really came out super. One Small Seed is an amazing magazine and totally worth getting. This is the second article I have contributed to and I really excited to do more for them.

Also, make sure to check out Zebra and Giraffe. I have been popping into their practice sessions and cannot wait to see them play live soon.

I shot a few portraits with JP about a week back for an advert for Killer Trucks and it is to introduce him to the team. I love JP, he is always such a really fun guy to spend time with. It was hard because the ad is almost meant to be serious and JP always is laughing but I did get quite a few awesome ones. The first one is a lifestyle photo in the actual layout that they are running with and then the second was shot quite a bit later as the sun had gone down and we were left with the blue sky outside. I love the colours of both of them.

I shot an am’s article with Seth for the last issue of Session Skateboarding Magazine and now that it comes off shelf, I can post them on here. The first and second photographs were used in the article and then the third is just a sequence of his flip front board. The still is way nicer though.

I shot a KFD tour a while back and some of the photos were published in an Australian magazine called Wooden Toy. It is such an amazing magazine and it just gets better and better as months go by. These are just four of the shots that were featured and I really like them a lot and the way that the guys printed them. If you can get a copy of Wooden Toy Magazine, do yourself a favour. If not, just go skating and have fun.

I shot some stuff for my friends over at Soviet Jeans and they are going to be run as adverts in the True Love Babe Magazine. They are for a competition they are running on their skinny jeans. I have shown them as is as well as crops of how I like them best. I am so grateful that they are giving me a chance to shoot stuff for them. Gooooooo skinny’s.