I’m going to shooting quite a bit of photos here as well as playing with a GoPro so will get some of that stuff up on here soon.

For now … here is a snap of the car temperature gauge (which doesn’t count windchill) just to give you an idea of how cold it is. Hahaha.

If you’re on Instagram then hit me up on the username @marcusmaschwitz and if you don’t have the app yet then download it now and start shooting.

As well as a bunch of random posts, I will also be showing a bunch of behind-the-scene / setup shots and some sneak previews of work that I am busy with.

Anyway, a few of my friends have moved over to London now and we’ve decided to try and skate every Saturday (where possible) and we’ve even met a bunch of other super nice guys to roll with. It’s been fun getting back into it again although I’m a lot more calculated now and definitely don’t think falling is as cool or funny as it used to be. Haha.

My friend Brendan (Monteiro) has joined us a few times to film and he shot some photos the last time round so I could teach him a bit about lighting. This is my favourite one he shot last time and although it’s not the greatest trick ever I do love having one of myself, because it was always me shooting.

I just took this photo of my iMac monitor using instagram.

This is my first test and the image below is one I shot of Enter Shikari playing Banquet Records. They’re amazing live. You can see more of the photo set on my music blog on London Band Photography.

Here is to more blogging. Hope you’re all well.

During times like this I always seem to find people / groups that honestly have the biggest hearts and truly care about change. Activism and unity in people for the right cause is amazing and I support that all the way. Please check out http://www.riotcleanup.co.uk/ and help fix our homes and let’s all unite together to keep each other safe.

Youth charged positive change … that’s what makes a difference.

UPDATE: For some reason the guys website has been taken down so please follow their cause on Twitter on http://twitter.com/riotcleanup

Anyway, I loaded a roll of film quick just to get some shots through to test if she has any light leaks and that all is working. I don’t have a battery for the lightmeter yet because it’s still on the way but I used the sunny 16 rule along with some guessing and I’m very happy with how she shoots.

Unfortunately the lab scanned them in the worst quality ever so I am definitely going to need to invest in my own scanner soon and then I don’t have to worry about inconsistencies every time I send a roll for processing.

These are a few of the ones I liked from the roll I shot these last few days. I loaded a PocketWizard on and have been experimenting a bit more so will post a few of those soon. They looking awesome.

You’ve got to love film … think and shoot and if you do it right then no processing.

I thought that it would be cool to post up 2 shots taken while out shooting recently down in Coventry and obviously at Tower Bridge.

These were just shot with my iPhone and posted with Instagram. Check that app out. It’s awesome.

Will post more soon when I get back to the UK.

It’s called medialoadr and it’s basically a simple drag & drop media uploader for WordPress. I’ve created accounts for each of the 9 WordPress sites I have access to and when I update now I just drag the images / files I want from my finder onto the menubar icon and select the relevant account to which the files need to upload to. When I log in next time to that account the images / files are in the media library. So good ….

If you own a mac, use WordPress and have a spare $4.99 make sure to download this App to make your life easier. It’s definitely worth the money.

If you are in South Africa and care about making a change then you should make sure to get down to this event and support the movement of cleaning up Johannesburg and the “amazing-ness” that the city can bring.

It’s basically a FREE skate, music and art Christmas party. What an amazing combo.

For more information on the event check out the Facebook page here.

Free Revolution Xmas Party going down on Thursday 16th Dec in Joburg! Facebook event info HERE.

- AV Skateboarding Issue 9 Screening
- Live performances by Ramblin’ Bones, Car Crash Burn and more
- Free skateboarding in the brand new basement skatepark
- Photography exhibitions by Rudi Jeggle, Marcus Maschwitz, Tyrone Bradley, Skate For Change and more
- Skate art exhibition by Verb artists Theory One, Kronk, Wesley van Eeden, Chemistry 101, Love and Hate and more
- Music Video exhibition by Louis Minnaar
- Verb Zine launch
- Food and drinks
- Free giveaways

I was contacted a while ago by a really cool couple that are getting married later this year. Trina’s family following tradition wanted to show photos of the two of them on their wedding day so we met up for a shoot in the beautiful Morden Hall Park on a really warm day out.

At the time I was being assisted by two very helpful and fun ladies (Maya and Robin) that were out in London on a work experience placement from Holland. It was great working with them and sadly they have gone back to finish off their studies.

Anyway, this is a photo or Trina and James sitting on a park bench in the full sunlight and then the next photo I took a little further back so you can see Maya and Robin supporting a Profoto light with a big softbox to break the couple out from the killer sun. I thought I would share and use this to wish Trina and James all the best with their journey forward together. Getting married is a fun time.

I also liked these scenes so posting a few more.

You can see it on weareverb.com