I recently took delivery of some new babies and blogged about it here and the guys from Profoto contacted me to ask if they could post a write up about what I use and how so I provided them with a few photographs that I have from a shoot I did with Zebra and Giraffe in December. My dad shot a few behind the scenes photos which came out really cool.
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.
Today, 13 September 2009, marks the one year (n)anniversary for my beautiful girl and I. It has been an incredible year and a LOT has gone on and it really has seemed to have flown by. Anyway, I know that this is probably really cheesy and I never do stuff like this but I wanted to shoot a photo of us so that we can have a memory of today. I shot this silhouette quick in our lounge and its quite cool.
Happy nanniversary my love. Here is to so many happy more. I love you. x
Currently listening to : Jack’s Mannequin – Spinning.
I had a Promo Shoot with the guys from The Glass Empire a few weeks back and they launched their MySpace last night where they have used the photographs and with their new track. I really like the way it has all come together. Here are 2 screen grabs of the site header and the band member profiles.
I shot a few portrait press photographs for Clink Music Magazine with the guys from Papa Roach last month at Oxford Academy and it was super easy to work with them. Honestly not knowing much about their music I decided to stay for the live show which really was one of my favourites this year. The band has an onstage presence that is almost engulfing and they all make you feel like it means the world to them that you are there. It’s weird but in a really cool way.
Anyway, I am telling you all of this because during the time they were being followed around by the guys from Pocket TV filming a tour diary of sorts during their Oxford stay and I just got sent the video which came out really rad. You can see me shooting with the band in the rain on the roof (around 2min35) and then again snippets of me shooting the show during their live set.
If you are at all a PR fan then you should watch the video so you can get to know them a little bit more and if you aren’t you should watch it anyway and see me hard at work, I think the video will interest you enough to want to give them a listen which will be worth it in the end. Some people say they are arrogant but I never saw this during the time we spent with them. It wasn’t long but don’t always believe what you read.
This is one of the portrait shots (see more here) that I shot and below is one of the live shots (see more here). You really need to see the portraits high resolution to appreciate them because it was raining quite hard and you can see each of the drops. If you care to see a higher res image, contact me and I will send it on to you.
I shot some self-timed fun portraits with some of our good friends about a week back and I thought I would put one of them up on here. This one is one of my favourites because we are all looking at the camera and not playing too much of the fool like the rest of them.
This weekend I shot some happy snaps with some good friends and my girl and then we shot this self portrait of the two of us. I love that Anja is SO stressed out. She was holding onto my head so hard I thought it would rip off. It was a fun time.
WOW, I just realized that it has been a long time since I last updated this blog and that really isn’t normal for me at all. It’s not that I have been lazy but rather just super busy working on a million projects and trying to really focus on them and make sure that I push out new stuff that I am really proud of. I am hoping to get some time before the end of this week to make an update and upload some of the recent photographs that I have been taking but I thought I would just touch face and let you know that I feel really bad for neglecting my blog.
I have worked with some really amazing bands since the last update and last night I think I witnessed one of my most favourite live shows to date. I keep saying that but they just seem to be getting stronger and stronger. Music really is truly inspiring for me and I find it hard for me to engulf myself in each of the projects that I work on. I am also really excited for the upcoming bookings I have and am really going to push myself hard to make sure that I keep stepping it up as a music photographer. Thank you to all the artists who have believed in me so far and pushed me to do what I feel such passion for.
On a different note, I have been working really late in the nights (in between moving house) on some web development for myself (almost done) as well as for some good clients (should I rather say friends) and two of them have just gone live so check them out on www.revolution.co.za and www.kfdskateboards.com.
Other than that, I hope you are all well. I brought my Yashica out the cupboard yesterday after being inspired to shoot a project with it (thanks Mike) and shot a self portrait while setting up lighting for my shoot. This is it. It’s supposed to be that dirty because I shot through the Yashica with my D3 so it captured everything. I think the idea has been named Through The Viewfinder and I just found the group on Flickr so check it out. Definitely a cool idea I would play with again.
Today was the 7th month anniversary since my lady and I got married. I know it may seem silly to celebrate the monthly’s but we are so excited on each other and it keeps us happy and going. Anyway, today we came to the beach and just enjoyed another really special and fun day in the sun together. I also decided to shoot a few photographs of us playing the fool and it ended up being quite a laugh.
These are just a few of the photographs that we took together. I hope you all had a good weekend and that the short week flies by for you all. M
Haha, I just saw this video interview of The Young Guns that was done by Front Magazine on the day that I photographed them and you can see a little bit of the shoot taking place with me hard at work. It’s quite weird to see myself working because I never have. This was a really fun shoot to work on and I really enjoyed working with these guys and look forward to shooting with them more again in the future.
