A few weeks ago the guys over at Quint Magazine contacted me about featuring my work in their next issue which would be known as their music issue. I flipped through a few copies of the magazine and really liked what they were doing so I agreed and today the magazine hit the shelves. Currently the magazine is only available in Dubai (stocked in all Virgin Megastores) but is also available to read for free online.
I answered a few questions about what it is like working as a music photographer here in London and you can read all about it from page 56 of issue 12. Read it for free here. The rest of the magazine is very cool too so give it a full read. I feel really grateful for this so “thanks guys”.
I turned 29 today and it was a good day. Been wanting to shoot a self portrait of myself and push myself in terms of the style of the photo so I thought today would be a good day to try that. It’s dark and distorted but this is the result … I like it lots.
The boys from Don Broco have a full page feature in the current issue of Rocksound along with my photograph which came out really cool.
I loved working with these guys and know that their journey is kick-starting properly so make sure to check them out and support their music. Their tour starts soon and it’s definitely worth checking out.
Not too long ago I shot a bunch of portraits with the guys from Don Broco for them to use on their upcoming press runs and it was a proper laugh working with the guys. They are super fun.
They just announced their headline tour for next year and used one of the photos we shot in it so I thought I thought I would post it.
A few months ago I had a photo shoot with the very cool guys of Night By Night. This was one of my favourite shoot’s this year because of the effort from the guys and I think that we got some amazing shots from the day.
Anyway, the guys have just relaunched their Myspace and used one of my photos as the header for it.
The guys from We Are The Ocean went into recording at Stakeout Studios for a week to work on some new tracks for a special edition re-release of their debut album “Cutting Our Teeth” and I joined them for two days to photograph their working process and just document some of their process.
It was incredible to see everything take shape, rattle the guys brains, watch them work and just spend some good quality hang time with them.
I am not an editor and I used my wife’s happy snap camera to film these short clips so don’t expect anything great from this but thought it might be worth sharing anyway.
This blog is my longest running one and was a huge start to me actually shooting more in my spare time trying to make sure that it stays a hobby and not just what I do for work. In a good way I am really busy shooting basically every day which is great because that is what I have worked really hard for over the years but in sad way I find myself shooting less and less just for the fun of it because I have so much to catch up on. In the last few weeks I have started changing this even though these have been my busiest times but it’s really got me excited again on starting a proper personal project even if they take a while to show off but I just want to shoot.
Anyway, to cut my long story short, this was one of those random spur of the moment shoots where friends joined us (my girl and I) for some summer Pimms which ended up in quite a lot of Pimms and a last minute “tapas style” picnic in the park near our house while the sun went down. It was such a great time and I decided that we shoot a quick bunch of portraits. These are a mix of one and two light setups and just messing around but the single light shots are my favourite.
No matter what form of art you are into whether it be photography, writing, design, illustration, music (and and and) just make sure that you keep the passion there but working on stuff just for you.
A few of the bands that I have worked with recently convinced me to create a Facebook Fan Page for my work so I did exactly that and it’s one of the easiest places for me to keep up to date and connect with so if you are on Facebook make sure to hook up with me on facebook.com/marcusmaschwitzphotography
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.
I have just moved to the UK and wanted to step it up a notch and really try concentrate on myself and my photography work for a while. That is the plan for a while and I have some projects in my head that I want to work on in my free time and really push myself to move up to a new level and work on projects that I really love and have interest in.
My friend Jon helped me create a bit of an identity and I love the work that he did for me. He designed a logo for me as well as business cards that I have just actually had delivered and I love them. This is the front and the back of the card and I have a bunch of really other amazing elements that I am working on that will be out in a while. I just wanted to show you my card.
I shot some photographs just a few weeks back for my client Indulge as they have now opened their restaurant in Rivonia and it is really amazing. I had a lot going during the time of this shoot with my wedding and actually haven’t really looked at them until now. I thought it would be cool to post the first 2 photos that I shot of a food setup in an olive garden and then 2 photos that Sarah photographed with me in them. Funny thing.
Did some road tripping, with the revolution and kfd guys, to bloemfontein this weekend. Shot some good skate stuff but the guys wrecked themselves on the first night. We all had a good time and I remember how fun it is being on the road with friends.
I shot this photo a while back with another one I posted but then I read a magazine about Black and White photography and then I processed this one and really really liked it. Clouds and the sky are so amazing. Hope you like….
Anja has been making a cool scrap book of our trip to London and I saw this photo yesterday that we shot together in Leicester Square aiming towards our home. It’s actually to Pretoria and we stay in Johannesburg but it is close enough when you think about the distance we are away. Good times.
Wow, this never happens where two blogs in a row are of photographs of myself. Anyway, the reason for this one is because the sunsets in South Africa get amazing during this time of the year and I was racing home to get a shot tonight but I was unfortunately just that little bit too late. I thought that seeing as I was there, I had to shoot a shot while I just stood and enjoyed the last bit of daylight. I hate being the subject of photographs but this is alright cause I silhouetted myself so you cannot see my face. Going to bed now to try warm up. Is it cold-ish?
Hahahahaha, this shot cracks me up. I was setting up the “studio” to do a shoot today for a client and it was sooooooo flippen cold so I ended up just pointing the light at myself and laying there for a bit to warm up. Anyway, I eventually grabbed the camera and shot a test shot of myself so I didn’t have to move and thought that it was quite a funny one. Man alive ….
I shot this photo about 6 months ago the day that I sold my bakkie (Rachel) and kind of forgot about it but really like it for some reason. Now I have a new car and realize that I haven’t really shot a good photo of / in / with her so that is my new thing to do. Just need to think of some good idea but for now this will have to do.
I went down to the West Coast for my birthday in 2005 and on my way to the airport, at something mad like 6am, I passed Blouberg Strand and saw this scene. It was awesome and really one of the nicest things I have ever seen. Only problem is that I never had my big lenses with me. I decided I had to shoot it wide so posed myself as the subject and used the camera’s timer to set it off. I love this shot. An amazing memory of a special place that I am growing to like more and more every time I go there. I hope this gives you the feeling that I get when I see it.
I got me a new soft box for Christmas and haven’t really had much time to shoot with it yet until today. I had to shoot some photographs of jeans for a friend of mine and then wanted to see what it would look like through my fisheye. So this is me shooting a photo of myself and my new light. What a best gift.
