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.

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

Last month I worked with We Are The Ocean for the week that they were in studio recording new tracks for an exciting release they are working on. I have worked with these guys for almost a year and a half now and I am really passionate about their music and the effort and time they put into what they are doing so spending time with them in studio (which is quite an intimate and important time for a band) was really special for me.

We worked together, listened a lot, played wii, ate rubbish cheap food, swam, jumped off bridges, walked, explored, listened a lot more, lazed around, slept, hummed, spoke rubbish, sang with the ninja and then on the last day quite early we decided to shoot a few portraits. The lighting during this time was really not the greatest just because it was SO harsh with a lot of moving clouds so it changed dramatically every 30 seconds (aperture reading changing from f7.1 to f18) but we made a plan and tried to get the best with what we had. We found this crazy dodgy location and below is one of the final photographs that I shot followed by 4 that Dan shot of use getting the set ready.

I love what I do.

Currently listening to : Muse – Uprising.

Anyway, you can read the interview (please do) online for free at http://www.bluntmag.co.za/people/features/?article_id=2317. I think it came out pretty cool and it contains some information about how I started out. It was fun thinking back to those days.

Below is the front page of the article as well as some of the band photographs that feature in the article (including Bloc Party, Papa Roach, Rise Against, Swivelfoot, Zebra and Giraffe, Taking Back Sunday, Nofx, Juliette Lewis and The Gaslight Anthem). I hope you like it. Please let me know what you think.

Chat soon, Marcus

Currently listening to : Mutemath – Clockwork

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.