There's a BBC Radio 3 drama about Dorothea Lange and events leading up to her famous photograph 'Migrant Mother'. It's available for a short time on BBC iPlayer HERE. The photo featured Florence Owens Thompson and her children, photographed under their make-shift tent during the great depression. Run time is approximately 1hr 25m.
View From My Keys :: 13th Mar 2012
I like this microphone, but it's never in tune. At least it always gives me good feedback.
I'm not sure if the earplugs are to keep the noise out, or keep the Tinnitus in?
Some say his guitar strings are made from the hair of peruvian children and his favorite chord is an F demented.
View From My Keys :: 18th Feb 2012
When I started playing sax I thought it would be great to just show-up, open my case and play. Fast forward a lot of years and I'm surrounded by a full music shop. Tenor sax, Guitar, 3 synths and 2 FX units. The laptop controls projections on a 7' circular screen.
One hour before showtime and the souncheck begins.
It's easy to see why he was such a successful male model. You might remember him from the Calvin Klein adds?
The gig begins. This is what we see from the stage a lot of the time, the audience is out there, but we see darkness.
New Documentary Website & The Fujifilm X-Pro1
I've launched a new website for my documentary projects here. I was originally going to add it as a section on my main site (this one), but I felt it needed a darker look and it's own URL. I'll be shooting a new story soon, but I'm trying to hold off until the new Fujifilm X-Pro1 arrives, as I really need good performance at high ISO. On the X-Pro1 front, I have added it on the gear page, plus the 18mm f2 and the 35mm f1.4 prematurely, but I wanted to complete the site.
I have another story that I already shot that would be amazing for the site, but I would like to get permission out of respect (it's not the photo below).
View From My Keys :: 19th Jan 2012
I'm going to make this a regular feature. Like the title says, it will be views from my keyboards, at gigs, rehearsals...etc. This is the first rehearsal for the 2012 tour. It's hard to get back into the swing of things after a long break over Xmas and New Year, but time is flying by and it won't be long until the first gig. so here's a few to kick things off. Hopefully you will find a lot of the shots interesting as the year goes on.
It's been said that small songbirds weep with jealousy when Billy takes to the mic. They fall out the sky when I do!
This is just a bit of the spaghetti that I have to put up with. I'll post some photos of the full mess from the next gig.