We got back our films...

We got back our film from the piñata shoot. Here are some of the pictures.....

Thanks to Madame Bonham for her help pon the day..... xx

Anna - My Little Helper

Just found this photo in the archive. One from behind the scenes. Can't say she never helps me out eh?! Just a little to the left...no...back, actually turn towards me a bit more...and forward a bit. Yep. Actually...not sure that slide is really working maybe we should use a different image...

Pretty Wallpaper

Anna and Jamie (Jongo) know me so well. Thanks guys! definitely one for the collection. xx

Some Piñata Photos!!!

Here are some of the pictures from yesterday's adventure. It was lots of fun. Bring on the next photo shoot. I want to do things like this every week!


A little reminder to Al to get some sleep! Sorry Al it had to be done!



The YCN Crew necking the cherryade!


The fight begins...




and ends...

Piñata Party!

The day finally came for the piñata to be smashed to smithereens! Thanks to our good friend Jess Bonham for helping us set up and phtograph the action. Nick and James from YCN came down to 'feed' their curious minds. Nick went straight for the cherryade and I have to say Jess, Anna and I were bouncing off the walls for most of the evening.
Alex Bec managed to get the continuous snaps that make up the animation. Thanks to all. What a lovely, sunny, funny day. We are intrigued to see how YCN might use them in their next book...

Selma's House

If you have been keeping up to date with our blog you might remember me mentioning a photoshoot we did in Selma's house. The developing has taken a while as I waited to get them done by my trusty guy in Brighton. I am really exctied by the results and the project has sparked of loads of new ideas for films and other shoots. Before you see the photos, let me tell you the story:

On our travels, we stopped in Sarajevo for the night and found ourselves staying in a wonderful treasure chest. The woman who rented us the room (for something like £10 for all of us) opened the door wearing a full maroon, velour tracksuit. She was smoking a long straight and had dark-red hair. Her low, husky voice was undoubtedly a tribute to a lifetime of chain smoking- overall, Bosnia's answer to Dot Cotton. She showed us the room and Anna and I looked at each other in disbelief. Project. Half an hour later she told us she was going out to a local festival with her friends. In a short conversation with much sign language and guide-referring she told us to make ourselves at home. That we did, wearing her clothes and accessories in her kitsch playground of a home. She arrived back and came into the room to give us more sheets just after we had finished putting everything back in its place. Annie, Danni and Anna ran into the shower/loo and hid there giggling whilst I stood there in a skimpy, gold swimsuit pretending we were getting ready to go out. Part of us felt terrible as she was so lovely but the other part thought that if she had known about it, she may well have got involved! This is the (tame part of the) tale we (just) lived to tell...

Bestival

The fancy dress effort was AMAZING! Best I have ever experienced at a festival. One photo I didn't get that I wish I had, was one of a group of people who all had oversized scrabble letters on large sticks so that they could come together in the crowd and make words. A useful tool for finding/cussing/embarassing your friends or sucking up to the live acts on stage! My other favourite costume has to be a giant whoopee cushion. What a great weekend...the photos speak for themselves. Hopefully some of them will be published at some point. A selection of the photos of Bestivalians wearing wacky shades will also be blown up and used in an opticians window display. Unfortunately the photos I took of the Cuban Brothers, on the night we interviewed them didn't come out so well. The lomo cameras just prefer the sun I am afraid! I am still awaiting one medium format film though so we shall have to wait and see what those results are like. For now, here are a few of the best:

New things

My Mum went on holiday and got back today, she brought me gifts.... She asked what I wanted and I said just have a little look for some jokes old magazines. She knows how much I love 50's graphics and I can't belive what she brought back for me. Loads of inspiration. Looks like I'm having a quiet night in with my new old things.


A slection of 1960s mags with some strange old adverts in them.



This crac gun is so cool. What a great little toy.

Oh yeah

I forgot, the first one of my friends got married on Saturday. How scary, but right for her. Although it means that Anna and I now won't have a cushty pad to rent in Williamsburg, NY anymore as they will be living there! Katie is an actress in Sound of Music and got the guy from Hair and beauty to do her hair in a twenties flapper style. What a beauty she was...

I almost forgot...

These are some (pretty bad) photos of photos Anna and I took whilst we were away... we only found out on our way to Bosnia that derelict buildings often still have landmines in them...ooops. Will upload them properly when we have the negs scanned.