These are from a not so recent shoot I did but just got around to them. I really struggled with these and felt I needed some distance between shoot time and editing to clear my head. My hopes were that the distance would impart an air of true critical objectivity. I ended up using the same images I had decided on months ago. I couldn’t say if that comes from them getting stuck in my head since then or if in the end they are actually the best of the day. So finally I like them while also having overwhelming trepidation.

Recently I edited a video for an IPATH sales meeting. I was pretty excited about it for a number of reasons. I had to make small sections from all the stuff filmed recently and it was an opportunity to use whatever music I chose. Since we were only showing it at the sales meeting, rights weren’t a concern, as they are for the other stuff we’ve done. I found a Brian Eno song, “The Big Ship” that felt quite moving. I’ve played around with lots of slow motion and speed changes in a slam section I edited for a video I did in Cleveland. Back then I was inspired by a popular car commercial at the time. This time I’ll admit that I was brought back to it by the opening of the Lakai video. I found a Led Zeppelin song that I felt contrasted the mellowness of the Eno song and went to town. Ultimately the marketing department liked the idea of showing the video using just natural sound to keep the feel more raw. I really didn’t have time to do any re-editing so I just dropped the sound. I like both versions although some of the slow motion and speed changes feel a little awkward without the music as motivation.

Hopefully Brian Eno, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant don’t decide to sue me for posting this here. Or does Michael Jackson own all the rights to their songs too?

You can view the video here with quicktime player and a fast connection.

Since I accidently uploaded the “no music” version you can view that here.

I shot a series of images out in the Salton Sea that should be a feature on the newly renovated and soon to be launchedTWS site today (or sometime soon). I’m under the impression that the feature should be up for a few weeks.

Wound up in a little trouble recently so I’ll be leaving the country until the heat cools down. Check back.

Here is the Adelmo Ad out now and also from the Salton Sea.

Here’s another image of the Ben Raybourn ad from below. This one shows the full size without the limitations of page width and a different select.

I’d be much interested to here comments from anyone who happens to still be reading this as to which select you prefer. I’m not talking about the crop but rather the previous ollie while still ascending or the ollie in slight descent shown here. If you don’t know what an ollie is you should probably comment on that.

Full size here.

Here is the Ben Raybourn ad from the Salton Sea and out last month, which I shot. It is probably still in circulation.