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Well, it’s taken us about 3 weeks to get these uploaded for various reasons but finally we are pleased to be able to post you the photos from our shoot with Marcus Maschwitz.
In case you missed it at the time we posted a video of the shoot here and blogged about it here.
We are really pleased with the photos and hope you are too. A special thanks to Marcus Maschwitz! You can visit his site here: London Band Photography.
It’s all busy here at robandkal.com. As you may have seen we’ve recently uploaded the new recordings from our latest Mubla 2.0 session. People have already started commenting and letting us know what they think and the feedback so far as been both positive and constructive with the latter being what we are really looking for!
We know lots of you aren’t really sure what to say in your comments and/or are maybe worried about upsetting us if you say something bad! Firstly, we really don’t mind criticism and in many ways encourage it because criticism in our eyes is just feedback and you letting us know which bits are working and aren’t working.
Having said that, we do realise that sometimes it’s difficult to put into words exactly what it is you like or don’t like which is why we’ve introduced a new ratings system on each song page. For the latest version of each recording you can now tell us exactly what you think of each individual aspect of the song with a score from 1 to 5. It’s really simple and just a case of clicking your mouse once on the number of stars you want to give for each part! To see it in action why not head over to the All I Ever Wanted song page and let us know what you think.
So that’s the music part of this blog dealt with now what about the photos bit!? Well, we’ve just had the photos back from the shoot we had with Marcus Mashwitz in November. We’re really pleased with them and should have most of them uploaded here in the next week and also on our Flickr page. In the mean time you can head over to Marcus’ blog and see a selection of them and also read the kind words he wrote about us. While you’re over there check out some of the other bands he’s done shoots with – you’ll notice this guy is a true professional!
Finally, I’m currently going through about 30gb of video from the last recording session. We didn’t realise how much we had which is why it’s taking a while to sort through it. Having said that we are starting to get through the editing stage and should have videos posted online from tomorrow onwards so keep checking back.
I think that’s all! R
Hi guys,
We put together a short video of our exploits in Greenwich for the photoshoot. Hopefully we seem like we’re having fun! If you didn’t know already, by sheer coincidence, Rob and I were born in the same hospital, in Greenwich, so we figured where else to have our first photoshoot than in Greenwich itself.
Greenwich has some really beautiful buildings and views – we were lucky we weren’t born in a dump! There’s the Maritime College, the Greenwich observatory, the Cutty Sark, the foot tunnels and the Thames itself all of which look stunning at night! Have a look.
Before I start, I think I need to mention this straight away, because it made such a difference. You may have seen my blog yesterday about being really bad at having my photo taken. You may have thought ‘what’s he talking about, he just has to stand there’, but seriously it’s not a natural thing for me. Enough of the moaning, I know, but here’s where Marcus Maschwitz comes in. Marcus took the photos last night and his friend Warren came along to help. Whilst obviously being great at what he does – the guy’s flying out to South Africa next week to work with the Killers – Marcus was also able to keep the atmosphere fun and actually took an interest in us, Rob and Kal.
Without further ado then, it all began at around 7pm outside Cutty Sark station, in what is called Maritime Greenwich. We met Marcus and Warren and after a quick look at Claire’s map we were off in search of a location. Thanks have to go to Claire who lives near Greenwich and produced a great map of potential locations for the shoot. It really helped us get around so thank you.
Before long we spotted a Georgian-looking set of buildings, with the only problem being they were surrounded by fairly high Georgian-looking railings. We found a large metal gate that was slightly ajar and walked past an office manned by a security guard. In hindsight, the place was a college of music, so it might have been the musical instruments that got us in, but at the time we were sure it was down to James Bond-esque espionage.
After getting our first set of shots out of the way in the grounds of the college, our next location was to be the Greenwich foot tunnels. As navigator I took a lot of the flak, but I still maintain that the scale of Claire’s otherwise impeccable map was off. But accidentally on purpose, as we reached a sign saying “Foot Tunnels 1/2 mile” pointing in the direction we had just came from, we spotted what was my favourite location of the night.
The Thames is not known for its beaches – you’d probably struggle to find holiday makers sunning themselves at the best of times. So at around half 8 on a windy November night, we were on our own.
The waterfront was down a dubiously slippery staircase and a short stumble across a concretey-woody sludge. As we shot, we kept having to move closer and closer to the steps as the tide came in – there was a time when the water was lapping against my Bass. A few feet got muddy and wet, but all these issues were in the name of perfection.
And the view behind us was perfect, the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf lit the sky, as did the O2 arena – formerly the Millenium Dome. Between the two was a green laser, cutting across the sky from a hilltop around a mile away – it marking the Greenwich Meridian, where east meets west. Add that to the water and the occasional passing boat and the “vista” was perfect – and hopefully we got some nice shots.
Stopping in at a pub on the way back along the river, we found out where the foot tunnels were. As usual with things like this, they were exactly where we had started our night – by the Cutty Sark, and in a somewhat circular fashion, that’s where our photoshoot ended.
I found the whole thing really enjoyable and I hope you can pick that up from what I’ve put here and the video that will go up soon. It was the first time we’d had a photoshoot with a professional photographer and I think we’ll get what want to get from it. On a personal level, I think I managed to avoid the usual funny faces – but hey, let’s wait until the pictures come in before I get cocky!
