With formal dance training, international performances, residencies, coaching and now working as the artistic director of RDC Youth, Adam’s experience and vision within dance is inspiring. He is currently trying to raise money to support his next residency in Berlin where he hopes to create a self devised solo whilst continuing his ongoing research into Global Equality. Fully immersing himself in the local culture, he hopes to further investigate the themes of Human Rights, Equality and LGBTI Equality and relate this to his personal experiences of coming out and identifying as gay.

You can support Adam’s fund raising HERE.

I absolutely adore dance photography so it was a great pleasure to work with Adam and I look forward to working with more talented dancers in the future!

Below are some of the shots from his shoot:

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I must admit that being a photographer of people, I’ve never really had a particular interest in landscape photography. Where this line blurs however is when it comes to architectural photography – there’s something about strong geometric lines in constructed spaces that really appeals to me. It just looks so strong, so neatly organised (maybe that has something to do with my need to put everything into tupperware or other similarly stackable boxes?!)

After receiving a newsletter from Wex Photographic, from whom I often buy equipment, I came across the work of Lee Acaster, who won first prize in their monthly photography competition. I scuttled over to his website to find some absolutely breath-taking imagery that really stood out to me in a way that no other landscape or architectural work had before.

Below are my three favourite images from his website:

Maybe it’s my recently discovered love of black and white photography that makes me love these over his more beautifully vibrant images. To be honest though, I think it’s because when I look at these shots in particular, the unit stills photographer in me is seeing images that could easily be film posters. There’s just something cinematic about these images in particular that I really love; each of them appearing to hint of the start of a story and offering nothing but a somewhat haunting and striking image as a clue as to what that story might be. I find myself instantly thinking of sinister plots, tension and the threat of desolation.

Whatever you might seen in his work yourself, I strongly suggest you head on over to his website HERE or FOLLOW him on Twitter and check out his work (and even buy a print or two)!

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Get Funded
Get Funded sees the adventures of three determined filmmakers, Chris, Katie and Mark, as they take their blockbuster screenplay to investors, only to get the door slammed on their face constantly. Determined not to give up and follow their dreams, our heroes are forced to question their morality as they embark on a life of crime… robbing little old ladies tearooms and robbing small banks in the remote parts of the country!

Shoot Date: 9th Jul 2012 – 10th Aug 2012
Shoot Location: Great Britain
Shoot Region: Scotland
Production Company Name: Silly Wee Films
Production Company Url: http://www.facebook.com/GetFundedMovie
Budget: Up to £1,000,000
Genre: Comedy
Form: Feature
Is project insured: Yes
More film details: http://shootingpeople.org/castcrew/project/view/2020

ROLES ON FILM:

Mark
Mark is still living at home with his disapproving father constantly trying to convince his son that a career in filmmaking is nothing more than fanciful and he should take a job in a call centre “just in case” while his doting mum just wants to keep everybody happy. Mark is the heart of the team and all he wants is to write films that matter to people.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4620

Katie
Katie has just moved into her own little flat to escape the controlling nature of her mother, while her younger sister, Michelle, is doing her best to play the rebel in the family, forcing Katie to step in to keep the peace between her sister and their mum. Katie is the brains of the operation and is the most grounded of the three.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4622

Michelle
Michelle – Katie’s younger, rebellious sister. Left at home with her mum, she wishes she could live with Katie in her one bedroom flat, to escape her over bearing mother. Katie gets roped into helping our heroes in the hope of getting to move out from her family home.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4623

Mark’s Dad
Mark’s dad is a realist. He believes that his son’s career in filmmaking is a pipe dream and he should settle down for a regular job. He finds it difficult to understand what his son is looking for in life.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4624

Mark’s Mum
Mark’s mum is your typically nice mum, supportive, friendly and will do anything to help her son be happy.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4625

Tony
Tony is an over-confident, cocky filmmaker whose directorial debut wins a prestigious award. He is Chris’s mortal enemy and always seems to get on up on him. He’s a very slimy, smug character.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4626

Lara
Lara is Michelle’s best friend who dresses older than she is and has a crush on Mark. She appears at the community centre to support the heroes film night and makes it very obvious that she is in love with Mark.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4627

Moxy McDade
Moxy is the cousin’s neice of William McDade. She’s very pretty, looks like a movie star, confident and wonderful in front of people, but is truly shy and trying to do the best job she can as an actress.

Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £200 per day

Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4628

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Short Film Hearth

Auditions for a short film to be filmed week beginning Monday 23rd January 2012
To be shot on location in COUNTY DOWN in and around Crawfordsburn Country Park and in Belfast.

Auditions 28th and 29th December 10.00-15.00
Digital Art Studios
Queen Street
Belfast

2 actresses required

Shoot Date: 23rd Jan 2012 – 27th Jan 2012
Shoot Location: Ireland
Shoot Region: Northern Ireland
Is this a student project: No
Production Company Name: Civiro Productions
Genre: Drama
Form: Short
Is project insured: Yes
More film details: http://shootingpeople.org/castcrew/project/view/1974

Roles on Film:
Character 1
Middle aged single mother with an only son.
Dragged down sense of self. Interested in spirituality/struggling with life.
Age profile 45-55
Physical appearance- middle aged, a bit dowdy
Northern irish accent
Caucasian
Approx 5′ 4″- 5’6″
Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £100 per day

Appearance details:
Height: 5’6″
Playing Range: 45-55
Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4513

Character 2
Middle aged single woman, smart, academic, career oriented from East Coast America on sabbatical from her University. Researching Ulster/Scots roots and writing paper on folk ways and histories including witchcraft.
Well dressed, articulate, confident
American East coast accent, could be NYC
Cauacasian
Slim
Height approx 5’6″-5’8″
Is position paid: Yes
Pay rate: £100 per day
Appearance details:
Height: 5’6″
Playing Range: 40-50
Apply: http://shootingpeople.org/collaborate/cast/view/4514

For further details please contact Colin on 07801926600

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The first thing I liked about the T2D set was its “straight out of the box” setup. The box itself is fairly sleek with little wasteful packaging and includes everything you need to set-up and shoot within 5 minutes. Inside you will find:

• T2D 16-channel transmitter
• T2D 16-channel receiver
• Transmitter batteries (3x AAA)
• Receiver batteries (2x CR2032)
• Mains power supply for receiver
• Tripod/magnetic mount adapter for receiver
• Adhesive metal plate for mounting receiver magnetically on non-metallic surfaces
• Adhesive hotshoe adapter for transmitter remote fitting
• Flash sync to transmitter cable
• Receiver to studio flash 3.5mm jack connector
• 3.5mm jack input to 7.5mm jack adapter

The obvious pros you can see from the above list includes the 16 channel settings on both units, the common batteries used to power them and one of my favourite details: the magnetic mount for the receiver that I can just slap on the side of my Bowens flash heads. Another feature of the T2D set is that they use IF triggering along with the RF and direct connections though I can’t say I’ve so far had a need for it. The antennae for the units are removable so be careful not to lose them! Otherwise the units are lightweight and the build quality seems pretty decent.

Something you may wish to consider however is the 2.4 GHz radio frequency at which the T2D’s operate. Other users have reported slight interference of the units from baby monitors and even wireless internet however I have yet to encounter such problems. The only other bug bear experienced by myself and other togs is the fact that you can’t turn the transmitter off like you can the receiver. The transmitter has a sleep mode which you can set for different durations, the minimum being of 5 minutes. Though the advantage of this is that if you forget to turn it off it will do so automatically after the set period of time, it also means that every time you don’t want to trigger the remote flash, you need to take the unit off the camera’s hotshoe.

The first road test I took the T2Ds on was to an industrial estate to shoot stuntman, Andy Lister. The units worked perfectly, even around corners and with objects blocking the line of sight. There was an occasional mis-fire and a couple of spontaneous flashes however I’d say the triggers did what they were told 9/10 times. In terms of range, though they fired perfectly for my needs, the furthest I ever took the transmitter from the receiver was about 5/6m (this was the distance at which I was shooting around corners).

Though it’s early days yet, my experience with Seculine’s Twinlink T2Ds has so far been positive. Sure, it doesn’t have all the nifty features of a Pocketwizard, but I’d definitely recommend it to togs looking for a middle-of-the-road, reliable remote trigger at a fraction of the cost of a PW.

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The film is a re-launch of ‘Underground,’ starring several of the UK’s fastest rising action stars including Mark Strange, Zara Phythian and Joey Ansah. The movie follows twelve fighters from different backgrounds and disciplines entering into a bloody underground tournament in the hopes of winning the £500,000 cash prize. With such hot new talent coming from a world champion cast, the fight scenes are guaranteed to be slickly executed with creative and brutal choreography.

I was introduced to the original film, ‘Underground,’ by Liang Yang who plays the ‘Foreigner.’ Liang taught me Wushu Kungfu for several years before I moved my focus to tricking and gymnastics. Wushu has had a huge impact on my life and has been a massive inspiration on my photography. It is always a delight working with fellow martial artists and is the reason I started pursuing a career working with stunt performers and their productions.

Not long after seeing the film I did some photography work with Zara Phythian who played the ‘Teacher.’ Zara and fellow Underground screen fighter Andy Lister, recently modelled for my exhibition work that you can see in the ‘Film’ section of my portfolio and will be showcased at my graduate exhibitions later this month.

The exhibition, entitled, ‘Eighteen Percent Grey,’ will be running at the Cube Gallery in Manchester from the 22nd – 26th June with a private view on the 22nd 6-9pm. Following that we will be exhibiting at Sustain Gallery in London from the 30th June – 4th July with a private view on the 30th, again between 6-9pm. For more information, please follow this link to the exhibition website:

http://www.18percentgrey.org.uk/.

Hopefully I will see some of you there!

I look forward to future work with the cast and already have some projects lined up and ready to go. In the mean time I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s premiere and will be sure to upload photos in my next blog entry!

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