Week 14
Zena Holloway
http://www.zenaholloway.com
I frolick around New York, get a Wacom tablet for £100 off retail, and for the last 2 days (Monday/Tuesday, they were the last 2 days when I started this draft) have been on-shoot with Zena Holloway. Ykno when things feel like they're going a little too well? I'm looking both ways when I cross the road.
My Monday started at 5am to a rather rainy, miserable Marylebone. A couple of tubes to Fenchurch Street and a train to Pitsea was the order of the morning. And as it was still raining on arrival (a lot) a cab was called for the final jaunt to the studio. A full breakfast spread was on but much like being in someone else’s house for the first time, the very last thing you ever want to do is head for the kitchen and chow down. It's just rude.
I won't be going into vivid detail of the ins and outs of the shoot, other than to say underwater photography is as impressive being made as it is in print. The camera in the underwater housing weighs roughly the same as a moped and carrying full CF cards next to a massive pool is an oddly un-nerving experience. I can also safely say in all the time I've been using Broncolor Grafit packs I've never once had to give them any TLC with a hairdryer.
©Zena Holloway
Sidenote: There is a reason you will see 125 pop up a lot in my blog. Because it's the magazine equivilent of the true mac daddy. It doesn't come out often (twice yearly - March and September - That's right, March, 2 days away!!), but it's sure to never dissapoint. Imagine a magnificently curated gallery you a) Don't have to travel to, and b) don't have to drag yourself round on your tired footsies to view. Sofa + Coffee + 125 = A damn good gallery experience. http://www.125magazine.com
The days were long (Amazing how fast I re-adjusted from working person to student again) but the experience great. I shall see about putting the printed pictures on here as and when I procure them.
Now I'm afraid I must delve back into the depths of InDesign to finish my new CV, which is coming along surprisingly well. Certainly a lot better than my non-design butt thought it would. I may even post an example when I'm done, lucky you!