Lessons Learnt

We were blessed with another lovely day in the Lakes and I took it upon myself to get out and photograph anything and everything! I'm trying to work my head around my new Canon 7D and learn how to move around with it quickly. However, after the day I had, If I'd have moved at a slower pace things wouldn't have gone half as bad.

Lesson no.1: In terms of photos, I need to learn to take time with composing shots and as mentioned before learn my way around the camera. There were so many spur of the moment opportunities, that I simply could not keep up with. I missed out due to not knowing which buttons to press and which switches to flick.

Lesson no.2: In terms of footwear, it's pretty much essential to go out with a pair of shoes that have good grip if you have no idea where you may end up! Even if they are trail shoes, they are by far superior to skate shoes. I ended up falling over 4 times in total onto soggy wet grass. Let's say it wasn't my brightest moment.

Lesson no.3: Always ensure bags/equipment are securely placed on the ground and aren't likely to end up falling in streams or off cliffs. My bag was subject to such abuse and my phone ended up drowning with no way of escape.

Other than a number of lessons presenting themselves to me, I had a fantastic day. The sun was shining and spring is well and truly on it's way. I was almost tempted to go for a dip in the stream but was then reminded it's melt water. It's days like these where I am truly happy to be able to document the Lakes.

Mountain Bike Project part 2

Just an update really. Went up to Edinburgh for the weekend and commenced filming for this section of the film. I also finished the interviewing of my brother. I'm starting to feel like it's all coming together after months of planning and preparation. I've still got a long way to go though. I will be returning home at some point in the coming weeks to get much needed b-roll footage in west yorkshire as well as interview footage with my mum and dad.

Anyway here are a couple of pictures. I didn't manage to get any photos of the actual riding due to memory card space. But these are some lovely sights in Edinburgh. Enjoy.

Behind it all post 2

With the amount of work I've had on lately, it's been near impossible to justify taking my camera in to uni or wherever I am because of the amount of books I have in my bag. I do try though.

An opportunity presented itself yesterday and in my ill state I took it. Fresh air is definitely the way forwards when you have a cold!

Thanks to Jon who let me drive his freelander and dragged me out on this miserable yet awesome day!

Where am I at?

Well, shortly after returning to uni after the Christmas period, I decided it'd be a sweet idea to make a bit of a creative project to help me learn the ins and outs of my new camera. It's called behind it all and the idea is to capture everything and anything that isn't the main focus of my final year at uni. So far so good :).

Enjoy

Mountain Bike Project

Yep, you guessed it. I'm doing another mountain bike film project for my major media project in my final and third year at the University of Cumbria. It makes sense, in that I enjoy shooting mountain bike footage and the majority of inspiration has been collected from mountain bike films. Lately this has been follow me, great music great mountain biking.

Anyway, below are a few quick snaps I managed to take whilst shooting the first part of this project. The weather was extremely against me with lots of fog and damp drizzle.

Expedition Film from Easter 2010

Whilst taking a break from uni work, I stumbled upon our video from our Finland expedition. It made me reminisce about how awesome this experience was even though whilst there I didn't really think this. Beautiful country, cool people. Enjoy!

Finland 2010 from Dom Bush on Vimeo.

Gorillaz Featuring Daley - Doncamatic

I know this isn't really outdoor related, but it's a tune that's definitely motivating me to run. Enjoy!