Probably the first in a series. Maybe.
It’s silly really but the view from my rear window always makes me smile –
Still unclear?
Let me turn the contrast up –
See that?
At night, when the light is on in the study, you can play shadow puppets on the house opposite. If you put your hands flat against your head, you look a little bit like Batman.
Brilliant.
That’s all.
We love them.
We really love them.
Sometimes, we just want to make you smile. Have an awesome weekend folks –
.
PS. If you love Fridays too, tell your friends…
Moleskine entry: August 23rd, 2009
“Hair and make-up sir?”
“Um… Oh… Er..”
“Is the anything in particular you want doing?”
“Um… A photo?”
“Ok well some boys want their hair and make-up done, some don’t. Some just want to walk on… eau natural.”
What do you think?
Am I a hair and make-up kind of guy or not? You know me, right?
No crazy exploits this time ’round.
No bonkers make-up or dodgy eyeliner, just some good old fashioned basic foundation, a friendly photographer and of course, a smattering of James Whatley.
…and watch this.
I don’t usually just post videos (not unless there’s a bloody good reason at least), but this video from OK GO is fantastic.
Yes, it’s totally inspired by that Honda advert, however – true to the ‘take-it-and-make-it-better’ generation we all live in – the guys really do build on what’s gone before to make this an utter delight to watch.
Enjoy.
Thanks to Matt Singley for the heads-up.
A few days ago, interes10 mentioned that London’s Natural History Museum was a fairly decent place to visit for a family day out.
Whenever I think of the Natural History Museum I immediately have images of the giant Blue Whale model in the Mammals hall, or even the huge fossil collection that inhabits the entrance hall.
Dinosaurs spring to mind.
Always.
Today I found myself back there again. But not for a family day out this time, oh no. My presence was required for a much different purpose.
Operation: BIG GNAW was my very own secret mission for today.
Part of an overall plan – PLAN 9 to be exact – I was to be at a set location, at a set time and armed with a very specific set of responses to a set of questions of which I had no knowledge. With a map in my pocket and some guidelines around exactly what I could and could not say, I set out.
“But what the hell is PLAN 9? What is Operation BIG GNAW?”
Allow me to explain…
Mr Dan Light (pictured, top), is currently in the process of putting together a sizzle/trailer for a new film entitled Loch Ghoon. The script, based on an original screenplay by Dan’s cousin Max, requires a few vox pops from everyday folk (that’s where I come in), shot in and around London’s Natural History Museum (NHM).
‘PLAN 9’ was the codename for the operation that took us secretly deep inside the NHM and BIG GNAW was the pseudonym under which my instructions were left for me. Along with a few other cheeky cameo stars, the aim was to get in, shoot what we needed and then get out again before we were rumbled by the NHM security.
Not an easy task.
I’ve tried filming in a you-think-it’s-public-but-it’s-not-really kind of place before and that did not end well. However, thanks to Dan’s meticulous planning (see above), the whole shoot went off without hitch.
Being a Saturday afternoon, the museum was naturally very busy. With Joe Public taking photos left, right and centre, somehow a small collection of inconspicuous-looking men gathered ’round a camera, interviewing each other suddenly became something rather normal. Par for the course in fact. Business as usual.
To the average passer-by, we were merely tourists.
http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer5.swf
Very, well done.
Rupert, Dan, James, Dan, Benny, Antonio, Katie, Saffron (and maybe a couple of others whose names escape me), excellent work all round.
There’s a Plan9 photo set from today’s fun and games up over on flickr and, if you’re interested in following the progress of Loch Ghoon, I suggest you stay tuned to Dan’s blog – if anything, it’s just a good read.
This is BIG GNAW, signing off…
PLAN 9: COMPLETE
Minor update:
Benny has put his videos and words together – ‘Assault on Plan 9’
As has Dan – ‘We go in. We get what we want. We come out.’
Last night at the Team Awesome Christmas Dinner (no, really), Will decided to test out the camera on my N900. Alas – as is the case with most of my phones at the moment – it was already set to video mode…
The good news is, the end result was a rather impromptu entry for the NaVloPoMo 🙂
(and uploaded just in time too)
Last night at the Team Awesome Christmas Dinner (no, really), Will decided to test out the camera on my N900. Alas – as is the case with most of my phones at the moment – it was already set to video mode…
The good news is, the end result was a rather impromptu entry for the NaVloPoMo 🙂
(and uploaded just in time too)
Shot with the new Nokia N900.
I think, this year, I’m going to attempt National Vlog Post Month – aka – ‘NaVloPoMo’.
STOP!!!!!
Don’t go! Don’t run away! Stay here, please..?
Just for a minute.
Let me explain.
I’ve seen those jumbled letters before you see, they make me shiver and panic. “Too much!” my brain screams, “Far too much!”.
Thing is, NaVloPoMo defines that every day for the month of November, I need to post a new video blog. This sounds relatively simple enough, right? Well no, it’s not actually. But – logistic technicalities aside – when it comes to my own blog, I try to stagger my output as much as possible. One post every week to ten days or so here on my happy place means that, in my mind anyway, people might be more inclined to read it.
This might sound silly to you, but if I suddenly started throwing out seven posts a day, you’d stop coming back.
The point is, time is precious. And I’m aware of how much time it takes to read a single blog post, let alone consume any video. So if you just go away for a month and decide to come back in December, when this is all done… then I understand.
If you’re happy to stick around and put up with my videos, then awesome.
Here’s one to start you off:
(see you back here tomorrow)
whatleydude.com 