there is no business like show/music business

Video shoot after video shoot is going by and time is flying fast. People are being ushered around, make-up is being fixed, the filming days are getting longer and longer. You think that I’m getting tired of this? No way! That’s the most amazing part of the business if you ask me! Lots of people involved in a project, seeing it all come together and creating some amazing work of art, that’s what it’s all about in my opinion. You can literally see how passionate people are about their work.

During the last couple of weeks we had some really amazing video shoots. The first one I would like to tell you about was the video shoot for the band “Pony & Trap” performing their song “Time To Engage”. After the shoot our videographer did an amazing job with editing all of it and creating a really cool music video for them. It’s fresh, new and colourful. Have a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxMdH3_4vSw

Do you want to hear something new, exciting and completely different? Then you should definitely check out the band called “The 45s”. They are an upcoming British boy band from Carlisle and we had the honour of doing two music videos for them! It all started in Camden where we were filming them having a walk around stables market and such while messing around. We got some really cool footage. In the evening they had a gig in this area so we filmed them while performing. The audience loved them and so did/do we! These boys are extremely talented as they are only teenagers and write all of their music themselves. You should really check them out: http://vimeo.com/90117058

Enough about music now. We also have a new shoot for Bounce BMX coming up. Do you remember our last shoot for them? It was thrilling and a great success. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, have a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6fEe42zNM. These riders were just incredible and our video shows pretty good what you can do with such an awesome mini bike!

an appsolutely cool app

It’s been a while since my last post on here… We were very busy with all the product photography and events going on. However if you remember my post about the band Union J at our studio, you surely remember that they were here for the shooting for an app. Well you can now download this appsolutely cool application! It was such an exciting and amazing day with them and seeing the finished app now is really cool. Of course they were messing around quite much but that’s what made the day even better. Their fans will love the photo app! Whether they want to have a picture with George, Josh, Jaymi or JJ. Who doesn’t love creating a picture of yourself and your favourite band member? You can choose a picture of them holding a rose, giving you kisses, etc.

You can watch the ad (which was also filmed in our studio by the way) right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpux8saXW14

It was organised by Plus You and the shoot went really well! Also have a look at the actual app. It’s free and you can get loads and loads of hugs and kisses: http://t.co/mV7HUQp8Ce

 

As I also mentioned we were doing lots of product shoots. These were mainly designer vintage clothes. Who could know that by starting this internship I would be in charge of preparing very expensive clothes for a shoot? Whether it’s Chanel, Dior, Michael Kors or Versace, these quite old clothes are still worth a lot of money. It’s kind of cool dealing with such luxurious pieces of clothing. We already had about 200 of them and a lot more will be coming! Basically my job is steaming them, putting them on the mannequin and prepare them for the shoot. The problem is that some people just don’t realize how long it actually takes to get a good picture of products in general. It’s even more difficult when it comes to clothing. Of course the client wants the pictures to be perfect so we do all we can to live up to the expectations. Our usual goal is to do 40 items in eight hours when it comes to these vintage clothes. Some of them are really hard to prepare because of all the creases but we always give 150%.

 

Another thing is that we now have a new intern! She will start posting on this blog as well. So tomorrow say hi to Theresa! 🙂

A little girl’s dream

Every girl dreams about the perfect wedding. There have to be an amazing dress, a beautiful ceremony, the perfect (diamond) ring, helpful bridesmaids, an entertaining and perfectly organised reception but most of all a partner that you adore with all of your heart. This day is supposed to be the highlight of every relationship. A wedding strengthens not only the bond between the couple, it also connects two families.

So what happens if you’re not the little girl dreaming about their wedding any longer but you’re an engaged grown-up woman, completely overwhelmed by all the possibilities for your wedding? Well let me help you with this. I’ve done a bit of research about this year’s wedding trends for a good friend of mine so maybe I can inspire you a bit.

For a perfect wedding you should have a kind of theme or topic for the decoration, the playlist, the food as well as for the entertainment. The most popular theme of 2013 and 2014 is “The Great Gatsby”. Basically the whole wedding is inspired by the glamorous age of the 20s. The task is to keep it very classic and romantic but entertaining and fun. The main colours involved are white, gold, pastel and light pink. Weddings have gone much softer these days, focusing on more romantic kind of colours. The location definitely include these for a great extend. The flower arrangements are very classic as well. They usually include anemones, garden roses, poppies, lilac with greens in it like leaves, grass or vines. These keep it retro but modern at the same time. Not only the flowers but also the invitations tend to be more retro. Going with the topic “The Great Gatsby”, the invitations  can be customised with handwriting, lace or gold foil stamping. Whatever you dream of can come true. Another big topic is the food. Of course the cake is the main thing at celebrations like that. Today’s wedding cakes are really classic, which goes great with the topic “The Great Gatsby”. They can include many different colours, glitter, gold or whatever suits the bride and the groom. The food can be specified to the attending guests but a big trend for this year are spicy food as well as small late night snacks.These snacks can include food like, churros, pretzels, nuts, etc.. Another big thing about 2014’s weddings is the so-called “social food”. There you don’t have waiters bringing you the food. The guests get their food by themselves. This encourages the socializing of the guests. When it comes to music the biggest trend for 2014 is playing your favourite songs in the style of your wedding, e.g. playing songs like “Without You” by David Guetta in the style of the 20s or a string quartet playing “Flaws” by Bastille.

The ultimate goal is to make it the perfect wedding that nobody will ever forget. So in order to do so, hiring a photographer and/or a videographer is a must! Imagine planning the most beautiful wedding ever and not having anyone to capture these special moments with a (video) camera? Weddings can get really expensive but you should never save money on not hiring a photographer (team)! We at The Light Studios in London offer really good and competitive prices for wedding photography. With our pictures no important detail will ever be forgotten. Talking to the bride as well as to the groom and the families is an important part of our work. We give them advice from our own experiences and help them as much as possible. Every loving glance exchanged between bride and groom will be in our pictures because in the end it’s all about love isn’t it; and this is exactly what we do at weddings: Capturing the love.

Camden, Kentish and the Overground

So yesterday was one of my travel days through London again… Before work I did some shopping for a friend of mine. It’s her birthday next week and I bought some small presents for her. First I printed some pictures at Boots and afterwards I went to Covent Garden in order to buy a specific jumper. I thought the shops opened at about 10am but it turned out that they opened at 10:30 so I had to wait another half an hour. The guy working at the shop was quite rude to me but I had to get that jumper so I didn’t have much of a choice… My intention was to go straight to the post office in order to send all the presents to my friend but because that shop opened later than expected I didn’t have any time left for that so I went to work. The odds weren’t in my favour so I spend about 45 minutes to get to the office because there were problems with the tube. I arrived at the office at about 11:30. My boss suggested that I should go to the closet post office straight away. I was really glad that she said that! So I went to the post office, send all the presents to my friend and bought some tape for my boss…

When I got back to the office I was able to take part in a very interesting meeting! It was about a shoot for a short clip for a big music channel in the UK. Many celebrities are going to come to the studio for that. Those people are well-known all over the world! I can’t say the names of them but we’re working together with Universal for this shoot… It’s going to be a busy day for us and I”m so looking forward to that! I”ll definitely update all of my readers about the shoot so keep an eye on my blog.

After the meeting my boss send me to pick up a hard drive from a videographer. He was supposed to give us some footage. At first I was told to go to Kentish Town tube station and to meet him there. It took me ages to get there… When I arrived I got a text saying that I have to go to Canonbury Overground station to meet him there. By that time it was already dark so I was looking for Kentish Town West Overground station in an area where I have never been. Eventually I found it and went up there. Then I got a call telling me to just go outside the station to meet him there. So after almost 2.5 hours I’ve finally managed to get that hard drive! That was my adventurous travel adventure from yesterday.

a feature film and psychology

Today we had a very interesting shoot in our studio! It was part of a feature film which is going to be released this April. We had this huge green paper as a backdrop and four lights up for the shoot. Basically it was supposed to be like an interview with a question followed by an answer. I was helping them so it was my part to read the question. A book author and psychologist/scientist called Chris answered the question. His answers will be shown in the film so you could say that I was involved in a feature film. How cool is that?! We also had a professional videographer just for that shoot. Everything went pretty good. Chris was talking about the brain and its chemical effects, the heart and its importance as well as our mysterious mind. I was quite fascinated by his theories. In fact they seemed to be a bit similar to some theories of Siegmund Freud or Nietzsche! I think that the understanding of how our brain and our mind/consciousness work is very important and fascinating at the same time. In the end the shoot took us about four hours but we got some very good footage. I also learned quite a lot today! Not only about videography but also about the brain and our minds in general. All in all it was a very interesting and cool day.