Pete and I decided to have our own little coffee morning and share some insight into what great big nerds we are whilst also having a little mutter about Movember and begging for more money.
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Rob and Pete
I was given a fantastic opportunity over the weekend to shoot some test make-up and costumes for a local film project.
I think I must have done a good job because they’ve asked me back to do some more shoots for them in the future and possibly even behind the scenes stuff when they begin filming.
I can’t go into too much detail at the moment as no dates have been finalised and no rates agreed other than that I’m cheap.
I hope you like this selected out take of images from Saturday.
Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think.
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
Well the amazing news is that I’ve been offered the opportunity to exhibit some of my photography at a local gallery. Unfortunately there are costs involved in this honour and I need to weigh them up – the obvious costs being printing and framing, but I also need to hire the wall space (the lowest cost being a 6′ x 6′ area of wall) which has a two-week minimum hire charge.
My ego says hire the whole hall, print hundreds of pictures, leave them for six months and you’ll be a millionaire by then. The reality is more like hire one 6′ x 6′ area for a month to six weeks and print out six strong images.
But how do I decide which pictures? Am I going to sell any of them? How much will people be willing to spend on them? How much do I spend on framing?
This my dear friends of the blogosphere is where I am seeking your help…..
Please look through the pictures and let me have your comments on any or all of the following:
* which six prints I should go with;
* whether you would have them on your wall;
* how much would you be willing to pay for a framed copy of approx 10″x 8″ inches;
* should I go with a theme, wildlife as a whole/owls/big cats/Brighton etc. etc. etc.?
Print 1
Print 2
Print 3
Print 4
Print 5
Print 6
Print 7
Print 8
Print 9
Print 10
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Print 12
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Print 14
Print 15
Print 16
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Print 18
Print 19
Print 20
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Print 22
Print 23
Print 24
Print 25
Please share this post around your friends – I will be giving away one personalised signed print (of your choice) to whomever writes the most helpful comment (not in the least bit impartial but it’s my competition) wherever in the world you may hail from.
I need to make some decisions in the next fortnight so that’s how long I’ll keep the initial run open for. Don’t forget to mention which print number you’d like as your prize.
Please feel to leave your comments below or you can go through the Facebook page or email them directly to rantingmrbunnychow@gmail.com
You see I am agonising over every aspect – I need your help!
Take care and thank you in advance
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
P.S. I reserve the right to ignore all advice and take more pretty pictures between now and when the exhibition happens.
and to follow on, here come the big cats, well and some meerkats because, well because they’re cute and some jellyfish because they’re pretty.
The light on the day way dire to say the least and my primary focus was ensuring I didn’t lose the kids in the crowds too often, I still came away with a couple of shots that I am over the moon with and several hundred more for the scrap-heap.
as previously shared
darn sticks
my favourite picture of the day
here kitty kitty
am I regal enough?
ok I’ll move along then
why hello there
it wasn’t us we’re innocent I tell you
we’re not aliens
I hope you like them and please do add your thoughts and comments to the section below, I’m obviously emotionally attached to the pictures and critiques and ideas are always welcome.
Hope you’re having a great day.
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
as promised I am going to share some shots from my shoot with new Croydon rock and roll band Mach 23 Around the Silver Planet I had an absolute blast with these guys and whilst I’d do the shoot differently next time (dig out my flash for a start) I really enjoyed forcing myself to really make the best use of the terrible lighting in the studio.
so without further ado, here they are in all their glory.
I’ve gone fairly lo-fi on my editing for a number of reasons, first I think it fits the feel of the band’s style, all of them would really like to have big hair and tight leather trousers so they could be as if they could be in Bon Jovi in 1986, second the low light meant I really had to push the ISO to the limit of my ancient DSLR’s (1600) capacity, especially as the small room meant I was forced to use my wide lens which doesn’t go below f4.
I still am really proud of how they came out though and I know the band themselves were over the moon.
Maybe one day they’ll be rich and famous and will pay me for my services.
My photo’s from the zoo are still coming.
Have a great day y’all.
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
This is just a quick preview of what’s coming up on these here pages, I did a photo shoot with new band Mach 23 Around the Silver Planet on Friday night please check out their page for some of my pictures. and then on Saturday we visited Chessington Zoo where I managed to get what I think are some stunning big cat photo’s which I’ll be doing a full post on in due course.
Please do also swing by my facebook page and say hi I promise I’m getting much better at getting things on to there in a timely manner.
In the meantime here’s a quick teaser
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Mr Bunny Chow
A South African friend (not sure what relevance the South African bit has) has put together this little product photography group on Google+ and we’d like as many of you as possible, from all levels and abilities to come and join us.
We’re all in it to learn as well as teach so drop by and say hello, all are welcome
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
OK well laziness might not be the right answer, being a full-time dad is extremely time-consuming and if I’m honest probably quite dull to my readership, I’ve also been suffering from technical difficulties relating to security settings on my computer that kept logging me out of WordPress, I think I’ve now resolved that issue and promise I will try to get back to keeping you updated on a more regular basis.
My photography hasn’t slowed down although my editing has and as such I’ve been very naughty about sharing any of that with you either.
still here’s a couple of shots from the other night where I went out and played with some long exposures.
I’ve also spent a bit of time playing around with a small home studio Mrs BC bought me for Christmas.
Hope you’re all well
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
oh dear oh dear where has the month gone.
I promise I’m still alive I’ve just been looking after the boys and ignoring all of you lovely people in the blogosphere, just goes to show how much of my writing was done in those forgotten things they call luncheon breaks.
Anyhoo, I’ve not killed them and most of the laundry is getting done and I’ve only resorted to McDonald’s a couple of times.
So ignoring all of that dullardness that is being a house husband I have a few things to catch up on like the fact that I’ve launched a Facebook page, Facebook is not my preferred form of social media by any stretch of the imagination. Google+ is the way forward but you’ve got to go where the people are and Facebook is unfortunately that place.
right back to today’s story, its unfortunately a month old now The Monkey Boy having uttered these wonderful words when I unwrapped the Homer Simpson beer glass I’d been given. “Daddy, that’s you on the glass”
I didn’t hit him, honest, it might have crossed my mind but I was too busy glaring at Mrs BC as she smirked and giggled.
sigh………
I promise I’ll make an effort to get back into sharing more with you.
I hope you all had a fantastic festive season
a little Christmas Bokeh
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
it’s been a while since I’ve done any random waffling and warbling in these pages and I thought it was about time I changed that.
Christmas is rapidly approaching and as usual I am woefully unprepared, Mrs BC is impossible to buy for that only guidelines I have are that kitchenware is out for some reason, things that smell nice are out, clothing is out, jewellery is out. That doesn’t leave me with a whole bunch of choices, never mind that fact that all of our friends will also turn to me for guidance as they too are fully aware that she’s impossible. I’ve even tried the hugely unsubtle, “what do you want for Christmas dearest, sweetcheeks?” the response was the very helpful “A present”.
The boys should be easy but are proving equally frustrating, they have so many toys and the youngest at 16 months is clueless about christmas, I have no doubt he’ll enjoy ripping up paper and playing with boxes but as yet he has no concept of sharing or ownership, basically he see’s the world with everything being his. The Monkey on the other hand just wants everything, his obsession with Scooby Doo is still showing no sign of abating and whilst I can think of worse things, I mean he could be obsessed by a purple dinosaur or the teletubbies, there are only so many Scooby Doo related accessories and toys one very small house can hold.
It is now only three weeks until I finish paid employment for the forseeable future and I’m beginning to panic about how I’m going to entertain the boys day in and day out, I know I’ll never be fully prepared it’s just one of those things I’m going to have to practice and work on. My only starting point is that there will be no daytime television. Thankfully they are both great readers and I have at least a couple of art projects in the back of my head to get us started.
It’s all very daunting and exciting though.
My other news for the week is that the sweet little disease ridden darlings have been kind enough to bless Mrs Bunny Chow and I with colds. I’m not a fan waking up feeling like I’m still a smoker (I haven’t been for years) or that I’ve been inhaling pure pollen through my nose through the night, seriously I’ve spent the day leaking from every upper orifice whilst hawking up crunchy stuff from my lungs, I mean surely that can’t be good.
I know winter has arrived (Canadian readers I know you’re tough) but I don’t approve of having to scrape ice off of my car in the mornings or the fact that there is still frost on the ground at lunchtime. I’m from Africa though, I can deal with cold as long as it’s safe for T Shirts and shorts to be worn by the middle of the day, in fact I don’t like anything below about 20C (70ish F). I’ve lived on Mud Island for fifteen years by the end of this year and I still struggle with winter. I mean seriously is global warming such a bad idea, can I afford a V8?
Ok that’s enough whining from me.
I hope you have a great weekend
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
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