full post - the Out There festival 2011

It's about time I posted a full set of photos from the Out There festival, isn't it?  Well not quite a full set!  I took about 2000 images that weekend, of around 350 made it to the final cut.  I'll post the link to my two online albums with the images later in the post, but I thought I'd put some of my very favourite ones from the leading acts in here. :)

Starting off with the lead show for the event and the Saturday night.  Nofitstate circus and their fantastic performance, Barricade...

A wideangle of the magnificent Drill Hall in Great Yarmouth with Norfolk performer Whydini in the background

and Whydini in all his vintage performer's glory ...

children enjoying the flower props brought over by Bui Bolg...

and Bui Blog themselves in one of their many incarnations :)

the ingenious ffffrench chefs at the Trolls Kitchen preparing meals for the Troll...

Gregor Woolny entertaining the older kids :)...

who else?.. ah yes, the Indian dance/acting troupe FIPA who had fun scaring the locals with their amazing costumes and wearing stilts...

 

The pirates of Northants, singing boisterously....

The graceful stilted creatures from Close Act, interacting with the children...

and the humans behind the costumes...

the fantastic Magmanus, a really impressive duo...

Eostid Ar Stangala, who managed to engage the locals in their Breton dancing and set up a fantastic performance....

and finally a photo of the kids and parents at the pottery tile making tent...

You can see a full set of images split into two albums in my Facebook Business page here... Hope you like them as much as Seachange Arts did...

Leave a comment about the sets if you can, I'm always keen to receive comments about my work!

Blog again soon! :)

sneak preview - Out There festival

Hello!!

Just wanted to blog a couple of lines before I sit down to the mammoth task of sifting through about 2.5k images I and my partner, Paul took at the Out There festival in Great Yarmouth this weekend.

Fantastic spectacle of arts and circus that was, just not sure the locals appreciated the richness of this great, and totally free event held here.

I'm just blogging the first three photos I've post processed, two of which I sent and were published by the EDP and Yarmouth Mercury this morning. 

The first image is from the  act, a trio of graceful Alien blue birds from the Close Act performers, who moved through the crowd in St Georges' park, engaging both children and adults alike.

The second set of images is from the NoFitState circus, whose impressive performance, 'Barricade' was the highlight of the events on Saturday.

Hope you like the work and look forward to hearing from you if you were one of the performers this weekend.

Look forward to be posting updates with more images as I post process them! :) x

the Out There festival

Don't think I've blogged about this before but I've been appointed as the official photographer for Out There which is the largest free circus and performers festival in the East of England.

I'm nearly ready to go off for my weekend's shooting but thought it would be good to put down a couple of lines and tell you about this event, should you have some free time this weekend :)  If the weather holds it will be a great couple of days out for both kids and adults alike.

Below is a quick iPhone photo of a day's work yesterday, planning a timeline and a coverage plan for myself and my partner Paul who will be my right hand for the day.  

Good event coverage is not only about the images and the kit but also about having a good plan of what to do on the day, making sure no important happenings are missed.  The style of work will mostly be documentary, and I hope to be planning a sneak preview in a couple of days.

Hope you have a great weekend and come and say Hi if you're around! :) x

Out There - International street arts and circus festival

Time to blog about the Out There festival held here in our lovely Great Yarmouth last weekend....

I'm not being sarcastic about the location here. I think GY is great for many reasons, a source of great photographic inspiration, as well as being my current hometown, and also because Seachange Arts are investing their monies in making this town a centre for family entertainment to the local's benefit.

I went to the hub of the festival, St Georges' Park with my partner, slightly interested but expecting to be uninspired. I wasn't feeling at my best and thought I'd retreat back home sooner rather than later. However, we didn't stop shooting for most of the day, only stopping as an appointment with a local model for a photoshoot was beckoning.

The metal like dragons were fantastic with their gracefully suspended heads bobbing up and down to the delight of the people watching.

The street performers seemed to be enjoying themselves nearly as much as the kids who weren't sure what was coming on next.

This was one of my fav street acts. A milk float set up with two sides of percussive milk bottles directed by the dj on the mixers :)

And these were by far the best performers of the festival for me, the French act 'Les 3 points de Suspension' who presented a farcical act about the death of the philsopher Sophocles... It was really a test for political correctness as people here are used to things being toned down to the point of not being funny anymore, but it was great to see the players manage to get the audience to participate. A five star circus show I thought :)

Finally, a traditional Victorian circus act to close our interesting afternoon...

Roll on 'Out There' 2010 :)