the very end of the parade

I thought the parade was done and over. I had gone inside to charge my camera battery. But then my ears heard more noise. I dashed out again with my mobile and caught some video.

I cracked up my friends by describing the style of Mexican music you can hear in the video like all the musical compositions and arrangements are constantly tripping and stumbling over themselves, all over the place. It is like listening to a pack of clowns. Or maybe I’ve just grown up watching too many cartoons.

(Also note: Banda tuba is the sexiest, most romantic tuba you will ever hear. ?)

If you look really, really closely at the second video you can see a line of cowboy hats in the distance heading onto a side street. I bet they were all going to go ride on the beach! How much more craziness would that have been?!

yep, es septiembre. de nuevo.

Yeah, yeah the independence day parade got me all excited. I was not planning to take pictures whatsoever, but then I found myself fumbling for my camera as the trumpets started blaring.

Who would be able to concentrate on anything else will all that racket any way?

I bounded out the door like a five year old.

To try and capture the larger scope of the event is generally stupid, so I worked more with the zoom function to see what smaller moments I could catch. Lucky for me, I didn’t need a tripod when I had a metal gate to steady my little camera. Stuck behind that gate, I chose to work with that limited perspective. It yields interesting results when you don’t muscle your way in to get that ‘perfect’ shot.

I tried being quick about taking shots but the camera was not as fast as the action. And I would have lost time finding the right settings. This was another limitation I had to work with.

All in all, I feel happy with the results. It was good to take the opportunity to play at being a photographer.

 

Summer vacation? Never heard of it!

Summer 2017 is not any time to rest.

August continues to prove itself a busy month.

I have teamed up with Hugo Crosthwaite again for another project called Tijuana Bible that has me creating more stop motion shorts. What? More? Yes! I’ve already done a couple for his IN MEMORIAM project. If you haven’t seen them yet, you can check  the ‘Tube. These new videos will be at least five minutes in length, and will not be published to the internet. They will be shown in galleries. Like proper art.

Besides this behind the scenes work, I was offered a part in an indie film: Ana Who They Pulled Out Of The River. It will be interesting to be on film as an actual player instead of a living piece of furniture.
If you want/can, follow the film’s progress on the Insta’. Should things stay on schedule, we will be filming in the coming weeks.
I also have an improv butoh performance with Malu coming up in Ensenada on the 11th. I haven’t done a straight up improv performance in a long time now. I look forward to it!