Sam Needham | Blog

What has been a hectic few weeks, has also been a brilliant few weeks. The image below is a real sneak peek of some of the shots from last week. Im afraid thats all your seeing for now… sit tight!

Howdy

Its been a little while since my last post… a mixture of being super busy with my photography and design adventures and moving house have meant the blog as been pushed aside a little. Here we are though, back again, and i have plenty of updates for you.

First of all, you may already have seen my first jump into the video SLR world, with the film i put together for Altura called ‘Our Neck Of The Woods’. The film was captured over a day in some local woods. The rain poured to a stop, the mud got thick, and the winds were wild, but all in all, it was a wicked days shooting Matt Wight getting a slide on in the woods.

Having only ever done little bits of film work ages ago, it was a bit of a learning curve to me. After making this little flick, and having plenty more to film in the pipeline, i have discovered it is key to own a good weighty tripod… a faster mac… and some pro video software, an expensive months awaits me.

Below is some bumf on the film.

‘Our Neck Of The Woods’ is a light hearted film which takes us through into the Autumnal rustle. The idea of the film is to portray the essence of good old fashioned fun on a bike. Mountain biking isn’t always about being out for hours on end, or pushing your own limits to another level. Sometimes an hour after work, up in the woods, getting a drift on and sliding your way to a smile is the best ride you can have.

Grab a cup of tea, and enjoy the film!

—Sam—

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Rider: Matthew Wight

Music: Bonobo – Days to Come

Please click below to view the film!

Our Neck Of The Woods

Second day in, and i thought i would post a little info behind the crafting of the ‘Soaks and Co’ logo i was commissioned to design.

Soaks and Co is a new company about to be born, and i am lucky enough to be behind the branding of the company. The company has got some cool ideas, and the people at Soaks and Co specialise in crafting a lovely range of  handmade soaps, bath bombs, shaving foams and plenty more bathing and skin care products.

So the idea behind the logo was to create a brand image which drew a line between modern and traditional, the font works really well in portraying this. The logo had to look clean and simple, yet also stylish. And preferably have some sort of tie in with bathing, without looking very obvious (such as a bath in the logo). As for the crown above the o and a, this is intended to be a simplified spill of bubbles, signifying what Soaks is selling. Also it gives the brand a sense of quality as it acts as a crown.

I hope you like the look of the logo, and keep your eyes peeled for Soaks and Co coming soon!

Hello…

Welcome to my new blog, or the hub of all my on goings.

I will be doing my best from now on to keep my new website (which has had a nice face lift) and my blog up to date and as fresh as possible. On the topic of my website, a big thanks to Jojo Bonham for working his coding magic on my template.

As this is my first blog post, i thought i would share a little out take photo from the weekend. The shot is of good friend Ross Parkinson getting a wee bit loose at Scratchmere Scar in the lakes. A wicked day out was had on the steep slopes of Scratchmere.

So continues another busy month with plenty of varied work on. I will keep you in the loop, but in the mean time… enjoy the shot!

Sam

One man down... one flash still standing!