Backstage with the "Babies"

The Backyard Babies are our favorite Swedish rock-n-roll band. We were lucky enough to spend a couple days with them at the beginning of their European tour in January. We watched them perform from the best seats in the house at their shows in Turku and Helsinki while we taped the music video to their new song Abandon. The venues were small so we had to make a lot happen in small spaces. We shot the whole video on the Nikon D3s using Manfrotto Supports, Chimera lighting solutions and Cinevate DSLR and linear tracking systems. Our goal was to show the intensity of a Backyard Babies' live show by using movement and tension.

This is a quick look at the production.

Bikers Bikers Everywhere

Bike Week in Daytona Beach is only one of the many famous events to come to the coast of Florida but may be the most flavorful among them. You never know who or what you might see. Something interesting is always around the corner. I set out at the beginning of the week to see what I could see. We found the weather unseasonably cold, keeping many inside. Plus an interesting assignment from Sports Illustrated sent me on a 20 state road trip. More on that next week.

For now, a few images from my lone day at Bike Week.