Photo shoot

Today we had a photo shoot with Tim, a good friend of Frauke.

We started at nine thirty in the morning, making pictures on a roof. Everyone was freezing theirtoes off, but it was worth it; the scenery was really nice. The roof itself was not that great, it wobbled and felt like it was as thin as ice. The pictures themselves were gorgeous. Reactions of people were amazing as well, looking up, making gestures, smiling, thumbs up.

After we'd done that, we went inside, because everyone was freezing their asses off. We went inside one of the smallest rooms of the building, which had a fireplace which was modified (it didn't work anymore). Once again we had great shots and making them was fun, though sitting on the fireplace was difficult. These photo's took us quite some time, and I wanted to get some clothes I left at home. Roemer had a meeting at the same time, so I went back to get them, and when I finally got back to school everyone had started to make pictures at the side of the building we stood on an hour ago.

We paused for an hour.

After the break we went to a playground where we made some good pictures. There was a little pond for kids to use, and when we used it (all four of us on that thing) I got my shoes and feet wet (officially it's winter. It just means it's fucking cold but there's no snow to compensate the coldness). Yet amazingly, we went on for half an hour before I felt it. I really needed some other shoes to wear so we went back to Frauke's place so I could borrow a pair of shoes from Tim (we discovered that he had the same size).

After getting those shoes we decided we wanted to go on top of the roof; light was fading and we didn't have much time left. So we went on the roof, took more pictures, and also took some in the stairway that was next to the roof. Once again it went smooth and without anyone falling to his or her early death.

When those pictures were taken, we walked back to the school (where we'd shot the pictures on the roof and in the small room). There's a photo studio at the school, which we had reserved for three hours. Before using it, we decided we needed a short break, which turned into a rather long break because we didn't get all the pizzas we ordered (the pizza for Anne, vegetarian, wasn't there). In the end it took more than one hour and a half before we finally got to the studio (after discussing if it was necessary or not).

The studio was awesome. It's really different from making photographs outside; it's empty, and you have to use a concept rather than a nice tree or a nice bulding. So we decided we wanted to go back into the old days; when we all went to school. The concept was quite simple: Anne, Frauke and Roemer were asleep, and I knew the answer to the question. Different, but fun and nice as well. We also took some jumping shots and dancing, and silly stuff. We didn't expect much from this, because we were getting tired and we thought we'd ran out of ideas. Oh how we were wrong...

It was almost nine o' clock in the evening by now, so we wanted to rehearse for half an hour and call it a day. In barely fifteen minutes, we managed to play every single song we had (seven songs, normally it would take us twenty five minutes).

After doing all of that I had to get back to Frauke's place to pick up my shoes and socks (which were nice and warm when I put them on), and Frauke, Tim and I just sat there and talked some more before we all went to our beds.

I just can't believe everything went so well. I hate pictures of myself, and I hate being in the center of attention (that's what I thought). But this whole one day adventure was fantastic. Doing all this stuff makes you feel like you're finally getting somewhere with your band, and it's the most fun I had in months!

Right now everyone is mentally and physically exhausted (and I recon I'm the only one still awake). If there's anything you need to do as a band, do this. Because you won't forget such a day easily.

And I want to thank Tim for spending a whole fucking day with us and not once complaining about it or about the awkward poses he had to put himself into to get nice photographs (sorry Tim!).

Cheers,

P

Ps. And of course the best pictures will be posted on the website and here.