{"id":3223,"date":"2009-05-20T05:11:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T05:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2009-05-20T05:15:36","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T05:15:36","slug":"growing-oldungracefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/growing-oldungracefully\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing old&#8230;ungracefully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of the year that you looked forward to when you were young but don&#8217;t when you are older. Birthdays&#8230;great. This one I turn 38, but currently feel about 88 due to all my bad back, the bane of cameramen everywhere!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3225\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3225 lazyload\" title=\"n655234364_1209384_420-1\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/n655234364_1209384_420-1.jpg\" alt=\"Me at 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/n655234364_1209384_420-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/n655234364_1209384_420-1-198x300.jpg 198w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/604;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3225\" title=\"n655234364_1209384_420-1\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/n655234364_1209384_420-1.jpg\" alt=\"Me at 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/n655234364_1209384_420-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/n655234364_1209384_420-1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3224\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3224 lazyload\" title=\"4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n.jpg\" alt=\"Me at 38\" width=\"358\" height=\"312\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n.jpg 358w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n-300x261.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 358px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 358\/312;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3224\" title=\"4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n.jpg\" alt=\"Me at 38\" width=\"358\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n.jpg 358w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4285_89892709364_655234364_2604695_3752679_n-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at 38<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->Does it really matter? Not really. But I just wanted to use this moment to give some advice to all you people out there starting in the business as camera ops. Do pilates, do yoga. Strengthen your core or you will end up like me and most of my colleagues!! Even though cameras are getting lighter, you still carry all the gear with you.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;today&#8230;my birthday, I will mostly be resting. I was supposed to be working but the disc injury precludes that. Hopefully it won&#8217;t be as serious as my last injury which put me out of the game for 4 months. I should have kept up with the pilates and stayed fit but I didn&#8217;t. So it&#8217;s a bit of a wake up call. Time to sort it out and stay sorted out!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, good things on the horizon. Tomorrow I launch the new Panasonic Lumix GH1 stills\/ movie hybrid and will be premiering my new piece &#8220;Joshua Tree&#8221; at Panasonic HQ in front of the UK\/ EU press and giving a short talk. Should be fun. I have enjoyed shooting with the camera. It&#8217;s a dream to use and so small.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Monday I am off to Boston for a short form documentary. Be great to go over there and catch up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomguilmette.com\">TomGuilmette.com<\/a>, Joe Stunzi and Steve Cahill. Oh and do some work. I think I may get a chance to meet Ben Eckstein too. Funny how you develop friendships over the internet and then meet them in person. It&#8217;s great. It was like this at NAB in Vegas, met for the first time so many people who I had email relationships with for months. Great to put a face to the name. Shame none of them look like Kate Beckinsale&#8230;oh well one day!<\/p>\n<p>So just wanted to just add something personal to my personal blog. As you may realise it&#8217;s now on my main site. Easier to maintain for me. I also now have my own server as my site was generating too much traffic for the shared server. 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