{"id":3959,"date":"2009-06-20T20:09:14","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T20:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2009-06-20T20:29:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T20:29:07","slug":"what-is-my-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/what-is-my-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What is my work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[3959]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3961 lazyload\" title=\"zacuto_8488\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"zacuto_8488\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/243;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3961\" title=\"zacuto_8488\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"zacuto_8488\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of my work you don&#8217;t see online. I don&#8217;t have the rights to show them on the internet or can&#8217;t get copies (like my Discovery HD work). What I do post on my website is some of the paid work I am allowed to show, like <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/nt-live\/\">NT Live<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/3-seconds\/\">3 Seconds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/confession\/\">The Echo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/valentines-day\/\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/the-trench\/\">The Trench<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/portrait-of-siberia\/\"> Siberian Portrait <\/a>as well as, of course the stuff I shot and directed like <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/life-of-crime\/\">Life of Crime<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/lost-the-eddie-gibson-story\/\">Eddie Gibson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/religion-films\/\">Religion<\/a> and of course <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/anorexia-films\/\">my Anorexia films<\/a> amongst others. The vast majority is my personal work&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[3959]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3960 lazyload\" title=\"discovery\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in Germany for Discovery\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery.jpg 634w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/159;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3960\" title=\"discovery\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in Germany for Discovery\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shooting in Germany for Discovery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Films like <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/sofias-people-canon-5d-mk2\/\">Sofia&#8217;s People<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/the-art-fair-canon-5dmkii-25p\/\">Cherry Blossom Gir<\/a>l, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/my-autumns-done-come\/\">My Autumn&#8217;s Done Come<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/return-to-dungeness\/\">Return to Dungeness<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/love-from-southend\/\">Love from Southend<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/alone-in-tokio\/\">Alone in Tokyo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/35mm-films\/sofias-people-canon-5d-mk2\/\">many more here<\/a> are mostly just my personal projects. You see, my passion is filming, it&#8217;s the biggest thing in my life, for better or worse. I am lucky enough to be doing what I love, so when I get the chance&#8230;whether it is to test a new piece of gear or just to capture something that I want to capture I go out and do it. I can be prolific at times when I feel really motivated. I have new bits of gear I really need to try out and the best way I find to try out stuff is to film with them and make something out of it. I have the new Redrock Encore, a glidecam 2000, glidetrack, Jag35&#8230;still, the gh1 with sigma prime lens and many others. I am desperate to go out and use them but finding the time is hard, amongst answering all the emails, keeping the site running and of course actually doing proper work!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So how do I classify my personal work? Do I call them films, videos? To me they are films, as film to me doesn&#8217;t necessarily have to be narrative, have a storyline or deep concept. It can just convey an emotion, a feeling and that is what I like doing the most, as often this emotion or feeling conveys a message in itself. What that message is can be up to you, it can be open to interpretation. But I hope my work can sometimes bring a feeling of positivity to a world filled with a lot of negativity.<\/p>\n<p>Stills photographers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinparr.com\/\">Martin Parr<\/a>, someone I only discovered a year ago (not that I am comparing his genius work to mine) captures people beautifully and naturally, something I love doing. Like him, I find richness in people&#8217;s faces, something that I believe works in moving video not just stills. I love to capture the world around me, people, places, objects, from my perspective. Not necessarily one that you share. But it&#8217;s how I see it, often influenced by my mood at the time or inspired by something or someone I meet. It&#8217;s hard to put into words. That&#8217;s why I do it with my films!<\/p>\n<p>The Canon 5dmkII has recently given me the chance to be really spontaneous in what I can capture, much more like a stills photographer. I kept my films Cherry Blossom Girl and Sofia&#8217;s People raw and handheld to emphasize this rawness of &#8220;capturing the moment&#8221;. It won&#8217;t stop me doing more considered pieces with 35mm adaptors, tripods and my ex3. But it has opened up a new word to me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My goal with this website originally was purely to showcase my work and <em>get<\/em> work. Somehow, it has evolved into something much more. A place to share information. To inform about my experiences with new gear that I have bought, which has now turned me into a part-time reviewer, the majority of stuff I review I have paid full price for, sometimes I am lucky enough to be given review samples, not very often, but often enough to mean I don&#8217;t go bankrupt! I would like to believe I am impartial. I was often accused of being bought up by Sony in the EX1 days, I think my work with JVC, Panasonic, Canon etc has more than shown this to be nonsense. For me if something is great I don&#8217;t care who makes it! Every camera I have paid for, I recently bougt a 5dmkII and lots of glass for it, I don&#8217;t even have a Canon contact, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped me waxing lyrical about it and putting out tutorials and films using it. I even reluctantly put a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=Y0MC1F0Z-5Ri1Fz_j2HfRje1Y0vMB4raAyI2qRfrFZqcZLBEL1R1d8n61g4&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1fb6947b0aeae66fdbfb2119927117e3a6293842604ac6c5d5\">donate button<\/a> on my main page as the site is costing me a lot to run recently and taking up so much of my time to keep it going and keeping it fresh. So much so that I am having to dedicate specific days to it now.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly to me, my site has now become a place that inspires people to go out and film. To pick up their cameras and capture life as it is, go and make narrative films, film a documentary about something important to them, to push themselves more. This is what I am proud of the most.<\/p>\n<p>I have started doing more and more speaking engagements, where I get to share my work and thoughts with people in a less virtual environment. Next week I will be running through the JVC HM 100 and workflow with the Canon 5dmkII at the first <a href=\"http:\/\/fcpugnetwork.org\/\">London Final Cut Pro User Group gathering<\/a>. Please come if you can, be great to meet you. I always love to put a face to the name, that&#8217;s why I enjoyed this year&#8217;s NAB so much! <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/2009\/06\/08\/reframe-san-francisco-announced-you-have-to-go\/\">Also don&#8217;t forget Re:Frame in San Francisco this October, it&#8217;s almost sold out so hurry. I will be doing 2 days of solid shooting workshops.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fstopacademy.com\">F-Stop Academy<\/a> I am hoping to do take this and expand on it in a much bigger way&#8230;nothing is going to change here though. I will still be doing what I am doing, making my films and hoping that to some they give pleasure and make you go out and do it. I will soon have a long interview up from a good friend of mine Tom Guilmette, I hope his words will inspire you too. I was lucky enough to have a mentor when I was learning and he helped me immesurably. We can&#8217;t all be as lucky as me, but with people like myself, Tom and many others hopefully we can inspire in the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and if I don&#8217;t reply to your email or question on my site or vimeo (email me rather than send using vimeo, it&#8217;s easier for me to reply), send it again. I get a lot and sometimes miss them but i always reply in the end!<\/p>\n<p>Peace, and keep shooting!<\/p>\n<p>Philip<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[3959]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3962 lazyload\" title=\"sleep\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Need...sleep...\" width=\"234\" height=\"319\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep.jpg 940w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 234px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 234\/319;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3962  \" title=\"sleep\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Need...sleep...\" width=\"234\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Need...sleep...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Want to learn how to create the film look? Click below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learntocreatethefilmlook.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3783 lazyload\" title=\"logowhite\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/logowhite-300x108.png\" alt=\"logowhite\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/logowhite-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/logowhite.png 799w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/108;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3783\" title=\"logowhite\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/logowhite-300x108.png\" alt=\"logowhite\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/logowhite-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/logowhite.png 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hear me talk about Canon 5dmkII workflow and meet me at the first London FCPUG Supermeet, with special guest the legendary Walter Murch!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lafcpug.org\/UK_2009.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lafcpug.org\/UK_2009.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847 lazyload\" title=\"uk09_supermeet_720x90_murch-1\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/uk09_supermeet_720x90_murch-1.gif\" alt=\"uk09_supermeet_720x90_murch-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"90\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/uk09_supermeet_720x90_murch-1.gif 720w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/uk09_supermeet_720x90_murch-1-300x37.gif 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; 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