Here’s a piece I was proud to be involved with, for Kuweni Serious – which involved persuading random strangers on the streets, at work and at home to stop for a minute and stare at the camera (and in the case of one waitress, asking her boss for permission to stop working for a minute).

Everyone was generally very nice about it. This is also the first time I got to fiddle around with the Canon 7D, which is all kinds of awesome!
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Here’s a newly finished video project – the latest Just A Band music video for their single, “Ha-He”. I got a lot of help with this one (more on that later), specifically Mbithi Masya‘s help with directing and editing, and the usual chipping in of friends.

[UPDATE: 25TH March, 2010] So, wow! That didn’t go like I expected: 32,000 YouTube views in a week and the resulting “Makmende Phenomenon”, Kenya’s first viral phenomenon, articles in the Wall Street Journal and interviews for CNN – this has been overwhelming! Thanks, everyone!
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I shot Dela’s first single promo for the song, “Ulivyo” from her debut album “Paukwa” last year – just before the Christmas break – and I was worried about how tired everyone was, but I guess it turned out OK. Black and white is fun, and the cast were very helpful (Kule would tell us things like, “It would be better if I was standing here”).

As always, I’m happy to hear what you lot think. I’ll upload the HD version at some point.
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Here’s an alternate logo-free cut of the TV ads I created for the Kinanda Arts Festival late last year (December 12th). The ad was shot at the Uhuru Gardens Memorial Park, and it stars members of Ma3 (the band). They created the music on the set, which was nice to witness.

I remember not being happy with the initial footage we shot, until an accidental underexposure gave us the idea to turn all the characters into silhouettes, just like the statues in the park. This is probably the first proper TV ad I’ve shot, and it was art directed by the ever-fresh Mbithi Masya.

I shot this one sunny afternoon at the Arboretum with the help of Nynke Nauta, using a script that was written by Lisa Forsberg (who also directed “Laazizi”, Sauti Sol’s first video).

The boys are always fun to work with – it really was a sunny day, with very loose shooting, the dancing kids just happened to be passing by and they came up with that dance on the fly.