http://jimchuchu.com/blog Blog_ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:49:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2010/02/dela-ulivyo/ 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 ... http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2010/01/kinanda-tv-ads/ I was going through my archives, and I found the original files I used to create the album cover for Just A Band's first album, "Scratch To Reveal". I still meet people who ask me how the arm was done, so I thought I should post these bits and pieces ... http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2010/01/creating-scratch-to-reveal/ Also enjoyed shooting the 32 very nice (and very flexible) kids over at the Africa Yoga Project, run by Paige - the calmest person I know on this planet. http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/10/the-africa-yoga-project/ - which stands for Eyes. Lips. Face. I like that name. Anyway, did a quickie shoot for them on Wednesday. http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/10/e-l-f/ It's been a long time since I designed anything - I'd been under pressure to make the album cover for Just A Band's new album - 82, and match the tone of the new music (much lighter, more accessible? You'll decide). After many ho-hum tries, this is the version ... http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/09/82-album-artwork/ 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, ... http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/08/sauti-sol-sunny-days/ Here's the first video from Just A Band's coming-soon second album - 82. Shot it two weeks ago (had fun using a dolly for the first time - the Kenya Grip Company, very cool!), quickie edit and grading. What say you? http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/07/usinibore/ The good people over at African Digital Art asked me a bunch of questions and here's the results. Thanks for having me, guys... http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/07/questions/ Here's something a little different from a PLUS shoot with Kevin from Classic Models. People seem to like him. :D http://jimchuchu.com/blog/2009/06/kevin-plus/