Its been a number of years since Ive shot skate on a commercial or leisure basis. A passion I thought Id lost until this weekend. A meeting with the king of old school skate earlier in the week, Mr Matt Perham pushed me on. We had a chat about old times and decided that it was time to re kindle the buzz we both use to get laying down a trick and capturing it. The thing I remember most about Matt and how we use to shoot was we shot and rode stuff thats others didn’t and rode lines that other couldn’t, something Matt was ace at and still is
So, the location - thats was so obvious given the fact that we had access to one of the best indoor skate venues in the country, Mount Hawke. Hours before the park opened Matt and I sessioned the place. Matts not like any other skaters Ive shot. He knows what tricks he wants to put down the night before plus a little of adlib thrown into the mix and dials them back to back. A bit a machine if Im honest and a real pleasure to shoot. Today you resorted my faith in shooting skate again Matt. May there be many more days……
Enclosed are a selection of a few of the shots we put together. No flashes, no photoshop, no lightroom just real images shot the way it should be, real and grainy…. Camera: Leica Q & Leica M6.
Cheers to Ciaran & Alex for sorting it…
