Andrew Strobridge

Well people, it has been quite quite some time since my last post and for that I am terribly sorry!

Much has gone on since I last posted. First there was the filming of the Anti-Human Trafficking PSA which had been in the works for some time. It’s amazing how much work you can put into a thirty second advert. Days and hours and nights and loooots of paperwork.

You can watch it by clicking here.

This is what we had to turn into an airport.

This is after we had turned it into an airport.

The ever so heavy RED and I.

After each shot everything has to be reset and the continuity, hair, and makeup people do their thing making sure everything is exactly the same in every shot!

Quick touch-ups in between shots.

The plan.

Wide sot of the set.

     After that started the school of story telling and digital photography which I am the proud leader of. I have 18 very talented students from 9 different countries. (I think it’s nine… maybe not) We are in the 5th week of the school (out of 12) and they have improved an insane amount. Many of them had never touched an SLR camera before coming to the school.

     A couple weeks ago, there was a film shoot for a fast food chain called “Kauai” going on down at the beach. I knew some of the guys making the ad so they called and asked if I’d take some photos of behind the scenes. I walked down there with my camera to see the bizarre scene of a woman in a swim suit with a sandwich and a smoothie laying on the beach surrounded by a film crew. It’s actually pretty funny to see what it looks like behind the adverts. Not quite as “cool” as it looks on TV. Anyway I took the photos and they really liked them so I got some extra cash from that and some other potential photo jobs!

The guy on the left bringing in the new smoothie owns/started the company.

     When I’m not busy leading the school or taking photos, I do a lot of movie watching (much like at home). I know that’s probably pretty lame to a lot of you because I’m in africa and you think I should be going on safaris and stuff, but it sure feels a lot like home here… so I watch movies. I mean, I do other things too. Like getting outside and eating out and  visiting local hot spots. Stuff like that. I have seen penguins and Baboons too. Penguins are great (I’ll post photos next time) and baboons are terrible. Worst animals ever. I decided I would rather be killed by a shark than a baboon. Think about it. No contest. 

The staff on my school consists of me and a girl from Ghana named Jessica. She’s very helpful and fun to work with! This past week and a half the students have been learning photoshop. One of the things they have learned is facial retouching. Before they learned this, Jessica and I decided to take some photos of ourselves in the studio and retouch them just for fun to show the students. Here is what we came up with. You can call these our “staff portraits”. hahaha

My hair is longer these days.

Jessica should be a model.

     I’ve been living here for long enough that it’s pretty normal so I’m not sure what you would like to hear about so I will stop here. But please, if you have any questions or would like to see photos of anything feel free to ask. (Just ask in a comment below I guess) Anyway that’s about it! Until next time!