A new year a new start

Firsty I would like to wish everyone a belated happy Christmas and a hapy New Year. I hope Santa brought you everything you wanted! He certainly did for me, with a new battery grip, a new case for my Go Pros and I'm writing this on my brand new Bluetooth keyboard on my iPad. I also got engaged to
my beautiful girlfriend on New Year's Eve to make sure the start of 2014 was the best it could be.

Last year had its up's an downs and was a rollercoaster for Daniel Herrick Pictures too. I learnt a lot from last year as regards marketing and selling my products which I am hoping to implement this year. Instead of just selling my time I am also going to start selling more of my imagery through Photobox links on my website. As regards my website I am going to be updating it to make it look a little "fresher" easier to navigate for my future plans.

So as well as Weddings, parties and product photography, which will be sold in password protected albums, I will also be selling other imagery that I take in my spare time, so keep an eye on twitter and facebook for new products.

Thats the stills side dealt with, now onto my films. At the end of last year I was invited to follow the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton teams out to Austria for their novice camps. While I was out there I made a promotional video of the week to try and attract more people to the sports. The video went down really well and I wanted to use it as a sort of practice for Why Do We Do It. The format works really well and will tell peoples stories as to why they do their respective sports and what drives them. It also allows it to be topped off brilliantly by Loretta Livingstones amazing poem. I will soon be creatinng a shoootiing schedule with everyone to ensure we can get it all shot this year. 

It's an exciting time and 2014 is a year I'm very much looking forward too!

I will be posting images and the video from Austria and the novice camps soon, so keep an eye on facebook and twitter for those. 

Well that was a quick roundup off what's been happening. Hopefully it will be a good year and if you or anyone you know has any photography or video needs, please get in touch.

Happy New Year

Daniel Herrick LBIPP 

Why Do We Do It

The first of my video diaries for "Why Do We Do It" has been posted on YouTube and my website. 

"The Beginning" outlines the pre production process so far and asks for you guys to get involved with the film by telling me your sporting heroes, best sporting moments and also why you love sport and put yourselves through the emotional roller coaster. Email me your stories to:

whydowedoit@danielherrick.com

And you could be part of my film, or as I announced exclusively in this episode of my diary, part of a book which I will also be producing. This will include your stories and also photographs portraying the emotional side of sport. That's why I need you to get in touch with me either via email or social media and tell my why you love sport, so I can make this project the best it can be.

Since shooting the diary I have done some further research by watching the DVD of the Olympic Games last year to soak up the atmosphere of what was an amazing sporting event and spectacle.

I also searched YouTube for last minute goals and found myself watching and listening to the crowds. I love the roar of a crowd when a goal is scored, especially when it's last gasp. I was also drawn in by the commentators. Great commentators show their emotions and get drawn into the moment whilst also remaining coherent and unbiased. I'm loving this project! It's really making me fall in love with sport all over again and I know that I am going to pour everything into it!

Tomorrow I will be going and doing some photographs and test video at the Lincolnshire Bombers training session, which I will post tomorrow to give you an idea of the sort of things I want to do. 

It will also give me an opportunity to properly test out all of my kit, especially my Pentax K-5 which I will be using to shoot the film. I can see if I will need any special filters or more lenses.

Stay tuned to here on my blog and all my other media sites to keep up with Why Do We Do It.

Tweet #whydowedoit to spread the word!

http://youtu.be/RWGbmbcM0o0