Blantyre and Ek

Adam Obyrne skating Blantyre and East Kilbride skatepark.


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Slow Mo Mo Fo!

Some nice slow motion footage from Kelvingrove skatepark in Glasgow. Remember what skating in a t-shirt was like?

Shift & Tilt

I've never been one for using Photoshop for other than the basics. But at the thought of having to fork out £1000 and upwards for an adaptor to give a shift and tilt effect, i thought i'd save the money and try it in Photoshop. Shift and tilt effect is basically a selected focus on your photo, and is usually associated with Large Format photography. It changes the depth of field of your subject and can create a different look.
It's ideal for long lense shots like this one of Focus team rider Bobby Baillie.
(incase your wondering, that's his own backyard ramp)

Wallman

If you've been to Livi recently you'll see that Stew Graham and Benson have made the back wall skateable. I use the word skateable very loosely here, what they've done is dumped some concrete on the lip of the back wall and made a wallride gap. It's rough and sketchy as hell.

Not for Benson though

Fresh Marble

Met up with Matt for a skate today, went to Foxspot then down the road to a new-ish marble ledge spot thats just become skateable. Was pretty good apart from the abundance of dodgey characters about tonight, also note the double set in the background of the second clip is completely skateable. There's just a gate seperating you from the run up, use a bit of initiative (buzzer) and you'll have it open in no time.


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Same spot, different day

A bunch of Glasgow guys came through yesterday to shoot some photos and film. Some good tricks went down, here's a little taste. Brandon Ide 5.0.

Freezing!

I Went out this evening to film at the Mitchell Library an a few other places in the freezing cold, quite a few people were in attendance, Andy Smyths bench included. Earlier that day a few of us went to check out the new "quarter" in Partick aswell. Here's the results..


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In addition I was also sent some footage of a Scott Ramsay, theres some film of the new bowl at blackpool among other spots. Here it is..


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Beans

The nights are fast closing in, as is the crap weather. Shot this last week of Focus's favourite lurker.

Tom Footage

Heres a few clips of Tom from a couple of summers ago.


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Welcome to Focus Media Division. Our aim is to provide you with photos and footage from our Shop Team, local rippers, and up'n'comers from all over Scotland. We will be updating on a daily basis with old and new media. We've also got some projects in the works so keep an eye out for some bangin' stuff coming soon!