Par : FrF.Kmeron, 25-05-2010 - 18:29
Tags : gears - Photo - stolen

I actually never did thought i would have to write such a post here but well… now i’m kinda taking the time… just don’t have the time anymore to blog… it’s not that i don’t have the time in fact, more that i decided to go to the next level with my hobby that is photography and tried it very hard to be as fullfilling as possible. But now this has ended, we just stole all my photo gears, in a train, he grabbed the bag and ran, i did the same, but he was by that time on the other side of the closed door of the train, going on his way to the next station… But nonetheless, i’m glad i’ve experienced and lived so much for this hobby, and yes now, i’m calling for a little help to get me back on tracks.

Way before that, everything growed and moved so quickly, 3 years ago, all what i knew from photography was what i studied in my early years in college, interesting, but quite didn’t get how difficult and technical it would have been for cartier bresson or salgado to get those shots (and trust me when i say i’m miles away from how a shot from those photographers can litterally blow ur mind).

Started my blog when i moved from London to Dublin 4 years ago, as an urge to talk about how it was for a frenchie, trying to leave teenagers years, on the emerald island, to keep growing and all, at that time my way to snap some moments was easy, my nec phone and his 300 000 would do the job (at least in a full sunny day you know), but well, the idea was here, being able to keep an idea of all those things i was doing and experiencing, and trying to write all as much as possible, knowing that no, i just can’t write at all *swear*

Then comes my disease, probably the reason why this went out of proportion, had to come back to France, in a week started working in Luxembourg in an animation studio, loving it, decided to upgrade to a compact, to get even better ideas of how yes, even with back pain, life is fuckin’ great and creating a movie on a daily basis is just quite awesome…

Then to Brussels to get to the real true story here, a capital where i could see bands i actually hear willingly with loads of things to say and everything, and the idea that i needed to take snaps of that as well, aka, the first dslr, that did the job pretty well actually, then comes social media, Twitter, facebook and all made the job a lot easier, as would say @garyvee on his LeWeb talk last december, the entry cost is so low, that it’s really easy to be passionnate about things, and start really enjoying it. Where to start, we all know i now do a lot of concert pictures, first step, getting passes..

@damusic helped me a lot on that, just because after tickets i won on one of their contest (and i can’t read flamish, the only language of the webzine, how great is our era?!?!) i showed them the pics i took at that gig, it was actually the first sparkle, after some mails i asked if they were looking for a photographer and were kind enough to say why not give it a go… come on, this story already rocks

Then the fairy tale continues, making friends, having contacts with bands and artists and knowing that what i’m doing is actually more than ok for other people, not only i love it, but people are actually enjoying what are actually just what i saw and what i like. Just for that, for calling me and saying « hey do you want to come to manchester to take some snaps », @garygo is really the first one that gave me back all the positive thoughts i am putting in this hobby, i don’t care about being tired, seeing it’s 3am and i should get to sleep, i love this way too much to at first take care about that, we’ll have plenty of time to rest in due time.

The other artist that in that time where i actually lost all my photo gears pops out is Mark from @thescript , when i went to Manchester, they were also playing  in the same venue, shy as i am, i took on me and went to introduce myself, amazing moment, he actually did remember me from the shots of the Brussels gig and told me that it was a great thing that i was that into what im doing, because at some point, there might be a downlow, and at that time, you’ll be able to like what you love, well, that time might be now, and i’m realising how much photography is now a part of myself, and being away from anything that would allow me to take some snaps and memories is pretty darn difficult

If we ever met, i probably had a camera around my right wrist, now my best friend is even asking me when i actually don’t have it around if i’m ok ahah, that’s beacause it became kinda natural and normal. I snap, i discover artist, i get feedback from friends, and im a passionnate guys trying to get the better out of everything amazing he has been able to live, honestly, if anyone told me i would be on Peaches stage 10 years ago, i’ll have pretty much laughed at you ahah

So well, not here to cry, just a desperate attempt to show how much i loved those times, how much i need those time, how much this gave me so much, and how now it’s really difficult to really understand how stupid that can be, we just stole everything from me, simple, fast, senseless, he took the bag and ran away, and even more than the d90 camera and 3 lenses that were in it, i also lost my little mascotte loooping on the way, he was in the bag, travelling with me as a way to have cool snaps all over and with everybody, he’ll be missed for sure :/

I went to the toy shop i bought him like 2 years ago to see if by any chance but no… let’s say he’s been kidnapped and will with a lot of luck come back some day…. so well, this post, even if i don’t have much time anymore to blog about all those opportunities i have to ask for a little help, there’s a paypal button, that will  help to buy some new stuff, a bag, a lens, a body, who knows, i have no clue what i should expect about this « fund raise », but well, i know i miss enough photography to cry for help and to think that social media do aim at those kinda things, being able to help, spread the word, even have just nice words coming to see if people would miss my pictures…

if not for the fund raiser thingy, I was against the idea for a lonnnnnng time but well, here it is, the Kmeron Facebook page (not called fan page anymore you know), because i still want to be able to share all those things with whom want to, because this is just the perfect example: a month ago, a friend wrote me just to say thanks, i took Rodrigo y gabriela sone months earlier in pictures and she was curious enough to hear what those guys actually could sound like…

This is one of the best thing we ever told me, the sole reason that i put my gutts and heart into it, it’s for me, but not only, i had the chance to get to know people through photography that i would have never met, hearing incredible stuff, see shows mind blowing, capture moment with friends that will therefore last forever, hi, my name is Vince, and I’m a photographer (and this is the first time ever that i actually say that i am, so bear with me on that moment will ya ahah).

Weird that the stolen moments arrived the same week as i crossed the one million views on Flickr, you know, how fate can sometime have a strange way to put irony in ur life, but well, here i am, asking for a word, a coin, a smile…  i struggled a long time before deciding to write this post, but here it is, thanks at everyone who already said that this was just sucking big time (or « vince, what? but ur like sweating photography you know, how are you handling up? » one of the best line on the subject ever !), i’ll never thank enough everybody and everything about this… in a few years, when the disease that kept me going over the lack of sleep on a four days festival will have spread and i won’t be able to walk anymore, i’ll have lived fully and will have lots to show to my grand kids that back in my days, i had fun as well

So well, if ur up to it, just click on the paypal donate button, just leave a word, like Kmeron on FB, tweet me about it, i’m more than connected so it won’t be difficult to help in any little way possible Once again, i already got so many people to thank, 18 months ago, never took a concert picture, see where i am standing now, 3 years, didn’t even had a camera and concept like aperture or bokeh or the famous « what lense are you using? » « well a 17-50 3.5-5.6″ photographers speech was like a developper talking in C++ to my hears, things have changed, in a very good way if i dare say so, and i’m definitely trying to deliver as good things as people are willing to let me help me them, so far it was a nice ride, let it go on and on…

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