(reposted from my personal blog, http://jadmontenegro.tumblr.com)

AUGUST 16, 2011

We went to a mountain resort today, the band and I, to shoot videos for our upcoming EP launch. We are releasing it next month! :)

The resort belongs to our friend Karlo, who is the sound engineer and keyboardist of our other band, Polar Depth. So, we went, and we told the guard we were his friends, and with that power, being friends of Karlo, better than any authoritative I.D., we set off to find a suitable spot to shoot.

Pjoe and I arrived ahead of Dave, and while waiting for him we had the brilliant (but highly predictable) idea to camwhore.

After which Pjoe discovered an old, authentic airplane.

Dave finally arrived, and we set off for the resort cafe. The boys set upon performing some sort of mysterious sorcery upon the video camera, involving copious amounts of tape and incoherent mutterings.

After which they went out to discuss some very important matters involving a certain pretty girl who would be viewed in much better perspective from the railing.

I haven’t any more photos as we went to shoot videos after that.

Before we left my house, however, my husband was able to snap a shot of all three of us.

I’m very excited for the videos! I have a very good feeling about them. :)

AUGUST 17, 2011

I got some pretty cool shots today with my Canon Ixus 130. I tweaked the curves just a tiny bit in Photoshop, but otherwise nothing else was changed. The light was very bad that day, but I thought I’d take advantage of it and just focus on the scenery.

I managed to take a shot of Dave and Pjoe down a hill.

We also found a big old tree with enormous roots and branches and sat underneath it. We were very respectful.

We found some cool fir trees, but by then the light was leaving very fast, so we snapped some quick shots and got this:

(I took off my shoes and felt the earth underneath my feet.)

I think those shots were pretty cool.

Here are some dumb ones we took with a timer and a tripod, when the light was still decent.

I found this one outtake particularly funny – Dave had the brilliant idea to lie down… not realizing his head would be on the downward slope.

He spent the next 10 minutes complaining that his neck was killing him. Lol.

I always have fun hanging out with my bandmates. They’re not only my fellow musicians, they’re my good, great, spectacular friends!