working

i filmed a couple different things this weekend.
here's Pradigy with his band @ WineUp in NODA.


i really like this guest performers cover of valerie.


and this is me caught in the act by an unknown photographer.

1st try or die

On my recent trip to Japan,
I brought a Holga camera and two rolls of medium format film.
It was my first time playing with this camera and here's what i got...




i really like the way they came out...got a few more I'm keeping secret.
for more info on holgas check out the website...
http://www.lomography.com/holga/

too hard to capture

We Ain't Dead from kenneth owens on Vimeo.

well this was an ode to Say Word Three.
I could have spent more time and done some additional editing but ....
it pretty much sums up the video...i really didnt spend much time on post production
i enjoyed filming and traveling for this video....meeting a bunch of new people who share the same passion as me....gettin to skate some exclusive spots,
and the video being accepted by the industry and skaters worldwide
...couldnt have asked for anything more.
well yeah i made a lil money too....hah.

quit playin....

i need to step my design game up....
i need to step my overall computer game up....
i dont know if i got any game....ehhhh?

2005, James helped me on this one.
2005, one of the few things i saved from school projects.

randomness 2006 design with the posse


mock album cover for dre....james designed a way iller one

Say Word 2, Montre layout.

unfinished, i made this playing around last night...
want to animate it, soon.

all the photos i took....wish i had some skill....need to put in more work.
but you can peep my big homie ... JAMES REETSKE, whos a talented designer.
www.reet-ski.net
he's pretty ill
peace

POSERS

Yeah, I'm not lazy....I just move slow cuz .....I'm from the south, hah,
but here's some pictures from my trip to Cali for SDSF Open in September 08.



I took about 300 pictures, this was just a glimpse.
good times though.

kankle.

While in San Diego, California for the SDSF OPEN.... my road dog Adam Macmanus busted his ankle the night before the comp......poor feller.























While he was hurt i made this section... lookit.


adam macmanus from kenneth owens on Vimeo.

Now he's skating again....
and actually just made a trip to Charlotte today with his homie Dustin Hinson.
So far Adam's got some nice tricks for SAY WORD 4.

cheese

Hi, my name is KENNETH OWENS, the filmer.























these pictures are by a good friend, KEVIN DOWLING,
on a recent trip to ATLANTA.













KEVIN'S pictures are on point.
check out his blog@ www.kingdirty.blogspot.com

hustlers and hardcores......

a few days before xmas i was touched by some chump stealing my stereo....
tobad it was extremely old and seldomly played cd's...



yeah that my shuffle hooked up to some ragged computer speaker....
ghetto fab life.
ON ANOTHER NOTE.im selling my xl1
works fine....
let me know if your interested
because e-bay sketchyness is creepin' me out.





think of all the things you could film.......mmmmmmmmhhhh

make it rain

i recently purchased the new 4x4 video "drip drop" from intuitionskate.com
it was amazing....partially melted my face and totally blew my mind. hah
Pat Lennen's editing steeze is always immaculate...and prolly always will be.
makes me glad to be filming my new video with just a vx2000 and not some fancy HD.
He definatly shows that its all about how you do it....not what you do it with...
i dunno what else to say about the video....farmer murked it, showing his new arsenal of tricks on the illest obstacles....broskow shows why he earned skater of the year with awsome and colorful maneuvers...and shima, ahwww shiet... keepin it gully with the hiphop.(thanks) ghostface, mighty healthy....his flavor is outrageous... but he just carries with him the essence of generations past. hah....and haffey explains with his feet that he has the most control of any rollerblader alive....
on another note saw some of the homies in the montage section....adam robert and hayden ball...& ben weiss didnt go nowhere, he's still a nut.
SO BUY THAT SHIT.... SUPPORT....its worth it.

4x4 Drip Drop Team Video Trailer from Rat Tail Vimeo Page on Vimeo.
and the trailer was good enough to be the intro....or vice versa.

2009 plan of action

Say WORD 4score.....
its a new year. new motivation.
i guess say word three is just a memory now.
im working on say word 4 slowly but surely.
i defaintly have a formula in my head that i want to stick to for this video.
and like the last video and the one before....i want to involve short films/skits.
if its done right it would be refreshing to see between the skating.
but who knows... i still just want say word to represent skating in the "realist" form.
not some fancy production, or kids frontin like were paid.
take it back to vg and hoax and the hundreds of videos that influenced me

i definatly have many territories in the USA and abroad that i plan on visiting.
but my first goal for this project is to get rid of my viao and buy a macbook. hah.

just remember its still "DO YOU"



THINGS TO DO (blogwise)
sdsf 2008 pictures
adam macmanus edit
sw3 TRAILER 2
and i want to post exclusive music from the say word series

dont worry....

my head was just in the clouds......

say word blog will be right back.......haaaah!