SuperKick Media is proud to announce that it was chosen by the DWA to produce the DVD of their latest show, entitled “Ladder Match Mayhem” and filmed before a 200+ capacity crowd at Heathcote Hall, Tiverton in Devon.  It’s a truly fantastic show featuring some of the best names in British wrestling today, not to mention a selection of up-and-coming ones to watch.   This event has something for everyone; kicking off with a star-studded 8-man-tag, it brings a good mix of matches including tag, singles, and 3-way dances culminating in a double main-event. There’s also a healthy dose of comedy thanks to the likes of Mad Man Manson and “Professor” Gilligan Gordon.

The first main event sees the WWE’s newest signing, Joel Redman taking on reigning DWA Heavyweight Champion,  Nick Riley for the title in one of the hardest-hitting and most emotional matches in DWA history. Both competitors go all-out in this traditional, World of Sport style match, fought over a series of rounds to decide the winner.

The second main event of the evening was a brutal ladder match between Pretty Marvellous and the Andrew Brothers for the Tag Team Championship. It was an incredibly well fought match, a mixture of raw power and style. There can be only one winning team, but both teams go home battered. It’s one not to miss.

The DVD is still quite some time away from a general release, but here’s a sneak preview trailer of what’s still to come. Watch this space for further announcements!

A few months ago I outlined my aims for 2012 in which I invited people to contact me with their projects, and in exchange for experience, explained that I would shoot and produce their imagery for next to nothing or where possible, for free.  In the following weeks I received lots of email taking up this offer.  I replied to every single one of them, clearly outlining the offer and everyone was happy with it.  Things were looking really good: the clients were interested and engaged; the projects were interesting.  How many of these eventually became active projects? None.

The email would bounce back and forth with lots of ideas but curiously they would stop at the same critical point – the part where effort was required on the potential client’s part, such as finding suitable locations or arranging props.  It’s easy to say they wanted to have a giant chess piece or use an Alice in Wonderland theme but when faced with the prospect of actually making this a reality, it’s a huge wake-up call. I’m just one piece of the puzzle.

It’s taken a great deal of thought to work out a rational explanation as to why it turned out this way.  Offering my services for free meant the project wasn’t always taken so seriously by the potential client. I knew I had taken it as seriously as I could, approaching each project in the same way to ensure I could make good on the offer.  The reality is that anything requiring such little investment to you personally is often matched by a similar level of attention and consideration.  If you’re buying a house for example, you really consider the consequences before agreeing with the purchase. It’s unlikely you’d put in the same consideration for a carton of milk.  A wild comparison perhaps, but the same is true for projects and having set the bar for entry too low, I had set myself up to waste a lot of time thinking about approaches to projects that were never going to see the light of day.  If the potential client didn’t have anything to lose, why should they really care about the consequences?

As a result of this, I’ve decided that I won’t be offering to work on projects for free any more. Not only will this filter out the majority of the time-wasters, but since decent photographers cost money it’ll help with people’s own perception of my professional status.

After all there’s a difference between being a ‘value for money’ photographer and simply just being ‘cheap’ one.

We’re very pleased to formally announce that high profile British Pro Wrestling Referee, Marc “Paz” Parry recently accepted a sponsorship deal with SuperKick Media.

In the days since the signing Marc has been down to the studio and together we’ve created a fantastic range of portraits, including merchandise such as posters as well as publicity images for use on promoters show posters.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for everyone involved and continues to raise awareness of SuperKick Media within the thriving British  Pro Wrestling community.

Welcome Ref Paz!

 
For booking enquiries please contact media@SuperKick co.uk