The Hebe Week In Pics

Simon's week has been all Hyper Hyper Hyper!And he has still found time to smileMaybe it was the funny videos or the beer?Friday afternoon creative session aftermathLee and Shang Ting hit Harvey Nichols for a meal and caught the lovely Tessa Smith singingWhile Marcus and Simon hit the Ryther ArmsWhere Marcus (The Pap) has a T-Bone steak...... and makes short work of it!We've got to have Lee's shoes of the week on the weekly picsThe Pap has been papped again!And so has LeeI check out some street rappers outside the St Johns Centre, Leeds

The Hebe Week In Pics

The pap having canapes at the Relish Book Launch in Harvey NicholsSTP with the photographer at the Relish Book Launch in Harvey NicholsRelish Yorkshire Second Helping (the book's name), introduction by Tessa Bramley, one of few female Michelin chefs in UKLee winding down in The Bracken FoxDouble Papped!Marcus takes some cool snaps out and about LeedsMarcus makes some new friends in LeedsSimon and I visit PSL - The Stag And The HoundOur colourful Hebe OfficeThe benches on Albion Place, Leeds remind me of Barcelona

You've been Papped...

Introducing our new "Snap the Pap!" feature...

Snap the Pap! is a new weekly feature for the Hebe blog... until the novelty wears off that is!?

The aim of the game is simple, snap the Pap (a.k.a. the new office boy, Marcus Carlsson, who is on loan from Sweden until April) when he's least expecting it, and send the photo in to us. For every genuine photo of the Pap, well send you a super tasty Daim bar... mmm, Swedish delights!

Shang Ting did suggest we called it "Slap the Pap!". Please note that there is a big difference between non-contact photo stalking, and physical harm.

So we don't get into any legal crazieness, let's say we'll keep handing out the chocolate for photos we recieve before 28 February 2011. One bar per person. One bar per photo - don't photo copy the same picture over and over and think it will be a happy pre-easter!?

Hebe Winter Life in Diana Mini

STP's Far East Feature: Ume Kayo

You know the feeling that you just can't stop yourself while flipping through VICE magazine's Dos & DON'Ts section? I have the same addiction when I look at Ume Kayo's work.

Ume Kayo is a Japanese photographer. I like her photography because it is about everybody, anybody, in everyday life. Ume Kayo doesn't have fancy skills and editing in her shots, she is constantly using the same Canon Eos 5 camera, the same mode, you can even see date signs on some photos. There are no models, sets, or lighting, Ume Kayo simply uses "the moment" to connect to people.

“Well, when I was in college, I was deciding a theme for my photo series, and I’d always thought the neighborhood elementary school boys were so cool, I still think so now. The boys were so outrageous because I couldn’t understand what they were saying. And how they moved around! And they were really stupid, so stupid that I thought they were invincible. You know, I admire invincible people and I thought those kids were really invincible, and I wished I could be like them. That’s why I had chosen them for my subject.” - Ume Kayo

You can see more of Ume Kayo's work with music in this video we found on YouTube: