I wanted to give thanks to the homies Max MacVeety (Crown City Rockers) & DJ Zeph (Oakland Faders) for allowing me to do the promo shots for their album Back Beat Symphony.
Here are the album images and some clips i've taken of them doing what they do best.
-j
Gift Of Gab last night at the Independent for the Crown City Rockers show
-j
It's been exactly a month since i have posted something and it's definitely not like me at all, my apologies to all my readers out there.
I've been working super hard at the 9-5 as previously posted and shooting a lot less then i would like to but, nonetheless i have some new ish for everyone. I wanna give thanks to those out there who have put me on their map and those that have offered to in the future. Big ups as usual to The Park for allowing me to cover the filming of the La Pena event back in early April. Thanks to the homie Young Haitti for allowing me to Film for the video "Poplife" and to The Jealous Guys for giving me props & for our future projects. Also HUGE shouts to The Moholy Ground Crew for putting me up in their very first issue.
John McCoy, Leslie Henderson, Sunny Angulo, Tej Virdi, Leo Docuyanan, Juanita Bruton, Ricardo Cruz, Brian Ferrera, Jeff Bostic, Gabe Wheeler & Monique Low
There's alot of things i would like to write about since last post , cause alot can happen in a month and i will soon but, for now some of those images i'm know best for.
-j
I was fortunate enough to be invited to shoot it up at the sprite step off show last weekend.
Thanks Trevor!
-j
Got the opportunity to link up with producer Centric for a few clicks recently
you can get more info on him at http://www.freeatlastmusic.com/
-j
Them F.A.M.E cats @ Groove Merchant
-j
Switched it up a bit and took the opportunity to photograph Too Short.
-j
From a previous post about macklemore's "The Town" Video
I think it's been out for a lil' while now but, i just watched it for the first time and it pretty much made my day.
thanks guys
-j
I don't know what else to say except that i'm truly excited about 2010.
Photo ops, Video Projects & Gallery Showings are being offered to me and i feel incredibly blessed to have these inconceivable opportunities come my way this year. I feel good inside and i hope this continues.
Big ups to the homies Tim House , Zumbi , Amp Live & The Grouch for allowing me to be a part of great things in the two thousand and ten.
Here's a few from the other day.
-j
I'm sittin' here geekin' out on a saturday night rendering video files , editing photos ect..ect.. and i wanted to post a little something about a scene i have followed pretty religiously for the past few years. It must have been back in 05' i started finding all these insanely talented cats from Seattle on myspace. Now, i love east coast hip hop and the Cali has a grip of talent as well but, wow the northwest has a stronghold on the hip hop something crazy. I think i stumbled over Macklemore & Kublikai first then Symmetry & Ryan Lewis and after that it was one talented soul after another. So, basically i wanted to write this to drop some names, pay my respects and enlighten others who aren't aware of some of what the 206 has to offer.
I won't be posting any of my work in this entry, instead links to all the incredible people that i want my readers to check out. Here is The Fake Empire Video project Featuring Macklemore and many others, produced by Ryan Lewis 09'.
And these next two short videos are from the making of "The Town" by Macklemore
Produced by Zia Mohajerjasbi who has recently become my new favorite videographer.
I really love sharing other peoples work thur my site and i hope you all enjoy me taking a break from posting my work for the sake of these hard working individuals.
They inspire me and i hope they do the same for you.
Here's some links to other Seattle folk that i dig.
Common Market Ryan Lewis Zia Mohajerjasbi
Blue Scholars Johnny Valencia Sabzi
sorry for the long post but, it had to be done
night yall
-j
I had the honor recently of being asked to put together a video for Raashan Ahmad. It will be uploaded to my Vimeo in a week or two so keep and eye out.
Here are some stills from the project.
Thank you to all that wished me a good birthday this past weekend and spent time with me.
And thank you! thank you! so much Jenni for saturday night!
your the greatest of all time!
have a good week ya'll
-j
Been a huge fan of Common Market for a minute now and it was very exciting seeing them perform for the first time last monday night at Cafe Du Nord. My live performance photography still needs some work but, i was simply just happy to be there. I will continue to grow & learn and they will improve as time flows on.
I'm feeling so much better today, I gotta persevere though all the hardships that life throws my way and believe in myself. I can't depend on others to give me confidence or self worth, that's all up to me.
I plan on hitting the streets this weekend so we'll see what i come home with and i'll be sharing it with you guys soon.
Thank you
-j
