The homie Zumbi from Zion I just recently released a Mixtape entitled Zumbi Versus and i hope to knock out some visuals to go along with one of the tracks this weekend. You can take a listen to the most gifted and download as well. I am honored to have my photos featured in his project and look forward to working with him many more times in the future.
Give Thanks
www.vespertinamusic.com
Thank you Stoupe & Lorrie
Some screenshots from the soon to be released Park Video i shot for the track "Excuses" featuring the lovely Leah Mcstocker & The coolest cat i know Lee Bob Watson.
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Make - up by: the wonderful jenni Tay
Some stills from the Recent video i did with the homies Revolution Of The Mind, A west coast duo consisting of I. Shiek & DJ Dfi creating quite the buzz working with cats like Sabac Red, Outerspace, Reef The Lost Cauze, Malaguti of F.A.M.E, Keelay & Zaire, Snowgoons, SickNature, Dion Decibels, The Seed and many more.
They just released their full album "Honor In Sin" available for download HERE and it's fucking incredible! so cop it and keep your eyes & ears out for R.O.T.M cause they are taking over!
www.revolutionofthemind.com
Video coming soon!
I haven't been out on my own in quite sometime but, this past weekend i had the chance to hit the flats and find a few clicks out there. I love re-visiting the places that i captured here in Oakland over the years, this time taking lefts instead of rights , getting lost and working on being a better shooter.
Center city : Philadelphia : PA : June 2010
Hexar AF range shot on ilford 35
"Frame Of Mind" is a small side project I’ve been working on for the past several months incorporating people I respect and who inspire me to create. By no means am I attempting to be an interviewer or a filmmaker , It's tough though, cause at times i feel like another one of those random people who picks up a DSLR and starts shooting video, having never learned how to photograph with it first. I am a street photographer plain & simple and as the compact HD video revolution continues, i struggle with whether or not i have the right to do video without proper understanding of what most people with these cameras ignore. Codecs, perceptual compression,transcoding, layering, inverse telecine, audio levs ect.....so, please focus on the peoples words and thoughts and not the video/audio work, the idea was to help the viewers and myself learn a bit more about the people, which might not have been possible with a still image.
Knowing how to capture, edit, and post process HD video is very valuable these days but, i have always felt that the still image reigns supreme and holds more value than any frames per second could.
I'll be launching Vol.1 Part.1 this Friday, featuring Jenni Tay, and while shooting for Vol.2 (may-june) i will release Amanda's,Trevor's,Eric's & Leo's.
stay tuned
Here is The LowLife Motion Visual Video i created along side Trevor Traynor while he shot his new photo series entitled "LOWLIFE"
The show was a great sucess and i'm honored to be a part
Big shout to the homie Richie Cunning for the beat
Much thanks to Trevor - everyone at Cukui in San Jose (Orly - Jason - Meesh - Steve & all the lowrider & bike crews)
And to Miss Amanda Lopez for all the hard work and help with the show!!!
Here is a short for the first group of "frame of mind" interviews i've been workin on.
Created by John Coyne
Please view fullscreen
Im greatful to know so many good people since Jenni came into my life. Proof positive is Jon & Ty Ty and their one week old beautiful baby girl Milo. Thank you guys for being the people that you are and i wish you Bailey and Milo health & happiness and lots of patience! (Jon don't worry, she won't turn out like Haley Dunphy from modern family) Jon is also a very talented shooter and i'm glad he recently started up a blog about the abundance of women in his life to share with us all.
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