Temescal Links
Had a very nice oakland afternoon at Temescal Park today and i wanna thank Monique , Jay and everyone else for a nice afternoon/evening.
Happy Birthday Jay
-j
St. Mary's
Leng Phe is an amazing contribution to the project and yesterday i had the opportunity of taking some photos of him and fellow b-boy Arel Minoza along with Tram Le. I've been meeting such great people lately and i'm happy with the way life has been going lately.
thanks,
-j
Royal
SF 09'
East 14th & 51st East Oakland 09'
Like to give a shout to Jason Strachan out from South Africa, he's a 5D amigo with hella skills!
check his site
peace
-j
Memoirs of one city
At times we become so discouraged in our work that we almost want to give it up all together. Weather it's because we don't think others appreciate or respect what we do or that we don't think we are getting the proper recognition for all the hard work we put into our art.I myself have my ups and downs when it comes to this situation but, coming home after a long day of creating images and seeing what i've done makes all that "getting your name out there stuff" not so important at times
I am happy to just be able to create
Mission District, SF 09'
-j
Yoshi made me do it
Went out to Yoshi's tonight to check Max Macveety and David Boyce. I had a great friday night and i'm greatful to have good friends.
Here are some shots from West Oakland taken with a 5D fitted with a Holga lens
enjoy
-j
My Burning Heart
I held on to this side of the candle for years now and today i decided to let it go. I am a sentimental cat but, since i have been liquidating like crazy and don't plan on leaving much behind, it was nice to relish in the scent of my side of the incomplete heart.
- ISO 25,600 43mm f/2.8 @ 1/1000 sec
-j
Oldies but,
These are two images i have really come to love and by no means are they new work but, they are solid in my opinion.
dig it
Tenderloin , SF 06'
Chinatown, SF 07'
enjoy
much love
-j
Ghetto Blaster
I have met a ton of french photographers in the past 4 yrs on myspace but one in particular stands out. I have been a fan of his work for a minute and the funniest part is that i don't even know his real name!
anyway i wanted to plug his site/blog
He's one bad ass creative cat and i love his concept "nothing but poetry" even more than i like my
"caught in the scramble"
Cheers N.B.P !
one last thing! Amanda posted some shots of yours truly on her blog from awhile back if you wanna click your way over there --> amandalopezphoto.blogspot.com
enjoy
-j
MoHoly Week
Peace everyone!
This past week has been a little hectic and i haven't had a chance to get a post in but, now i'm back to fill you guys in on what's been new in the last few days.
First of all i want to thank Ethan Parsonage for allowing me the time to grab some shots and kick with me a bit. Ethan aka "headnod" of the crown city rockers is a wealth of talent that includes spinning, killin the bass , mixing , mastering and producing some of the illest tracks this side of the Mason Dixon line. He's worked with some pretty inspirational folks including Moe Pope, Ladybug Mecca, Gift of Gab, Raashan Ahmad and DJ Shadow to drop a few names, Aside all of that he's a great guy and i had a ridiculously fun time takin the shots. I posted 1 or 2 on my portfolio section as well you can check.
Thanks again Ethan!
This past Saturday night i was invited to show at Left Space in San Francisco. This is all thanks to the very talented Leo Docuyanan who i finally got the chance to meet and chop it up with about future photo projects and life as photographers in general. Leo is featured in the first issue of MoHoly Ground a non-profit publishing house that supports bay area artists. The reason this particular event went down was to raise funds to keep it afloat in these tough times. I want to give big shouts to John Mc Coy and Jeff Bostic for havin me as well , i was honored to show along side so many talented folks like Tiffany Eng, Mia Walker, Katy Vawter and Gabe Wheeler. Another dope artist that i would like to mention is Berlin Tomas who's work is insane, you can check him out at www.thesciolist.com
Also to everyone who came out to support me as well!
you know who you are and can't thank you enough
I don't have any images from the show but, i'm sure Leo will post some soon on his flickr
Last but not least i went to Dub Mission last night at ElboRoom to enjoy the company of good friends and great music provided by Roy 2000, DJ Quest, K flay , DJ Sep and Kat O1O. Thank you as always Crystal :)
Roy 2000
Cikee and Mikey Boo
DJ Sep
K Flay
DJ Quest
There was a ton of other running around that i did this past week that completely wore me out and right now i need to get some serious sleep on.
Hoping to catch a plane back home this month to see the family and grab some photos to finally finish the book! Won't that be the day when i actually finish this thing!
i'm out!
godbless
-j
Get Vintage
Light is so limitless in what you can do with it,the way it changes and flows , the way it can be controlled and manipulated and the grace and beauty of it under various circumstances. As photographers we thrive on it's ability to wrap our subjects in it's presence and continually amaze us with the outcome of a single moment of it's time.
I label myself a "street photographer" because i love large cities surrounded by people and architecture as my favorite subjects but, by no means does it stop there. Artists will always evolve and change through experience,influence,inspiration and knowledge and weather it be a street corner or a wedding i have started to open my mind to other genres of painting with light.
not sure what i was going for with those last two sentences but, reguardless here are some shots fired at a vintage spot in Alemeda a year or two ago.
Enjoy and keep inspiring others!
-j
Mike Check 1,2
I've seen his work so many times and each time it's just as fresh.Had to get my blog on about this cat cause in my opinion he's a truly dope visual artist.
Enter stage... Mike Piscitelli and his "you won't find it here" blog.Please take the time if you can to check his work and his blog and take in this amazing visual producer.
Here are some clicks from LA
beunos noches
- j
O1O
I am soo excited that Kat Ouano is a part of the book cause she's just so damm talented and inspirational, not to mention super fun to kick it with!.Last week she was kind enough to let me to photograph her for the project and also take some non-book related shots that had me laughing nonstop.You can check her Crown City Rockers bio here and pick up the Natural Phenomenons album here. She's Pretty incredible and i think if you don't know about this girl well, you need to take a listen right now!
Many thanks for everything Kat
Especially for your creativity!
Kat getting her schroeder on from JJC on Vimeo.
-j
Little Tokyo 2.0
- ISO 3200 24mm f/2.8 1/4 sec
-ISO 3200 40mm f/2.8 1/10sec
-ISO 3200 24mm f/2.8 1/30sec
- Downtown Los Angeles Little Tokyo District
- May 2nd 2009
- 1:30 AM
-j