rainy golden gate

jaguar

a giant parade

over 1 million bay area and nor-cal fans packed downtown san fran for it's 1st ever sf giants ticker-tape parade. an unexplanable incredible high feeling on that day.

audio: Hayling (edit) by FC Kahuna

camera: canon 5d mark II

lens: 24-70mm 2.8L

scenario: edited remix

analog

dolce & gabbana extract

slick rick

dedicate

as the title indicates, this is a dedication. the photo below is dedicated to dope street photographer i know and wouldn't have gotten to this point if it wasn't for myspace. yeah, myspace. since then, i've hung out with him a couple times and missed a few other times where we could have hooked up and shoot. his name is john coyne, cool with a great eye and a humongous passion for what he does. 

you can find his crafty artwork at caughtinthescramble.com. go there. now!

artfully dallas

street, murial and sculpture art in dallas was very hard to find. especially street art. in fact, it seemed it can only be found in the deep ellum section/district of dallas, a small area full of dive bars, galleries, cafes and what-not, 1/4 mile east of downtown dallas. so, i think it's safe to say that the art scene in dallas  is ironically small despite how large dallas is.

enjoy.

talib does dallas

one of my hopes while in dallas, was to go to a hip hop show and snap some shots. as a photographer from liberal bay area california trying to work some magic in, well, not so liberal texas, was definitely a hard challenge. like a foreign challenge. there just so happened to be a talib kweli/ozomatli show at the palladium in dallas. i had a little resistance at the door after i bought my ticket to get in, but after speaking with KC who was in charge of media, she was very understanding and made it possible to bring my cameras in. phew. that took patience, a quick tongue and persistance. 

thank you KC!

the one and only, talib kweli.

#1

tuck fexas

texas: dallas 1.2

orange & black

congrats to SF Giants in winning the world series!

being at the ticker-tape parade was an experience of a lifetime. i was more excited than actual giants fans dressed up in their giants wear while riding BART from fremont to san fran. the train was stacked, front to back with black and orange. i attempted to start some chants that quickly died even though the packed train seemed enthusiastic and festive. at any-rate, walking amongst 1 million fans in downtown san fran was very overwhelming. certainly not a place for the claustrophobic.

before i continue on, i must also clarify something. i love seeing competition in sports. by any means, i'm not a sports fanatic for any particular team/sport. i just enjoy seeing a good, suspenseful and exciting win. usually, those can be seen during playoffs of any sport. it goes without saying, i live in a city that's pretty much neutral when it comes to football and baseball in the bay area. we have 2 teams to pick for each sport. i always root for both teams to have success in their sport, but when both teams play each other, i try to stay neutral, however, i sometimes end up rooting for teams from san fran. so how i saw the playoffs? this non sports fanatic saw the san francisco giants dominate the playoffs. they beat atlanta, convincingly beat philly AND texas. they truly earned and deserve the champion title. it goes with out saying, hats off to the san francisco giants on a well played (pitched) playoffs and world series!

moving on, instead of shooting stills for this monumental event, i decided to capture video instead. not sure why, but that's what how the creative juices flowed yesterday morning. i'll have the video up soon! until then, enjoy a few of the stills i snapped off.

texas: dallas 1.1

the picture below is dedicated to the state of texas and to the security guy at this building who shook his finger at me indicating no photographs of the building, even though i was on public property and no visible signs stating i couldn't.

texas: dallas 1.0

13:32

new leaf

gorilla galleries: 408

a cig's life

12:00 pm

photo shop

gorilla galleries: 408

ooze

gorilla galleries: 408

a cig's life

fashion

gorilla galleries: 408

olds

warm blooded teaser

here's a little tease on what i'll be working on for the next few months. what you'll see below is an idea of what to expect to see/feel when it's finished. enjoy.

prince jaheem: A.ction P.ack E.ntertainment

one of the 5 member crew which hale from the mighty SJ, prince jaheem aka kalii (ka-lee) and i sat down for some clicks. i've known this cat and his twin brother for many years. all the way back to MY rhyming days - yeah. times and styles has changed since then. all though, it seems the underground "back-pack mc" that used to dominate the rhyme style back in my day has disappeared some years ago, bay areas' hyphy sound dominates here in san jose - where it originated. click here to check out their latest video.

kalii has some serious dreams for his crew and himself. more photos of his crew coming down the pike and hopefully by then, i'll have more equipment by my side to crank out some bangers. until next time, until the next rhyme.

lei

the bizz

recently, i ran out of business cards. this time, i thought i would go different. i decided to have an actual photo as a business card rather than just your typical name of business and contact info mumbo jumbo. i've made a couple so far but for some reason, i want to make 8 to give out at random - in no particular order. here's 2 that i've made so far.

more to come...