Photos up...

from the past couple shoots on OhDangMag.com and 24KaratMilkcrate.

Hollywood Holt
Curt@!n$

Its Curt@!n$ for All You Other Rappers

Another photoshoot for OhDang/24KaratMilkcrate today. I had a simple light set up planned with the 580ex II, a light stand and a pair of pocket wizards, but I forgot the light stand with the flash attachment. So I pulled out the dyna light kit with the soft box and made these images. Curt@!n$ was extremely easy to photograph. The guy was a natural character. These were shot in the Fifty24SF gallery. Artwork by Hush. More photos on Flickr.

Catch him performing tomorrow night @330 Ritch w/ Mickey Factz

24Karat Milkcrate Presents...

Took some photos last night at the 24Karat Milkcrate Show. Hopie Spitshard, JBillion, and Hollywood Holt performed. The lighting was bad for photos as most concerts are, but I still managed to get some good shots in between the drinking and the dancing. Props to everyone that rocked the show.

Here is one of my favorite shots of the night. Hollywood Holt brought some mad energy. Check the rest on Flickr.


Check out http://24karatmilkcrate.blogspot.com/ for the aftermath.

Lighting Set Ups

Lately I've been stuck on playing around with lighting. It's the foundation of a great photo IMO and when you can control the light you're one step closer to making a better photo. I found this on the Flickr blog and decided to steal... err share this this link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/

I've been pretty stoked by the prospect of getting more lights and gear. I helped my roommate Patrick in a photo shoot for J-Billion and http://24karatmilkcrate.blogspot.com last Friday. We were struggling with the flash when I noticed live plugs in the area we were shooting. Luckily I brought the light kit I borrowed from school, set up some strobes and we were able to rock some great shots.

Check out the 24Karat blog for the full set, and Patrick Kawahara dot Com for some great photography.

Photo by Patrick Kawahara


Also check out J-Billion this Thursday @ the Rickshaw Stop

NBA Finals

NBA Finals started today and I can't wait to see the Cavs and the Lakers in the championship round. This is gonna be great.
My pics for the first round in the west are Lakers over Jazz, Blazers over Rockets, Mavs over Spurs, Hornets over Nuggets.

And in the East Bulls over Boston, Magic over Sixers, Heat over Hawks, and Cavs over Pistons.

API Smash

I got to shoot this concert held by the Asian Student Union and the Manalo Movement on campus called API Smash. API Smash stands for Asian Pacific Islanders Supporting Mexican American Super Heroes, I think. Check out the photo on Flickr.




This is the slideshow on xpress.sfsu.edu click the bottom right corner for full screen.

Seatbelt Camera Straps!!

These remind me of the bus seatbelts we used to steal to make belts. Looks pretty cool, and comfortable.

From Photojojo.com

Wedding Photos

I got a chance to photograph my first wedding. It was my friend's parent's 25th wedding Anniversary. I came into it not knowing what I had to do and never having shot a wedding so I was pretty nervous. Overall I think they turned out okay and I'm thankful that they look much better in black & white. I'm glad I had this opportunity, it actually gave me some confidence to try and tackle a bigger wedding. Hopefully next time I'll have other shooters.