Rastafarian Flag

This is an edit for one of my friends and client. He wanted something reminiscent of the Bob Marley posters with the Rastafarian flag. I put off this project for a while because of the editing mostly even though it only took me about Ten minuted to put it together and about 30 to clean it up a bit. But this is the final result.I asked on of my friends in the know the meaning of the colors, and she said:

Red: The Blood that was spilt fighting for freedom.

Green: Our land which many of us have fought and died for.

Yellow: The yellow sun in the Sky. 

I already knew two of the colors because they are in the Kenyan Flag as well as in the flags of most African countries as well as in countries with some-kind of African ancestry and some with out.

All in all I am happy with the final result now the only remaining thing is making it posters. I cannot wait should look cool!!!

How I did it:

The original pic was taken in color, then I later edited it on grey scale on photoshop. That is where this journey starts, I opened the black and white pic and converted it back to RGB color, then I duplicated it three times. I added a new solid color layer under the layers menu, and with each duplicate I made one in yellow, one in red, and the final one in green then I used the quick select tool to select and bring together the layers in one plain, then i played around with the curves and adjustments and one thing led to another... this is the final result. Hope you like it!!!

Strobist World

The world of the strobist is one that I am not new to, but I am still exploring. We have all been there, an outdoor shoot but you do not feel like lagging around all your outdoor equipment, so you just bring your camera and a flash. 

The Image to the right I took at Piedmont park. For the flash I only used the attached camera camera flash on my 30D and bumped up my ISO to 1200. The lens was a 50mm Macro lens.

For the image on the left, I used my canon 30D with my attached speedlite 430EX.  I took this image around Mid-Day with the hot afternoon early summer sun. Where the model shaded under a row of trees, and the Sun was great to illuminate the background and lend to the overall feel of the image.

The location for this image is Bicentennial Park, in Atlanta, Georgia... before the world of Coke and Georgia Aquarium were built. If I was to retake the picture today the world of Coke would be behind the Olympic Tower in the background.

Saul Williams: Afro Punk Concert, Nikon Coolpix Camera Test

Pictures taken at:
The Loft
1374 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta , GA 30309
Phone: (404)885-1365
Event: Afro Punk Tour





Last night I attended my first Saul Williams concert on the Afro Punk Tour. For this I did not want to bring my Bulky DSLR so I settled for my brothers Nikon Coolpix, which has nine megapixels, VR ISO of 3200 and a 3.0 inch LCD. and I have to say, it was much more fun than if I had brought my 30D. With the little Nikon I did not have to worry about people bumping into me dropping it, or getting a drink spilt on it, I actually had a great time.

I know the pictures would have turned out a million times better with my DSLR but then, I could have gone into camera mode and not really enjoyed myself and just been in the moment, it would have all become about getting the perfect shots.

For the images I set the Nikon's white balance to incandescent lighting, the shooting style to continuous, ISO sensitivity to 800, (which I later discovered I could go higher, >(.... a well maybe next time); the color option to Vivid Color, and finally the Auto focus to automatic. I am pretty happy with the pics, the down sided is I had to hold the cool pix up high and try to stand still in a crowd of dancing rockers but I think I got some good ones.




One feature that I have always enjoyed and now seems to come standard on almost all dslr's is the video feature. For the CoolPix this was a feature I enjoyed the most. Video took up most of my memory card space but it was well worth it. The video has great lighting and the sound was not bad.

The Coolpix retails for around $299.99 which is about average for the point and shoot market. For its portability,quality, and usability I give the Nikon Coolpix two thumbs up!!!

The concert it self was a blast, The four acts had great energy and the crowd more than returned it. All in all it was a great time, Thanks BG!

AJC Car Show 09

I have always been a petrol head, my dad is a mechanic and I guess its in my blood. I went to the car show it was fun... for the most part. I mean it did not have any of the super cars and concept cars that you find at sema, or the LA and NY ones but it was cool... there are some cars that did stand out though.

The first is the Audi super car, the R8. The R8 is Audi's version of the 911 a super car that you can use everyday. well not for grocery runs unless you are just getting one thing, but then again if you can afford an R8 you will not be doing your own grocery shopping :-) This is the 09 model the new 2010 R8 has a sleeker look with a better looking back end. The car no longer sports dual exhausts in the back just a single on which in my opinion looks sooo much better!!!

The Next car is the classic, the New Dodge Challenger Hemi powered awesomeness. Now even though it is very heavy and not as good looking or sporty as the Mustang of SS Camaro it is still a beautiful car! I remember when I first saw the classic version in Vanishing point I was in love, then when it was brought back in Death Proof, I was hooked. So in essence, this is not the fastest car on the block but if you were ever to cross the country in style, get a white one, I know I would and I usually hate white cars ;-)





Now the the Fantasy cars, and to start with we have every import car persons Asian wet dream the New Nissan GTR. This car turns so well that if you sprain your neck, and some have. Back in 04 I had the pleasure to drive in a 1993 Nissan GTR up graded to the max. This was in Japan and it was my brothers car, after an illegal street race on the way back we jumped on the famed Aqualine and hit speeds well over 190km, loved the sound of the engine and boy was that thing fast. With this new model i would like to got back to Japan and check it out again. I know that it is now available here in the states but its just not that smart to test the cars limits here. I have to say at this time that I do not condone speeding, and as most of my friends and family know, I am not the fastest driver on earth, maybe the slowest but hey " you can break the law and go to jail and get anally raped if you want to but not I" (Boondocks). Either way though I would not mind taking this car up and down the dragons back, and if you do not know what the dragons back is kill your self, or just google it ;-) As for the car its self it is an everyday super car with enough trunk space to go shopping and actually buy things without having to worry about seating them in the passenger seat. Also for those with friends the car has enough seating for 4 even though your friends who end up in the back seat will hate you. Lets face it seating in the back seat of a super car is as low as you can get... there is no way you can look cool back there. but in the front two seats it is heaven, and you actually stand a chance of getting layed, and isn't that the point!!!


Last but not least it is the Corvette ZR1, man this thing is fast! and handles great. Corvette have always been a favorite of mine though i do find myself wishing that chevy would go back to the 1963-67 body type. To me that was the Vette was at its best, and looked the best as well. I mean it can just be a special edition similar to what Merc is doing with the SLS AMG which is sure to be an instant classic. But the ZR1 is amazing I love seeing American cars realize there potential! Now the great thing about all corvettes and the ZR1 is not different is the truck space, this is one of the few super cars that is well usable to some extent. good job GM now lets go back to the 63 body style :-)

Music Industry

I have alot of friends in the music industry... man i though my business was cut throat that industry is on another level, like fighting for life boats on a sinking ship.

But here are two upcoming artists that i know off there both very talented and I hope they make it on one of the life boats!

Get Tested!!!

Recently I shot for Aids awareness, and it really got me thinking and I did get tested!!! Happy to say i a 100% disease free and want to keep it that way, hope you do as well get tested!!!

Cool pics

These are some of my favorite images that i have take to date!

If you like these wait until you see the new ones!

Engagement Pictures

A good friend of mine is now engaged, I am a hopeless romantic so I always love when someone finds there other half, the one that can get under your skin, make your blood boil, and the one that life a without is not an option. Anyway here are some of the pics from their shoot

Engagement Party

The pictures above are from this past weekend, it was a friends engagement party. I was very impressed the set up was amazing food was great and the bar was open :-)