As I mentioned before, I am currently in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil doing some research. My friend L’rai is here with me until tomorrow, so today we woke up at 5:30 am and took some photos. Here are a few of them. There’s also a couple from our walk around Pelhourinho the other day.
Well actually it’s tomorrow, but I plan on doing some celebrating tonight. I have two shoots on Friday so that kind of rules anything out for the actual day. I don’t mind though. I actually feel lucky to be doing something that I love on my birthday.
So here’s the weekend line-up.
Work: The first shoot is at 10 am tomorrow morning and it’s for Club Relaford magazine. Then later that night, I’ll take photos of a new drummer+DJ duo at Station 9 on U street.
Definitely Play: All work and no play is a bad idea. So since I believe in having my fair share of fun (who doesn’t), I’ll join some of my closest friends for happy hour at Indulj. Then I’ll tip-toe over to Almaz when nobody is looking. Almaz is a relatively new Ethiopan restaurant on U street and I just found out that they have a reggae night on Thursdays. AND they play reggae dub. If there’s one thing that you should know about me, it’s that I love reggae and my new obsession is dub. I appreciate the mellowness of it…the heavy bass lines….the…wait…you don’t know what dub is? Hmmmm…ok then…peep the video below.
Work…check…happy hour…check…reggae…check…oh yeah, then we’ll do dinner on Saturday…check… Yup, sounds like a solid weekend to me!
I’m not a morning person AT ALL. I hate mornings. Despise. But…I love shooting in the morning? Yes, that’s true.
I know, I know. It doesn’t really make too much sense. But, the way the light looks in the morning is just beautiful. In a city like DC, it’s just nice to look around when there aren’t many people awake. It’s nice to hear the birds chirping, be able to find a parking space and look at the monuments without a crowd.
So, these are the reasons why I ended up downtown by the Lincoln and Washington monuments at 6:45 am. My good friend Dale had just finished interviewing me for Scheme Magazine (more on this later), and I was inspired to shoot.
Here are some things I captured. You can see the rest here.
I shot the Studio Theatre’s 3oth Anniversary Gala on Saturday. Great event. I’m personally a big fan of the Studio Theatre. The plays I have seen there are great. But more importantly, to me anyway, the building is amazing. Maybe it’s the brick walls, the lounge areas, the urban meets modern feel..i don’t know… but, me gusta.
Back to the event…this was probably one of the most challenging things I’ve had to shoot. Now, I love candles and I’m big on ambience, but for a photographer, at times it screams nightmare. The lighting was so low sometimes. And those were the same times that using a heavy flash would be inappropriate.
Luckily, fast lenses are my friend (and I’m great) and in the end it worked. They were very pleased with the photos and said they were the best gala photos they’ve ever received. Score!
Here are a few from the event… Click on the image to see the larger version. I’ll post more soon.
