Everyone knows that the cool kids hang out in the East Village. On this evening, there were no shortage of cool kids and random groupings out and about. When I stopped to photograph this group. The two girls in the photo were all hugged up. I asked the girl in the cap if the other […]
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In a previous post, I bitched about botching a roll of film back in September when I was in NYC for fashion week. One of my biggest heartaches from that jacked roll was the shots that I got of Kelly Rowland as she made her way out of Lincoln Center. The other day, I decided […]
Typically, when potential clients call me for projects, I take that approach of “yes, I can do it “no matter what it is. Most recently, my yes, I can it has been to pet photography. Yikes! Tafari Stevenson-Howard pet photographer??? When I was approached by LaGaurd (exercise vests for dogs), I was reluctant to accept […]
On a late summer night in NYC, I had one of the most horrific nights of my life! I was tired, hungry but I was looking pretty damn good as I made my way across the city. Yeah, I was looking good but something went totally wrong with my pimp boots. My feet were not […]
So my last trip to NYC was to be the trip that I completed my NYC Analog Portraits series with my Mamiya camera. This trip, I expected to get some GREAT street looks since I would be near Lincoln Center for Fashion Week. Well, long story short is that I got some AMAZING shots & […]
So the Roots concert with Chaka Khan, QTip & nem’ was absolutely off the chain! At points, I had to stop shooting so that I could dance my ass off. And I danced a lot! Actually I danced so much that I can still feel it now because my left ankle is killing me like […]
I had an idea to photography Olivia today. It wasn’t a well thought out idea but I kinda knew what I wanted. When we arrived to the location for the photos, things just didn’t go in any direction that wanted. The one goal was to use my Alien Bee beauty dish. I used it & […]
I used to love walking to my job at KFC (Highland Park, MI: Davison & Woodward) listening to my Crystal Waters “Making Happy” maxi single cassette back in the spring/summer of 1991. “Surprise” was & still is my jam. I had so many maxi cassettes & cassette singles back then. Kinda funny thinking about how […]
Usually, I am able to execute most of the photography concepts that I scheme up. If I’m not able to get what I want exactly, I close enough to be happy with the end results. My idea with this image turned out the exact opposite of what I wanted & I’m so/so OK with it. […]