I was in the media riser photographing the Tracy Reese runway show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week when I spotted Brooklyn based singer “Raye6” in the audience. From her serious pompadour, you can imagine that she was not easy to miss. After the show, I quickly packed my camera so that I could get a […]
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Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is officially over & I survived the madness for five days…. This season for me was the best of the three that I have attended for one major reason & that is because I refused to let anyone or anything stress me out. This means that I got into no arguments […]
I caught up with celebrity stylist & soon to be reality star (VH1), June Ambrose Monday at Lincoln Center rocking some funky “shoegasmic” ice skate inspired heels. Filming is going on now & more details are forthcoming on her show. Stay tuned to my friends The NYLA Report who recently interviewed June… While June & I kicked […]
I’m at Lincoln Center & Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is going down. The fashion savvy & fashion victims are all out & about making this the place to be for the next week. Stay tuned to my [mis]adventures on Twitter here: @photosbytafari.
My 3rd Mercedes Benz Fashion Week experience is officially underway! Telling you that I’m looking forward to spending a week in my favorite city living the life of an assignment photographer/social butterfly would be a total understatement. Today & Tomorrow, I’ll be runnign around trying find a husky fit look to wer to a party […]
I’m not sure if you have been able to tell or not but many of the images that I’ve been posting lately were taken with my iPhone using the Camera+ app. You know I keep singing the praises of the iPhone 4 camera and I’m anxious to see how the camera will improve with the […]
I LOVE Fela Kuti…… His music, his remaining influence on afro-rhythms and his legacy. ——————————– Fela (the musical) is coming to Detroit’s Music Hall this winter and the promoters are grinding hard to get the word out with literature, commercials & art exhibits. I’m excited about seeing it again without the NYC price tag. It’s […]
While having breakfast with my sweet Boo Boo, she asked me what I was doing today. I told her that I was photographing a wedding. She then asked me “why I am always taking pictures” to which, I replied I “because it’s fun & Baba likes to make that paper.” Later, she left the table […]
Yesterday, I photographed the “Parade Day at the Park” event for The Parade Company at Comerica Park. This was my 2nd time working this event for TPC, with the first time being last year. Last year was one for the record books because it was soooooo super hot! When my assignment was over, you could […]
This time last year, I was nervous as hell about photographing at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for my friends at The NYLA Report. I had an idea of what to expect but that did not settle my anxiousness at all. You may remember me talking about it non-stop. With two seasons of Mercedes Benz Fashion […]