Nothing in life is easy but for the next 1.5 weeks, I will be trying to live as easy as possible. With the spring semester over, I can BREATHE!!!! I pulled a 3.8 GPA and I’m happy about that but a little disappointed that I only managed to get a B out of the kayaking […]
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For the longest, my friend Loti has been telling me about her beloved medium format camera that she refers to as Big Mamma; a vintage Mamiya RZ67 with a 110mm f/2.8 lens.. She brags on how sexy & sweet Big Mamma is all the damn time. This past Friday, I got to experience Big Mamma for […]
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph social commentator, blogge & friend, Amber Cabral downtown Detroit. Amber and I met many years ago here. At that time she lived in Detroit but it was like a year or two before we actually met in real life although we lived in the same general area. […]
I asked for his glasses & he said no. I asked for his awesome skunk hat & he said no. Finally, I asked if I could take his photo & he said yes. Months before I went to NYC in Feb, I was having drinks midtown with friends; Mary, Luigi & Lisa. During the chat, […]
Yesterday, I had a pretty crazy day, which included a long ass meeting, Bravo Bravo & a conversation that flipped me out. The conversation was on Jill Scott being in town for an event with a local radio station. My heart stopped, I couldn’t ‘breeve’ right and all of that stuff. You see, Jill Scott […]
2011 marks the 12th year for the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (D.E.M.F), which brought 34,820 lovers of all things beat driven to downtown Detroit on the 1st day. While the festival boasted an all star line up of 25+ acts across 5 stages with the likes of Felix da Housecat, Carl Craig, Loco Dice, Soulclap […]
Last year, I said that it was my final time attending the Detroit Electronic Music Festival as you may recall. Well, I’m back to say that I lied because yesterday, I was one of the 34,820 event attendees. I’m photographing the event again this year & I have a different attitude and approach. I’m focusing […]
I read about Hype Saturday night while laying in bed suffering from serious whole body muscle aches because I went too hard in a kayaking class that I participated in over the weekend. While I read up on the new Mac only app, I got HYPE myself. I have been waiting for a tool that […]
So I got ahold of a 2nd generation iPad last week after waiting nearly a month for it to be delivered. Not sure if I mentioned it here, but I was not feeling the idea of buying an iPad since it was 1st introduced in spring of 2010 because it seemed like a big ass […]
While preparing my lunch a few weeks ago, I looked out of the window over the sink & noticed the robin’s nest from last year was occupied. Like a kid, I got all excited. I don’t claim to be an ornithologist so I researched aKa Googled to see if robins reused there nests from previous years. […]