I hate cigarettes & that is no secret! I was soooooo happy when the Michigan no smoking ban went that into effect earlier this year. How excited was I you ask… Put it this way, I experienced stigmata! Since the smoking ban, walking into buildings is sometimes a drag (pun intended) because of the smokers […]
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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 […]
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’m just saying; Fashion & diversity do not go hand in hand. Let’s not fool ourselves. This is larger than Black models being in low representation. You see very few to other racial groups represented in magazines or on covers. While I was at Fashion Week, I spotted very few models of color in general. […]
I mentioned in my Nicholas K post that I was having all kinds of issues in regards to my camera because I had to hold the camera freehand. All 10lbs worth. I was not happy with my Nicholas K photos but many were salvageable & not really all that bad. With the Rebecca Taylor show, […]
Saturday of fashion week my schedule got all twisted up & I decided that I would shoot the Diane von Furstenberg show instead of the Vassilios Kostetsos show. I had a seat (row 3) at the Vassilios Kostetsos show & I decided to actually enjoy the show from a seat instead of fighting for a […]
Nicholas K was the first show of the season & the 1st major runway shoot of my life. The night before I was so excited & super nervous about being able to make it happen. The next morning before the show began, I realized that all of my nervousness was for a good reason & […]
If I ever want to laugh my ass off when talking to my momma, al I have to o is ask her about her childhood hood & figs. I called her last week after I picked up a few figs last week & asked if she wanted some & she just went off. It was […]
Yesterday, I stopped in the local farmer’s market to get a few things when I spotted some of the largest watermelons that I have ever seen. I mean they were HUGE. So huge that I called Suite Suzy & asked if she want me to get one. Funny story is that I am not an […]