It’s not often you come across a crew with Filipino emcee’s on the team, being Pinoy myself I truly enjoyed this group. Friends I give you TH3RDZ. These images do this act no justice, they were a blast to shoot. You can listen to their set on KEXP Street Sounds here. More photos and video after the jump.

Oh blog, how I’ve neglected you. Things have been hectic at the day job and photography has taken a backseat…gasp. Back in February I shot an in studio with Seattle rock  band Brokaw for KEXP. You can listen to the full set here. More photos on deck, I promise.

My latest assignment for KEXP took me to Seattle’s famed Crocodile to shoot Merge recording artist, Eleanor Friedberger. Eleanor is currently on the Portlandia Tour and will be doing her thing at SXSW. Check the Live Review on KEXP. More photos after the jump.

Early December I caught up with one of my favorite people in DC, the beautiful and talented Victoria Milkovich. She emailed asking me to photograph her for the upcoming Polaroid exhibit she curated, Exposed opening tonight at SOVA. I gladly obliged.

What better way to cover the turn of the century photography exhibit TruthBeauty at the Phillips Collection then with my trusty iPhone? Like the exhibit documents pictorialism spanning the 100 years between 1845 – 1945 photography was just being considered a recognized art genre. Look, I’m not gonna sit here and claim to be an art historian, I’m far from it. I will make the bold comparison of the pictorialist movement with that of the mobile photography movement today. Mobile photographers are taking some damn good shots and are finally being recognized as dare I say…photographers?

Here are a few of my iPhone shots below from the Phillips After 5 TruthBeauty event. For more check out ReadysetDC.

A photo shoot with Josh Yospyn for his “5 Things” piece on ReadysetDC.

“Sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.”

Promo shoot for the upcoming Fashion District at Stroga produced by ReadysetDC.

Check the video produced by Brandon Bloch.

fashion:district – Fall/Winter 2010 – Teaser from ReadysetDC on Vimeo.

I’ve lived in D.C. for almost ten years and I hardly get over to the H Street N.E. corridor. I’ve got to change that. What’s even crazier? This was my first time ever attending the H Street Festival. Great people watching makes for great photography.

For more photos from the H Street Festival visit ReadysetDC.

Hip-hop heads showed up to a sold-out show at the Black Cat to pay tribute to the legendary producer J. Dilla. Since Dilla’s death in 2006 after complications from lupus, I’ve been to many Dilla tribute shows. This one at the Black Cat last Friday felt the most genuine, the most organic. Local acts from D.C. and Baltimore accompanied by the live band J Laine & the Players covered Dilla hits produced for such acts as Pharcyde, Mos Def and Slum Village. Local artist included familiar names such as the lovely Alison Carney and W. Ellington Felton.

Doors opened at 10 p.m. and Talib Kweli hit the stage sharply at 12 midnight. Kweli’s set was short and he often stumbled on his verses, as if he were spitting these classic bars over Dilla blessed beats for the first time. Dilla’s mom, affectionately known in the hip-hop community as Ma’ Dukes sat on the stage for most of the show bobbing her head to her late sons music. A great night for D.C. hip-hop, Dilla was definitely in the building.

Also posted at ReadysetDC.

Those familiar with or missed the D.C. Tweed ride, next week is your chance to don your best seerscuker for the Seersucker Social. These are some photographs from a recent promo shoot in collaboration with ReadysetDC and Eric Brewer of Dandies and Quaintrelles. More on Flickr. Cheerio.