Posted in Austin, Music, Music Fridays on Mar 12th, 2010
“Abandoned by their maternal mother, The Blues, and forced to suck off the withering teat of R&B, the Happen-Ins were birthed unto the blistering heat of an East Austin garage with little hope or means of survival. Weathering the extreme circumstances through clever wordplay and hip shaking tomfoolery, the Happen-Ins bested fire with fire…” At [...]
Posted in Austin, dance party on Mar 9th, 2010
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Posted in Austin, Dallas, Music Fridays, The Ish Wednesdays on Jan 29th, 2010
This week we bring you a Neon Indian track, 7000, as remixed by ‘ISH’ veteran Yeahdef. Dude originally layed this track down immediately after Neon Indian’s set at Granada Theater on December 28, 2009. Give it a whirl — you will like what you hear. And be sure to make it out this week to [...]
Posted in Art, Austin, Fashion, Photobooth, Photography, photoshoot on Jan 18th, 2010
One of my favorite shoots I have done thus far in my career, hands down. Our weeks and weeks of planning really paid off thanks to my incredible team of creatives.
Dagnushka: photography/post-processing
Miss Laura Kaululaau: make-up artist
Natalie Morgan: hair stylist
Nikki Cloud: stylist extroidinare
Jean-Philippe Martin: lighting technician
Models: Kelly Young, Emma Hefti
Posted in Austin, Film, LA, Photography, Polaroid, polaroid wednesday on Jan 6th, 2010
Gorgeous Sherbet Sunset taken with a super shooter plus polaroid with 06′ expired 89 film in the lovely Los Angeles California. Check out more of roostercoupon’s set on beautiful double Holgaroid exposures and great abstract work.
Posted in Austin, Music, Nightlife, Photography, dance party on Dec 15th, 2009
Saturday night was my first night out in almost a week. I forgot what it was like to be a hermit for so long. The night started off at the HOT FLASH 3- Year Anniversary with special guest Neiliyo at Fallout Lounge. Dude was a refreshing and pleasant surprise that definitely needs to be booked for [...]
Posted in Art, Austin, Photography, photoshoot on Dec 1st, 2009
I finally had the opportunity to shoot the lovely Laura Ann the winner of Austin Fashion Awards People’s Choice Best Female Model . She is not only a wonderful model but the nicest software developer you will ever meet. Here’s one of my favorite photos from the set. Make-up was of course done by Miss Laura Kaululaau [...]
Posted in Austin, Design, Polaroid, polaroid wednesday, vintage on Nov 18th, 2009
Recently I had the privilege of working with some wonderful individuals in Austin on a feature dedicated to 4 female Austin bloggers (me being one of them!): Miss Esti Choi, who runs Buy Definition (a high-end clothing boutique) and coordinated the blogger feature; Andrew Chan, a super talented fashion/commercial/wedding photographer shot us at The Cathedral of [...]
Austin is good for many things: partying (6th street), delicious sushi (Uchi), beautiful women (Dagnushka) — and of course, music. When you think festivals, SXSW (March) and ACL (Sept/Oct) are the biggest names that come to mind and are yearly staples for any music lover. This year, the Helloooooo.com crew decided to scope a third and [...]
Posted in Austin, Lifestyle, Photography on Nov 10th, 2009
The Helloooooo.com crew made it out to Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest and also got a chance to check out FashionLeak.com’s launch party at hip Austin retail outlet, Buy Definition. The party was in honor of designer John Renaud who is debuted on FashionLeak this month and in attendance. It’s always a pleasure seeing the [...]
Posted in Austin, Photography on Nov 8th, 2009
While the crew headed down to Austin primarily for Fun Fun Fun Fest, there was also another inspiration for the visit: a photo shoot for the impending 1-Year Helloooooo.com Anniversary on November 19. In anticipation of the shoot, Dagnushka ordered a lovely black and tan cake inspired by the Helloooooo stripes and skull from Sugar [...]
Posted in Austin, Dallas, Music, dance party on Oct 31st, 2009
If you either: a) love Neon Indian b) don’t have Halloween plans c) are obsessed with Granada Theater, or d) are broke, then get your a$$ over to Granada Theater tonite for a FREE Halloween shower featuring Neon Indian and White Denim. Should be an insane show at Dallas’ most insane venue. All you need [...]
Posted in Austin, Fashion, Polaroid, polaroid wednesday, vintage on Oct 21st, 2009
This past weekend was certainly a busy one in regards to all the fun photoshoots I was able to photograph with the help of my fabulous MUA Laura Kauluallau and stylist Michael Ragen. One of them was a ‘geek chic’ themed shoot with two very adorable and animated boys: Isaac and Timothy. These are some [...]
Posted in Austin, Dallas, Design, Fashion, Interviews on Oct 12th, 2009
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to tag along with the the girls from Austin-based Fashionleak. Each year, Fashion Leak seeks to select 12 independent designers to be featured online, highlighting their artistic vision and creative process. This month’s featured designer, John Renaud, is a graduate of Pratt Institute and got his roots in pattern making [...]
Posted in Austin, Music, Photography, fun on Oct 6th, 2009
Went down to Austin this past weekend for Austin City Limits. Friday was a dream come true as far as weather is concerned as we saw ‘Phoenix‘ and the ‘Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘. Saturday we sold our tickets (due to the rain) and missed out on ‘Ghostland Observatory.’ By Sunday Zilker Park was turned into a [...]
Posted in Austin, Film, Photography, Polaroid, polaroid wednesday on Sep 23rd, 2009
Almost exactly a year ago I took these Polaroids. My mom had just given me an old One Step Polaroid Camera she found at a garage sale that still worked and this was the first pack of film I used with it. I stopped by a small Carnival in Greenspoint, an area north of Houston [...]
Posted in Austin, Dallas, Music, New York, Photography on Sep 10th, 2009
Took a short trip to Denton last night to see yet another one of Alan Palomo’s bands, Neon Indian. The show was at Rubber Gloves, an old cement factory that was converted into a rehearsal studio and then eventually into a music venue. Although the band had some technical difficulties at first, the show ended up being amazing, and the girl in [...]
Recently, myself and wonderful lady friend Justine shot with Dawn Younger-Smith also know in the fashion world as “The Boudoir Queen“. Dawn’s husband, former Billy Idol guitarist Mark Younger-Smith showed off his photography skills and shot us in some of her fall pieces. Justine has been the face of BQ – frequently modeling for the [...]
Posted in Austin, Design, Fashion, vintage on Aug 10th, 2009
While Shok puts his magic touch on a post from our Austin trip this past weekend, I thought I’d drop a little flavor from the ride back. Style Station is a remote vintage store in Waco, TX that we had heard much about in recent months when considering different locations to shop/shoot at for our [...]
Posted in Austin, Dallas, Photography on Jul 14th, 2009
These pictures of our very own Dagnushka deserve to be posted on their own. She leaves me speechless.
Posted in Art, Austin, Dallas, Film, Photography, Travel on Jul 10th, 2009
Upon my recent return to Austin from Dallas- where I mingled with my fellow helloooooo-ers- I picked up 6 rolls of 120 slide film that I shot with my Holga and had cross processed. Now for those of you unfamiliar with this term, all it consists of is taking exposed slide film and developing it [...]
Ahh yes…it is very dangerous living close to some of the best vintage stores in Austin. I just about died when I found this amazing piece – a long red sequin cocktail gown with the most amazing silver sequin design on the right arm. This is definitely something I want to use in a high [...]
Posted in Austin, Music, Photography, Polaroid on May 8th, 2009
My newest favorite musical creation. I had the pleasure the other night of doing a photo shoot with Alan Palomo, one of the 2 members of this new musical junction — who is also a member of Texas based VEGA. What a great pleasure it was to meet and hang with a musical genius. Check [...]
Posted in Art, Austin, Design, Photography, Polaroid on Apr 15th, 2009
For some reason I decided to pull over today. And for some reason I chose these two particular 4 inch by 4 inch parts of a wall. I had a feeling that this wall needed to be heard. It had something to offer me. I tended to its neglect and appeased the loneliness it so desperately revealed [...]
I have been waiting to download this track since I saw Aoki and Barnes DJ at SXSW at the 508 house. I re-posted the original video from the DIM MAK party below. This song will definitely get you in the mood to go out and get your funk on if your feeling so-so. Trust Shok on this it [...]
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