Last saturday was a lot of fun.. and headaches.. My first photoshoot that didn’t take place at my home in my little makeshift studio. The set was Hope Gardens and i think i did pretty well. The model was such a sweetheart. She was patient with me. and didn’t mind doing what i told / asked her to. as a result i got some greaet images. I only posted 2 for the world to see.

I recently purchased some more photography equipment from my online sources. I got a backdrop support system which when fully extended cant fit in my room at all. A softbox a new eyecup and a filter kit. Also I got a 8 card capacity memory card case from my sister (thanks sis). Currrently I just have a fwe more things left to acquire

1. canon 70-200 F2.8 IS L or  SIGMA  70-200 F2.8 DG APO MA
2. Tripod [ impact tripod / 3 way pan head ]
3. bogen manfrotto monopod
4. SEEMLESS BACKGROUND PAPER
5. studio strobes
6. FLASH STAND

those 6 items are quite costly but I do intend to acquire them. The photostudio is looking quite nicely so far.. There’s an extra room in my house i was contemplating using but.. I’m not so sure how well that’ll go.

My past two notebooks have been Dells.. moving from a compaq evo n115 then I moved to a hp nx9005 business model laptop to a dell inspiron 6000 then after that i got a inspiron 6400 which is what I’m using now. However as of today I’ll be moving back to the hp camp with the dv6000 :). I’ve been watching this laptop for months and finally I got it.. It just felt right in my lap too i overheard ma bredrin saying how much u think i could sell a hp dv6000 for and i was like where is it.. told him i’ld give him 50 he’s like okay.. i’m like sold nigga bring dat shit.. and now its in my room.. * i need a charger though *.

The system is a real beast too. built for multimedia. has a remote has built in web cam dual speakers and dual headphone jacks (so u can share with a friend :D)

This weekend was super busy. The highlight of the entire weekend for me was the emerge expo which took place on Saturday at the Hilton hotel ballroom. Quite a few companies were present. The Jamaica Observer, Evideo, Fenntech just to name a few. I was clearly there for events.in876.com . The event was open to the public at 12:00pm around that time there was some freakish ninja rain that just came out of no where like hurricane force stuff. As a result we were all worried about the turn out but that became non existent in about an hour or so (the worrying), as we were too busy explaining to people the nature of the product (events.in87.com) the benefits and the snazzy new features of our version 2.0 (throws digital confetti in the air). Take a look at the features page and see how beefed up the system has become. Events.in876.com clearly means business keep an eye out for them in the media. The site has been completely re vamped and truely delivers the content and showcases features the way we originally had intended.

Among the other companies that were there i think i liked the Fenntech booth the most. They had some big ass tv’s yow and when i say the resolution on those things were pimping i make no joke or overstatements it was sharper than my laptop monitor.. now think about that sharpness at i dunno the 40inch range. Sweet and guess what they didn’t have 1. There was 1 attached to a laptop and the other to a gaming rig. Their booth got a lot of user interest (video games) and tech heads. There were performances by cezar, and Lenya and the entertainment / hosting was handled by Elva (man that woman is crazy.. in a good way though). There were prizes an give aways from quite a few company. an acquaintance (just met her that day, she’s a friend of a friend) won digicel’s blackberry pearl (the Wi-fi version). It was a good event though. really good. The promoters who held it I’m sure saw a few flaws and I’m sure they’ll get it proper the next time around

For photos view my events.in876.com profile

Before i start let me first say

If anybody steals these images. I bringing the law still. They are copyrighted, and owned by ME. if you wish to use them for anything at all, publication be it web or print. Contact me and make a request.
On sunday the 30th of march I hauled my ass out of bed and hit the streets at 11:00am with the intention of covering the jamaica carnival and bacchanal road march for 2008. I missed the bacchanal people at their start point. I had intended to leave ith them as i was based in mona from saturday night. I high tailed it to worthington avenue in new kingston and waited from 11:30 to about 2pm when the bacchanal group made their way from eden gardens around the bend onto trafalgar road. the shooting then began. I got some really great images, One thing i know for sure is i found the sweet spot with the 2 lens’s i mainly used. I worked the crowed from there on sstraight to the intersection at YMCA. on arriving there i had totalled my 2 gig cf card. (was shooting in raw format). I swapped to my backup 1 gig and then headed to half way tree road with the intention off grabbing some  shots of the Jamaica Carnival march.

One thing i can say for certain the Jamaica carnival gets a zero the bacchanal march gets a 10. The jamaica carnival group was extremely boring. I shot them as they passed (was in the streets with them just like i did with the bacchanal group) and I got no energy from them at all, most those images i just parked.

After they jamaicca carnival group passed i hightailed it to york pharmacy bought 2 bottles of water and finish them in like 30 seconds (i’ve been running off a king sized snickers from 11 in the morning). I decided there that I might as well head back to mona. i headed to the new buspark wehre they had a music setup and a huge crowed there. then shortly after i heard the chants of carnival revellers. it was the bacchanal group again *YAY*. I geared up once again and got in the streets with em and started shooting once again. By this time i had to switch from raw files to medium format jpgs. I rolled with the bacchanal grup from the halfway tree buspark all the way back into new kingston and down knutsford boulevard. making my final stand in the isle inthe middle of the road (infront of burger king). after the crowd decipated and i got a shot of a bad ass hot rod car I called it a day and headed back to mona.

For this day my gear consisted of my Rebel XT, sigma 70 - 300mm telephoto lens, 50mm canon f/1.8 and my trusty could not do it without it opteka battery grip which allowed me to shoot all day with out the sightest battery problem :)  and now for what you all have been waiting to see. The images.

BTW if anybody steals these images. I bringing the law still. They are copyrighted, and owned by ME. if you wish to use them for anything at all, publication be it web or print. Contact me and make a request.