Monday, December 27, 2010
B.o.B Performs "Bet I"
Hey, check out this video from the other night. I recorded it with my new iPhone 4. 720p HD!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Whynatte Presents: B.O.B. AT SMITH'S: THE HOMECOMING
I don't even know where to start. I left with B.o.B's set list, signed by him, an autographed mixtape, and a piece of his guitarist's, Kyle King, guitar. Merry Christmas? Haha.
It was sold out crowd at Smith's Olde Bar last night, but from the looks of inside and outside the venue...it didn't look like it. Probably because my crew (Terence RUSHin and Twist) got there about an hour before doors opened...they opened two hours later...uh, anyway. I should've known that the show wouldn't start at said time but...I guess we want to reassure that we got a decent spot to photograph the show. As soon as we got there, we recognized PlayBoy Tre in the parking lot. We parked right next to him and he heard me playing "Past My Shades" in the car. I only found this out because we were able to catch up with him after the show to exchanged emails/business cards/etc. Once we got there we ran into B.o.B's guitarist, Kyle King, and we showed him a couple of photos we took of him at the Six Flags show earlier this year. Of course, he liked them, asked for our business cards, and we got his e-mail.
First off, let me say this. Smith's is probably the best venue I've ever been to simply because of the general admission, and that people are able to get up close and personal with the artist. In my case, I'm able to get some ridiculous shots. Okay.
After a long enough wait, we finally got upstairs and chilled for another hour before the show started. The first act was a guy by the name of Jeffrey Joslin (singer, guitarist, and pianist). I think he performed three or four songs, and they weren't half bad. I'm trying to find where I can here some more of his stuff. He kind of sounds like...Plain White T's? but without all the unnecessary pop crap they throw into their music, and it was a little more chill. He dug the photos that I took of his performance, and they've since been e-mailed to him for him to use.
Up next, Playboy Tre. As usual, he came hard and got the crowd amped up for the guy that came after him. It took me awhile to get use to his music, but I'm slowly beginning to like it. He also brought out Sean Faylon. I've never heard any of his stuff before, but judging from his performance, I'm looking forward to hearing a lot more of his stuff. I think TwisT said it on his blog, but one of the reasons why I like some of his music is because he does a lot of "I don't care what you think, I'm gonna do me" type stuff. That's cool. Check 'em out.
"Hold up, hold up, hold up
It's Bobby Ray
I mean my name B.o.B
When I'm on this mic I melt that fire
That's my job."
And that's exactly what he did...kind of. He wanted to light his lighter during "Satellite" but it didn't work so he had to bum someone else's fire. Bobby did his thing as usual. He did all my favorite songs, and even performed a couple from his latest mixtape, "No Genre". Let me tell ya, This was the best thing that happened that night. Look.
That's right.
The second best thing that happened was Bob taking my phone after I showed a photo I took of him at Six Flags, showed his guitarist "Aye man! Do you see this?" and then showing it into the crowd. Hale yeah. I owe you bruh.
Hey Bob, thanks for the energetic, mind blowing, unforgettable performance. I hope my photos help embody the experience last night.
Full Set of Jeffrey Joslin here.
Full Set of Playboy Tre here.
Full Set of B.o.B here.
Twitters:
@bobatl
@playbotre
@Jeffrey_Joslin
Oh, and you can follow me too if you'd like!
@TristErvPhotos
Peace.
P.S.
Hey, look at TwisT's set from last night here
Terence's stuff will be up shortly, in the meantime, you can still view some of his stuff here.
Baow!
It was sold out crowd at Smith's Olde Bar last night, but from the looks of inside and outside the venue...it didn't look like it. Probably because my crew (Terence RUSHin and Twist) got there about an hour before doors opened...they opened two hours later...uh, anyway. I should've known that the show wouldn't start at said time but...I guess we want to reassure that we got a decent spot to photograph the show. As soon as we got there, we recognized PlayBoy Tre in the parking lot. We parked right next to him and he heard me playing "Past My Shades" in the car. I only found this out because we were able to catch up with him after the show to exchanged emails/business cards/etc. Once we got there we ran into B.o.B's guitarist, Kyle King, and we showed him a couple of photos we took of him at the Six Flags show earlier this year. Of course, he liked them, asked for our business cards, and we got his e-mail.
First off, let me say this. Smith's is probably the best venue I've ever been to simply because of the general admission, and that people are able to get up close and personal with the artist. In my case, I'm able to get some ridiculous shots. Okay.
After a long enough wait, we finally got upstairs and chilled for another hour before the show started. The first act was a guy by the name of Jeffrey Joslin (singer, guitarist, and pianist). I think he performed three or four songs, and they weren't half bad. I'm trying to find where I can here some more of his stuff. He kind of sounds like...Plain White T's? but without all the unnecessary pop crap they throw into their music, and it was a little more chill. He dug the photos that I took of his performance, and they've since been e-mailed to him for him to use.
Up next, Playboy Tre. As usual, he came hard and got the crowd amped up for the guy that came after him. It took me awhile to get use to his music, but I'm slowly beginning to like it. He also brought out Sean Faylon. I've never heard any of his stuff before, but judging from his performance, I'm looking forward to hearing a lot more of his stuff. I think TwisT said it on his blog, but one of the reasons why I like some of his music is because he does a lot of "I don't care what you think, I'm gonna do me" type stuff. That's cool. Check 'em out.
It's Bobby Ray
I mean my name B.o.B
When I'm on this mic I melt that fire
That's my job."
And that's exactly what he did...kind of. He wanted to light his lighter during "Satellite" but it didn't work so he had to bum someone else's fire. Bobby did his thing as usual. He did all my favorite songs, and even performed a couple from his latest mixtape, "No Genre". Let me tell ya, This was the best thing that happened that night. Look.
That's right.
The second best thing that happened was Bob taking my phone after I showed a photo I took of him at Six Flags, showed his guitarist "Aye man! Do you see this?" and then showing it into the crowd. Hale yeah. I owe you bruh.
Hey Bob, thanks for the energetic, mind blowing, unforgettable performance. I hope my photos help embody the experience last night.
Full Set of Jeffrey Joslin here.
Full Set of Playboy Tre here.
Full Set of B.o.B here.
Twitters:
@bobatl
@playbotre
@Jeffrey_Joslin
Oh, and you can follow me too if you'd like!
@TristErvPhotos
Peace.
P.S.
Hey, look at TwisT's set from last night here
Terence's stuff will be up shortly, in the meantime, you can still view some of his stuff here.
Baow!
Lately
Uh, I started this post about a month ago, but I never got around to finish it. I guess you can pretend that you were reading this a month ago up until November 22nd, I think. Anywho, here it is...
Well obviously it's been awhile, and a lot has happened since my last post on September 9th. I would apologize for not keeping you updated but I won't; everyone knows that once something you like doing becomes part of a class, it is no longer fun to do. That's what happened in this case. (No offense Professor Short!)
I'll post some photos here shortly, but first, I want to give a brief synopsis of what I've been up to lately. For the last month or so, I've been Atlanta nearly every weekend doing different kinds of work, working with production companies, directors, individual clients, concerts, shows, etc etc. Some were paid gigs, some weren't; that'll change soon though I suppose.
Nov 3rd-7th
RUSH and I were worked on filming/photographing a music video for A-Y's "Fall Back." The video came out awesome and I'd like to think that some of the photos I took behind the scenes came out okay as well. You can view the video here. Of course, the ever evolving Terence RUSHin shot, directed, and edited the video.
Nov. 5th
I was able to shoot the La Roux concert at the Tabernacle in Atlanta with, you guessed it, RUSH. I've heard some of her stuff before, due to Terence blaring her music in his room, and him randomly bursting into one of her songs in the middle walking from class. I enjoyed the show though; it was...different, but I liked it. She kept the crowd entertained, so entertained that the people behind me kept pushing against me while I was photographing the show. They left with a couple bruised ribs-I wasn't having that.
Nov. 7th
I made my way down to Little 5 Points in Atlanta for a photo shoot with the Born Dreamers Production Co. They were a fun group to work with and I got some pretty decent shots after experimenting with lighting and such. Later that night I caught up with Ms. Leslie Mack to shoot her and her new band at this dope little spot in Atlanta called Cloud IX. They sounded awesome and I also got to meet/photograph a couple of dope artists including CoCo Jones, BigRec, and 5IVE.
Nov. 13th
Georgia State had a fashion charity fashion show entitled "Fashion Reel" that RUSH and I had the opportunity to shoot. (If you haven't guessed already, Terence and I do a lot of work together). We were the only legit photographers there, so of course, we were able to make it rain with our business cards and gain a couple of contacts. Fun times.
Nov. 20th and 21st
My Aunt Nikki is 1/2 of the Neo-soul duo, Slick and Rose. They shot their music video for their latest song "Pop-Fresh" in downtown Atlanta, and I was asked to come on set take behind the scenes photos, as well as photos that will be featured in the video. We were able to wrap up the entire shoot in two days, and it was tons of fun. I was also able to meet and shoot well known underground hip-hop artist, Mike Flo, and a girl with awesome hair, Ahki. And of course, they got business cards from me.
Nov. 22nd
Far Out Ventures put on a spectacular show at Smith's Olde Bar sponsored by Deeper Than Dope, Giant Unplugged, Yellow Llama, Terence RUSHin Photography and Video, and myself-Tristan Ervin Photography. The show featured the sultry sounds of The Leslie Mack, the dope lyrics of Bias, and energetic "Black Elvis", Glenn Saddler. It's so awesome having musicians (that have actual talent)as friends. I'd rank this show among my favorite three shows I've been this year. They all had the crowd rocking the entire time..and of course, I was able to capture every moment of it.
You can check out music from Slick and Rose here:
http://www.myspace.com/slickandrose
The Leslie Mack can be heard here:
http://thelesliemack.bandcamp.com/
Follow her on twitter @TheLeslieMack
Bias has a couple of songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/imsobias
Mr. Glenn Saddler:
http://glenn.bandcamp.com/
Last but not least, you can view the full photo sets of all the above and MORE on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tristography/sets/
Happy Trails,
Tristan Ervin Photography
Well obviously it's been awhile, and a lot has happened since my last post on September 9th. I would apologize for not keeping you updated but I won't; everyone knows that once something you like doing becomes part of a class, it is no longer fun to do. That's what happened in this case. (No offense Professor Short!)
I'll post some photos here shortly, but first, I want to give a brief synopsis of what I've been up to lately. For the last month or so, I've been Atlanta nearly every weekend doing different kinds of work, working with production companies, directors, individual clients, concerts, shows, etc etc. Some were paid gigs, some weren't; that'll change soon though I suppose.
Nov 3rd-7th
RUSH and I were worked on filming/photographing a music video for A-Y's "Fall Back." The video came out awesome and I'd like to think that some of the photos I took behind the scenes came out okay as well. You can view the video here. Of course, the ever evolving Terence RUSHin shot, directed, and edited the video.
Nov. 5th
I was able to shoot the La Roux concert at the Tabernacle in Atlanta with, you guessed it, RUSH. I've heard some of her stuff before, due to Terence blaring her music in his room, and him randomly bursting into one of her songs in the middle walking from class. I enjoyed the show though; it was...different, but I liked it. She kept the crowd entertained, so entertained that the people behind me kept pushing against me while I was photographing the show. They left with a couple bruised ribs-I wasn't having that.
Nov. 7th
I made my way down to Little 5 Points in Atlanta for a photo shoot with the Born Dreamers Production Co. They were a fun group to work with and I got some pretty decent shots after experimenting with lighting and such. Later that night I caught up with Ms. Leslie Mack to shoot her and her new band at this dope little spot in Atlanta called Cloud IX. They sounded awesome and I also got to meet/photograph a couple of dope artists including CoCo Jones, BigRec, and 5IVE.
Nov. 13th
Georgia State had a fashion charity fashion show entitled "Fashion Reel" that RUSH and I had the opportunity to shoot. (If you haven't guessed already, Terence and I do a lot of work together). We were the only legit photographers there, so of course, we were able to make it rain with our business cards and gain a couple of contacts. Fun times.
Nov. 20th and 21st
My Aunt Nikki is 1/2 of the Neo-soul duo, Slick and Rose. They shot their music video for their latest song "Pop-Fresh" in downtown Atlanta, and I was asked to come on set take behind the scenes photos, as well as photos that will be featured in the video. We were able to wrap up the entire shoot in two days, and it was tons of fun. I was also able to meet and shoot well known underground hip-hop artist, Mike Flo, and a girl with awesome hair, Ahki. And of course, they got business cards from me.
Nov. 22nd
Far Out Ventures put on a spectacular show at Smith's Olde Bar sponsored by Deeper Than Dope, Giant Unplugged, Yellow Llama, Terence RUSHin Photography and Video, and myself-Tristan Ervin Photography. The show featured the sultry sounds of The Leslie Mack, the dope lyrics of Bias, and energetic "Black Elvis", Glenn Saddler. It's so awesome having musicians (that have actual talent)as friends. I'd rank this show among my favorite three shows I've been this year. They all had the crowd rocking the entire time..and of course, I was able to capture every moment of it.
You can check out music from Slick and Rose here:
http://www.myspace.com/slickandrose
The Leslie Mack can be heard here:
http://thelesliemack.bandcamp.com/
Follow her on twitter @TheLeslieMack
Bias has a couple of songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/imsobias
Mr. Glenn Saddler:
http://glenn.bandcamp.com/
Last but not least, you can view the full photo sets of all the above and MORE on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tristography/sets/
Happy Trails,
Tristan Ervin Photography
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