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
Thursday, September 9, 2010
This Week in Tristan Ervin Photography [Aug. 29th-Sept. 4th]
Or....last week.
Last weekend was a huge weekend int he world of T.E.P. My good friend Caitlyn Peppers (now Weathers) married long time friend, Jordan Weathers, on Saturday. I had the privilege of photographing such a joyous occasion and have a fun time doing it! I got a ton of great shots, and I pretty confident that these pictures will help her always remember one of the best days of her life.
SUNDAY!! As of Sunday, August 5th, 2010, I am no longer a carless photographer that misses out on opportunity after opportunity due to not having a source of transportation. I bought a 1999 Purple/Burgandy/whatever Mistubishi Eclipse RS. It was one of the happiest days of MY life and I also have photos that will help me remember how much excitement I had when I drove off the...apartment complex lot that I got it from.
...Okay I lied. I didn't drive it off the lot because I didn't know how to drive a stick. I drove the automatic Equinox and watched my dad drive my car back home. Haha. But still, I was excited about it. My dad gave me manual shift lessons AT NIGHT, and I caught on pretty quickly, I think. I learned the basics within two hours, and I also know how to conquer hills now. It's not as hard as it seemed at first. Right now I'm still trying to get use to the car, but I'm liking it. A few things that need to be done:
New Paint Job
I need some damn BASS in the back
My friend Jonathan installed a new stereo in it, I bought rather cheap from Walmart, and it's pretty decent. It's convenient too since the cigarette lighter in my car doesn't work. It has a USB port for my iPhone and iPod, as well as an auxiliary jack. I think I'm done talking about it now though. Take a look.
Last weekend was a huge weekend int he world of T.E.P. My good friend Caitlyn Peppers (now Weathers) married long time friend, Jordan Weathers, on Saturday. I had the privilege of photographing such a joyous occasion and have a fun time doing it! I got a ton of great shots, and I pretty confident that these pictures will help her always remember one of the best days of her life.
SUNDAY!! As of Sunday, August 5th, 2010, I am no longer a carless photographer that misses out on opportunity after opportunity due to not having a source of transportation. I bought a 1999 Purple/Burgandy/whatever Mistubishi Eclipse RS. It was one of the happiest days of MY life and I also have photos that will help me remember how much excitement I had when I drove off the...apartment complex lot that I got it from.
...Okay I lied. I didn't drive it off the lot because I didn't know how to drive a stick. I drove the automatic Equinox and watched my dad drive my car back home. Haha. But still, I was excited about it. My dad gave me manual shift lessons AT NIGHT, and I caught on pretty quickly, I think. I learned the basics within two hours, and I also know how to conquer hills now. It's not as hard as it seemed at first. Right now I'm still trying to get use to the car, but I'm liking it. A few things that need to be done:
New Paint Job
I need some damn BASS in the back
My friend Jonathan installed a new stereo in it, I bought rather cheap from Walmart, and it's pretty decent. It's convenient too since the cigarette lighter in my car doesn't work. It has a USB port for my iPhone and iPod, as well as an auxiliary jack. I think I'm done talking about it now though. Take a look.
Remember the Name: Leslie Mack
When I first heard Leslie play back back in the spring of 2007, my mind was blown and I just had to have her play in my "FreeCreditReport.com" video...except I was the one singing. I've seen her play her acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and singing, and it seems as if she gets better and better every time. Her raw talent is able to captivate anyone and everyone if they're in the presence of her song.
Remember when I said that we're trying to become..."famous?" Well it seems as if we're getting closer. Leslie and I have been working behind the scenes a lot for her upcoming performance at the University of West Georgia on Saturday night. At times it seemed dim, but everything is slowly but surely coming together. Apart from watching her perform, concert goers will be able to pick up some awesome merch that we've put together. I can't reveal what it (they) are because it's gonna be sort of a surprise?...or treat?
Music lovers from the Metropolitan Atlanta area and West Georgia students will be in for a treat Saturday night when she opens up for rapper, Rude Boy B. You can RSVP for the event via Facebook by clicking on this link.
Become a Fan!
Follow Her!
BandCamp!
Myspace!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Documentary Photography Class
This semester I'm taking a Documentary Photo class. Unlike the photography classes I've taken before, this one has a catch. We have to work on ONE project that has to withstand the entire semester. Now, this is something that has the potential to be extremely awesome, or extremely horrible. Hopefully it won't be the latter of the two. Here's the e-mail I wrote to my professor. Let me know what you think, please?
"This is super late, I know. But I have finally come up with what I may want to do for this class. The reason it has taken me so long to talk to you about it is because of uncertainty; this is one idea that has stuck with me the longest but I didn't think it could withstand the longevity of the semester, so I've entertained other thoughts ideas. This is it though.
This past summer I think I've found my niche and exactly what I want to do in the field of photography, and that is music. Towards the end of last semester, I found myself shooting local show after local show, and even used my images for my final project. After the school year ended, I shot three huge concerts in Atlanta and it was the most satisfying experience I've had with a camera. It seems as if shooting music, in general, fulfills me more than shooting in any other realm of photography (portraits, weddings, fashion, sports, etc).
So here it is, I have figured since this is the one thing I know I'm good at and the one thing I love, why not keep doing it for not only myself but for this class.
So far I've had about 4 ideas, but I would like to narrow it down to two perspectives, and tell two different stories. I would like to tell two stories from two different perspectives.
1.)The Artist's side- There's one artist and one band that I would like to follow, and I know they're more than willing to allow me to do so. These are local artists and I frequent their shows. The great thing about them is that I know them personally, and I know how they are when they aren't doing music. You can still tell that even when they aren't holding a guitar, or drumsticks, that they eat, sleep, and breathe music. With the one artist, I've been helping her out a lot behind the scenes in terms of her trying to get herself out there in order to perform more frequently, at more venues, and to begin to expose herself, music wise of course. It's the small things that matter the most, and these are the things that we have been working on. I don't think I want to reveal them in this message; I'd like my photos to do that. With the band, I would like to do almost the same thing. They just recently signed with and Indie label and they're extremely amped up about it. I haven't worked with them directly yet, but that can definitely change. They're well known in Carrollton, and in the metro-Atlanta area. They've traveled a lot around the state and have even been outside the state a few times. THIS is something that I would like to document. I guess you can say I want to capture "the good/the bad/ the ugly." I want to get shots of them practicing, traveling, performing; I want to know what drives them, what's they're motivation, why they do what they do, etc.
2.)The "fan's" side- I believe that this will be done on a much broader scale because there are a variety of fans out there, and there will be an abundance of people to talk to and take photos of. Again, narrowing it down to two within this portion of the project , I would like take a shot at "local fans" vs. the fans that attend the huge shows, the sold out concerts, the fans who finally get to see the one person that they've always wanted to see perform live. Several questions I would like to answer are questions include:
What does music mean to you?
How important/why is music important to you?
What does it do for you?
I would like to interview these people to get direct answers, and also attempt to catch them candidly while the show is going on- I believe these portraits will answer those questions because of the raw emotion. Right now this part seems a little on the surface but I'll be able to dig a lot deeper as the semester goes on because more questions, situations, and topics will begin to arise.
I think I'm more than capable of making this series last not just the entire semester, but I see it going further than that. I feel that strongly about it. What I look to gain from this project is better understanding of how music works, for lack of better words. I want to know what it’s like to be a musician. I want to know how other people view music and musicians. Of course, this project isn’t something only I would like to gain something from, but I would love for people who view these photos to gain the exact same thing, if not more."
"This is super late, I know. But I have finally come up with what I may want to do for this class. The reason it has taken me so long to talk to you about it is because of uncertainty; this is one idea that has stuck with me the longest but I didn't think it could withstand the longevity of the semester, so I've entertained other thoughts ideas. This is it though.
This past summer I think I've found my niche and exactly what I want to do in the field of photography, and that is music. Towards the end of last semester, I found myself shooting local show after local show, and even used my images for my final project. After the school year ended, I shot three huge concerts in Atlanta and it was the most satisfying experience I've had with a camera. It seems as if shooting music, in general, fulfills me more than shooting in any other realm of photography (portraits, weddings, fashion, sports, etc).
So here it is, I have figured since this is the one thing I know I'm good at and the one thing I love, why not keep doing it for not only myself but for this class.
So far I've had about 4 ideas, but I would like to narrow it down to two perspectives, and tell two different stories. I would like to tell two stories from two different perspectives.
1.)The Artist's side- There's one artist and one band that I would like to follow, and I know they're more than willing to allow me to do so. These are local artists and I frequent their shows. The great thing about them is that I know them personally, and I know how they are when they aren't doing music. You can still tell that even when they aren't holding a guitar, or drumsticks, that they eat, sleep, and breathe music. With the one artist, I've been helping her out a lot behind the scenes in terms of her trying to get herself out there in order to perform more frequently, at more venues, and to begin to expose herself, music wise of course. It's the small things that matter the most, and these are the things that we have been working on. I don't think I want to reveal them in this message; I'd like my photos to do that. With the band, I would like to do almost the same thing. They just recently signed with and Indie label and they're extremely amped up about it. I haven't worked with them directly yet, but that can definitely change. They're well known in Carrollton, and in the metro-Atlanta area. They've traveled a lot around the state and have even been outside the state a few times. THIS is something that I would like to document. I guess you can say I want to capture "the good/the bad/ the ugly." I want to get shots of them practicing, traveling, performing; I want to know what drives them, what's they're motivation, why they do what they do, etc.
2.)The "fan's" side- I believe that this will be done on a much broader scale because there are a variety of fans out there, and there will be an abundance of people to talk to and take photos of. Again, narrowing it down to two within this portion of the project , I would like take a shot at "local fans" vs. the fans that attend the huge shows, the sold out concerts, the fans who finally get to see the one person that they've always wanted to see perform live. Several questions I would like to answer are questions include:
What does music mean to you?
How important/why is music important to you?
What does it do for you?
I would like to interview these people to get direct answers, and also attempt to catch them candidly while the show is going on- I believe these portraits will answer those questions because of the raw emotion. Right now this part seems a little on the surface but I'll be able to dig a lot deeper as the semester goes on because more questions, situations, and topics will begin to arise.
I think I'm more than capable of making this series last not just the entire semester, but I see it going further than that. I feel that strongly about it. What I look to gain from this project is better understanding of how music works, for lack of better words. I want to know what it’s like to be a musician. I want to know how other people view music and musicians. Of course, this project isn’t something only I would like to gain something from, but I would love for people who view these photos to gain the exact same thing, if not more."
Thursday, August 26, 2010
We May Be Famous
"You never know who you know"
That was pretty much the gist of our conversation last night. Why just slumber in your free time when you can go out and do something? Something you're passionate about. Something that you enjoy. Something that can make an impact on others.
That's our mission this year. We're going to skyrocket.
Photo by....Myself.
That was pretty much the gist of our conversation last night. Why just slumber in your free time when you can go out and do something? Something you're passionate about. Something that you enjoy. Something that can make an impact on others.
That's our mission this year. We're going to skyrocket.
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