I recently purchased an old school point and shoot that has been something of an object of lust for sometime, the Contax T2. It is a remarkable little 35mm point and shoot camera, sporting an incredible 38mm 2.8 Carl Zeiss lens with 5 blades and 4 elements. It's nothing to shrug shoulders over. The focusing system takes a little getting use to but I am very pleased with how some of the first images that I got back have turned out. I've been shooting on Portra 400 and Velvia slide film. Here's a sneak peak of some of the things this little guy can do. I intend to use this for many more upcoming projects so keep an eye out- you still really can't beat the look of film and I for one have fallen back in love again with it.
Producing x Directing Fall Classic NYC
As part of the kickoff to NY Fashion week I was invited to direct and produce a video for The Fall Classic NYC's first menswear basketball game in Tomkins Square park. It was a merging of the menswear community featuring bloggers, clothing brands and rep's from company's like Nike and GQ among others. The brainchild of photographer and former Haberdash creative director Alex Maier, the event went off without a hitch. We continued the day's event into the evening just across the street at the Blind Barber (another sponsor of the event) a barbershop specializing in making you look and feel your best (they have a bar attached). It was nothing short of an amazing experience. Check out the video below to see how the event went off, and what could be in store for the next Fall Classic NYC and beyond!
NYFW
Fall Classic NYC
Screen grabs from the forthcoming video. Stay tuned to see how we really got down.
Photo's featured on MilkMade
NYFW & Fall Classic NYC.
Extremely excited to be working with Alex Maier in conjunction with Fohr Card x Blind Barber and Nike, filming the FALL CLASSIC NYC 2013 Basketball Game. The tip off takes place Thursday, September 5th at 5pm in Tompkins Square BBall court. Afterwards we'll be enjoying cocktails and keep the party going at Blind Barber. It should be a great way to kick off #NYFW in proper NY style.
I'm looking forward to bringing the A-game at my very first NYFW; shooting both video and photo's as much as possible, meeting as many industry professionals- saying yes wherever I can and no, only when I've had too many... However, you can count on plenty of content while I'm on the move the whole week. I'll be updating my other blog memoryoradream.tumblr.com with content sporting the hashtag #NYFW #MBFW or #NYFW13. Keep an eye out.
x S
On the waterfront
Reya, 2013.
Pitchfork Music Fest 2013
This past weekend I had the pleasure of working for Suitcase Magazine doing both street style fashion photo's as well as covering the artists and performers at Pitchfork Music Festival. I've gone ahead and separated my coverage here into two albums, one for just the street style and the other for all the performances . Please visit Suitcase Magazine to catch both street style and the music I shot this weekend as well HERE!





























































































































Pagent The Musical (aka boys from Book of Mormon) Photo Shoot
I had the opportunity to shoot promotional material for the actors of "Broadway’s most hilarious trans-musical performed one time only by the boys from Chicago’s The Book of Mormon" a few weeks back. This special evening in the Chicago arts benefits The Abzyme Research Foundation: raising money for the most promising HIV vaccine trial in decades.
7:30PM, September 9th
THE LAUGH FACTORY
3175 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
General Admission: $40 (2 drink minimum)
V.I.P.: $100
7:00 VIP Reception
PRIORITY SEATING
Tickets and more info at www.endhiv.com
NEW FORMS FESTIVAL 13 Preview
I was asked by the curatorial staff of New Forms Festival to come up with a preview video for the upcoming 2013 festival being held in Vancouver this September. This preview features footage I captured at last years festival along with an ambient piece from previous year's perfroming artist Cloudface.