We met Manny last year at the “Bokeh” live shoot at the IC Gallery.  He, along with other artists, make up the Individual Collective, a group of artists of different mediums.   We not only honored, but we were excited to photograph their wedding when they asked us to.  Amari covered their big day as I, again, took one for the team and tended to mama duties.  The ladies started off their day getting their hair done at Judith’s Hair Salon in Vallejo finishing off at the Crown Plaza in Concord.

The ceremony took place at St. Francis of Assisi in Concord with their reception at the Diablo Ranch in Walnut Creek.  Amari boasted how much fun he had photographing this wedding,  mostly because they were such a fun couple to work with.  But aside from them, he mentioned how much fun all the family and guests were so photographing them was easy.  So for all you bride and grooms out there,  as a side note for your big day: HAVE FUN!

I wish I was there to help celebrate their big day but seeing all the images that Amari posted below, I really felt like I just relived it.  We hope you feel the same way!  Enjoy!

Congratulations Manny and Roxana!

Amari had the opportunity to cover Rock The Bells SF this year (as I stayed home with the newborn and took one for the team.)  Looking over the frames below all I can say was, “Damn. What a golden moment in hip-hop history.”  And I don’t mean to toot our own horns but his frames are dope; capturing the festival in all its grandeur.  As an ode to the old skool sounds that the artists built their reps for, a lot of them sported tee shirts donning images of their own likeness from album covers past.  So if you missed Rock The Bells like I did, you can definitely live it  vicariously through the pictures below.  Enjoy!

KRS-One

9th Wonder

Murs

Ms. L-Boogie, Lauryn Hill

Phife Dawg & Q-Tip | A Tribe Called Quest

GZA | The Wu-Tang Clan

Ghostface Killah

RZA

Method Man

Boy Jones – Son of the late  ODB

The crowd is live! Lighters up!

Snoop Dogg

Kurupt

Tha Dogg Pound, D.P.G. – Daz Dillinger & Kurupt

Congrats to John & Nenita for tying the knot on Friday!  Here are just a few teasers from their day.  Enjoy!

I admit, I get emotional at every wedding we photograph however, I rarely ever get emotional when photographing an after shoot.  This one was THE exception.  It was an honor to photograph Andrew and Lisa and can’t wait to post the rest of their amazing photos.  But for now, enjoy the teasers!  I’ll be posting a full commentary soon.  ENJOY!!

Hip-Hop.com/Ankh Marketing in collaboration with Another Planet Entertainment brought no other than  Black Star to the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.  Amari was the lucky one who got to photograph the show while I stayed home and tended to mama duties.  :-(  All good. . . Even though this duo consists of two of my favorite emcees:  Mos Def & Talib Kweli.  DJ Mr. E, yes, Mr. Papalote in the flesh opened up on the 1s followed by Zion I hyping up the crowd.  Here are a few frames from the event.  Enjoy!

Amp Live concentrating. . .

. . . while Zumbi takes the stage. . .

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Emilie and I go way back. . . back in the days when we were pumping our bangs full of Aqua Net and wearing Express shoes from Mervyn’s.  Man, those were the days.  So I was ecstatic to find out that she was, not only getting married, but moving down to San Diego as well.  This girl deserves the best and in Lowell, I realized, that she will finally get the love that she deserves in him.  These two are so dang cute together!  It’s evident in most of the frames as they cracked jokes with one another.  Here are a few shots we did from their session.  Congrats, you two!!

And I can’t forget to mention that hair and make up was done by the uber talented Alpha B. of Sweet Fuss Hair & Artistry.  She’s the bomb!

We first met Johanna during E.J. and Beverly’s wedding a few months ago as she was one of the bridesmaids.  She and Gene are expecting their first baby come September and they wanted to take a few maternity portraits before baby Olivia arrived.  (Ironically, we’re naming our little girl Olivia too!)  Here are just a few from the session taken at our Benicia studio.

Thanks to Ankh Marketing and Hip-Hop.com we had the opportunity to capture some still documentary shots of the beautiful and uber talented Goapele at The New Parish in Oakland, CA before her show.  Good peoples and good vibes.  Together with Skyblaze Recordings and Giographix Studios, they have launched her brand new website: www.goapele.com.  Make sure to visit the site to view all the latest news and information about her upcoming album “Milk & Honey”.

So with no further ado, here are a few of our faves of the night.

I have to say that Goapele has the most perfect profile ever.  We couldn’t resist getting some of these shots of her.

Amari took the frame below.   I was really drawn to it and it has to be one of my favorites of the set.

I really loved the shot below too.  Amongst the chaos in the dressing room you see Goapele centering herself, trying to prepare for her performance.  Great mood shoot.

I love how Kamel’s Black Scale shirt frames Goapele‘s hair in the shot below.  Love it!

Here’s a few shots of the crew in a prayer circle right before walking downstairs.  Goapele thanking her band and channeling good vibes for the show.

And of course, a few live still shots of the actual show below.  It’s like capturing an old soul on film.  Classic.

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