Arc Keyboard

Got a chance to step out of my norm and shoot some commercial oriented photos for Microsoft awhile back. The Photos were used at this years CES Electronics Tradeshow. Debuting Microsoft's new Arc Keyboard. Showcasing its sleek design and portable easy to hide-away at home size. I think they definitely took a step in the right direction with this nice looking piece of hardware.

Photo Of The Day

Saturday morning breakfast and coffee. I love making food and am trying to get better about shooting more of it. Working on a few Food/Photo projects that I will be posting sooner or later. I was motivated to make some fried eggs this weekend after listening to my friend Molly's new Podcast. Check it out!

Blog & Show Love

Got some nice press this week for my show currently running during January @ Bo Concepts Pop Up Gallery in Pioneer Square. A nice writeup from both:

Laura Cassidy of Seattle Metropolitans Style Blog
The Aesthetic206 Blog

Also, never blogged it until now but extremely stoked to see a post linking to my work on Light In The Attic Records Blog last month. I've been a huge supporter of what the label does and it means a lot to be noticed in my own field by them. Looking forward to hopefully working with them in the future on some sort of release project or live show. Full Light In The Attic Writeup HERE

Photo of the day: Militant Mind

A portrait of my friend NAS. Got this old roll of film back from my Nikon FM yesterday. Lotta good surprises on it. I love leaving all my old cameras loaded and shooting them every so often leaving for a nice suprise of memories upon finally getting the film back.

Keep It Light...err Dark

This weeks Keep It Light Collective group assignment was the theme "Dark" interpreted as we wish. These were my two shots. Thanks to my friend Alex and Kia's Magestic lil pup for modeling.

Star Wars X Addidas

This shit is pretty fresh..

Inspiration Post

Been doing a lot of Flickr Fav'ing of late.. 2 images for ya today that i LOVED

By:Escapo


By:Lou Obedlam

B.A.B.Y & Binary

Nashid aka ONEBELO, formally of Binary Star has become a good friend of mine over the years. Thanks to meeting him through some mutual friends about 5 or 6 years back he became the first musician I ever took a portrait of. We have since shot over 5 different portrait sessions and I have gotten to travel to Michigan to see his home town. This week my buddy Patrick and I will be shooting a music video for his new Album B.A.B.Y (Being a Black Youth). I really think this album could be his best work to date and am excited to create a visual to match the themes and mood of the album. Its a really positive piece of music that shows Lo's evolving skill on the mic but more importantly his ties to community, world problems, and helping youth.

Ill be posting the video when we finish but for now here are a few old photos of him I still really enjoy as well as the flier for this weekends Binary Star show. If you never caught the group in their prime come out to nectar for this rare chance to see the duo performing. Could be the last time it happens in Seattle.

$5 Cover Seattle

I'm stoked to see the $5 Cover Seattle Trailer is finally out HERE: VIMEO LINK
Working on this was a blast and its gonna be really cool to watch it online. Seeing some of my good friends bands all melded together into Lynn's work. I also am proud to have my first MTV Photo Credit in this months Seattle Magazine; Tear Sheet posted at the top of this entry.

Jennifer Marckx Shoot

Has the pleasure of working with Jennifer Marckx on New Years Eve. Although she had never previously modeled, she was a natural in front of the camera and we all had a fun rainy day shoot. Special thanks to Osiris for the Styling, Ryan for the assisting, and Katie for the Jewelry

First Thursday

If you are planning on stopping by Pioneer Square for First Thursday, swing by our Pop Up Gallery tomorow night. Im showing a few new prints as well as a few old ones. Im joined by a bunch of talented folks/friends including my girlfriend Katie and homies Jay Clark/Frank Correra.

Bad Luck & Shabazz

Sorry for the slight delay in blogging lately..Had a stroke of bad luck losing my house keys and having my Macbooks HD Randomly fail and crash...

Im finally back on my feet and working on the stack of photos I have to edit this week. Also planning a lot of fun shooting in the next few weeks.

Had the pleasure of working with one of my favorite groups of 2009 for this weeks Stranger Lead Music Feature. Featuring Ish from Digable Planets; Shabazz Palaces records were some of the illest hiphop to come out of anywhere in the US last year, let alone seattle. Im stoked for their first live show this friday. These were my favorite two from the shoot. They wished to keep their faces hidden which is why both dont show any face detail.