Tony Parker NBA Live 09 Celebration

Here is some exclusive LM footage from Tony Parker's NBA Live 09 Celebration last weekend. Some of the guest in attendance included the San Antonio Spurs, Chamillionaire, Famous, Bun B, Play N Skillz, Trae, Question, and many others...

ASMP Bulletin: Refreshing the Web Feature

I was recently featured in the latest edition of the ASMP Bulletin. The feature is apart of a larger feature, titled "Refreshing the Web" in which the ASMP is showcasing newly refreshed ASMP member websites. The write-up includes an image from my online portfolio, a link to my website, and a caption.

The caption reads:

OG [ ogphotographer.com ] A music and entertainment shooter, OG's new site keeps the focus on his photography and has recieved positive feedback from clients.

The Fall 2008 edition of the ASMP Bulletin [ Refreshing the Web, p.20 ] can be downloaded/viewed here...

http://www.asmp.org/publications/asmpbulletin.php

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Interview with An Art Producer's Perspective

I was recently interviewed by Caitlin Tierney for her site, An Art Producer's Perspective. Caitlin had a few questions regarding my Destiny by Design project. As stated on her bio, "Caitlin is an art buyer/art producer with experience on several accounts including VW, Celebrity Cruises, McDonald's, New Balance, and Merrill Lynch. She is obsessed with photography and advertising."

You can check out the interview here.

Interview with Medium

I was recently interviewed by Abraham Garcia of bigbadmedium.com regarding my photo work. His online site, Medium, promotes the life, style, and culture of the independent entertainment industry and independent artists. Among other things, Abraham and I discussed how I got started as a creative, my influences, and the Austin music scene.

You can check out my interview with Medium here...

http://www.bigbadmedium.com/og-of-luxury-mindz-photos-platinum-plaques

OG Photographer on Facebook

We recently created a new Facebook page for those supporters who are apart of the Facebook network. You can access the new page here...

http://www.ogphotographer.com/facebook

Project: ACL / Bavu Blakes

I recently had the opportunity to complete my latest photo project. This project involved documenting a day in the life of Austin MC, Bavu Blakes. This wasn't just any day, as I was able to shadow Bavu the day of his Austin City Limits debut performance.

For those who may not know, Austin City Limts (ACL), is another one of Austin's big annual music festivals and Bavu Blakes is also one of Austin's top hip-hop artists. I met with Bavu around 8 AM, and from then on began capturing images. While Hip-Hop at ACL is a fairly big deal, having local Hip-Hop talent on the lineup shows how much of an impact Bavu has had on the music scene. Austin's mayor, Will Wynn, provided Bavu's introduction. He was also sure to let everyone know that he is a Bavu supporter.

The "Austin City Limits: Bavu Blakes" project can be viewed here...

http://www.ogphotographer.com/projects

Thanks for reading. Enjoy the images.

Austin City Limits (ACL) Hip-Hop _ Bavu Blakes

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to take part the 2008 Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival put on by C3. As it is every year, Zilker Park was home to several stages (AT&T, AMD, Austin Ventures, AT&T Blue Room, Dell, and BMI) over the course of three days. Many great performers, performances, sponsors, organizers, workers, volunteers, and fans made this another successful ACL for the history books.

One of this years performers was Austin MC, Bavu Blakes. Bavu is one of Austin's highly respected hip-hop artists and collaborators. Austin's Mayor, Will Winn, introduced Bavu and even admitted to the large crowd that Bavu was one of his favorite musicians. Bavu lived up the the hype and put on a great show for all those in attendance at the Austin Ventures stage. I do have photos of his performance as well as a reason for not putting them at this time, however for now, here are a couple of reviews regarding Bavu's set as well as a post performance interview..

Alex Daniel / Austin360.com Bavu Blakes Review...

http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2008/09/27/acl_review_bavu_blakes.html

Bavu's post performance interview with Deborah Sengupta-Stith of the Statesman / Austin360.com...



Matt Sonzala of AustinSurReal.com...

"Bavu killed that shit. I'ma make the declaration here once again that Bavu Blakes is the best performer in hip-hop. I've seen everyone. Probably seen every rapper ever live. 85% of them at least. Maybe 95% and Bavu Blakes is the best performer in hip-hop. Dude comes out and does a SHOW....

Bavu even came out in an Obama mask with sunglasses while his hype man came out as Hillary. Shit was crazy. Dude even did cover songs? Like he knew he had to hit them ACLers in the head so he came out in the Obama mask as the band did "Cult of Personality," then later did "I Kissed a Girl," (for the tween set???) and "Born on the Bayou" for Jon Fogerty who'd be playing just down the way a few hours later. Strange but it worked. "

Check out Matt's full ACL report/review here.

Chamillionaire in Austin _ Mixtape Messiah IV Tour

Chamillionaire and the Chamillitary Camp rolled through Austin, last Friday, for an in-store appearance and signing. Before the actual in-store event, Cham did an interview with Hot 93.3 personality, Boogie. (You can listen here) After the interview, it was off to Music Mania where many supporters showed up to get an autograph. Cham and Famous stayed around for a couple of hours, signing posters and taking photos with fans.



Cham is currently on his Mixtape Messiah IV promo tour. Austin / Music Mania was just one of the many stops. Later that night, we headed downtown to catch the Z-Ro concert and enjoyed the entire show from the DJ booth next to the stage. Cham joined Z-Ro on stage at the end of his set and then we made our way out.

Those interested, can listen to Cham's voicemail regarding his Austin trip here...



Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah V will be out in November. The cover art, designed by Mike Frost / SLFEMP will also feature some of my photo work.

- OG Photographer