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2012-01-17T14:41:00.000-08:00

Sky Culture product shots

2012-01-04T00:52:00.000-08:00

I took some photos for Sky Culture Clothing last week, my first job of 2012. Check out these product shots and also if you have a minute you should definitely check out their website www.skycultureclothing.com. Culture Up.

My shoot with Jon Callahan - owner of Launch Snowboards

2012-01-02T13:56:00.000-08:00

Jon and I have been friends for a few years now ever since I shot him for Transworld Magazine, he called me because he needed recent photos of him and his new line of boards. Here are some of the photos from the shoot. check out www.launchsnowboards.com

Test shoot with Lauren Heavner

2011-12-13T13:29:00.000-08:00

Photographer : Ramie Faris

Stylist: Alexandra Perlaki

Model: Lauren Heavner

If you like any of these outfits, check out Suite 201 in Ridgewood, NJ

www.shopsuite201.com

Shoot with Jay Mula

2011-12-09T13:10:00.001-08:00

Did a shoot with my brothers artist the other day Jay Mula from Brooklyn. These photos were for a couple magazines doing articles on him under the unsigned hype section.

Ike & Randys boxing gym

2011-12-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

I recently bought a new camera and wanted to get out and do some kind of a test with the camera. I called my friend Steve and we drove around for about an hour until we ended up somewhere in Paterson, I knew of a boxing gym near by so I found directions by asking wonderful Siri on my iPhone and she led me to the gym which wasn't far away. We passed by the place like 3 times before noticing a small sign about 1ft by 1ft tied to a fence with someones sloppy handwriting saying "IKE & RANDYS BOXING GYM". You have to walk down an ally for the entrance, so I did, I was a bit skeptical but did it anyways. I walked into the gym and instantly fell in love, it was old and just had something about it that really made me want to shoot there. I spoke to one of the trainers and he said it would be okay to shoot the following week after the thanksgiving holiday. I went back a week later and got some cool stuff, here are some crappy quality screenshots from that day.

New York Doll lookbook 2011

2011-11-02T21:59:00.001-07:00

Photographer: Ramie Faris
Stylist: www.Gypsywarrior.com

myself

2011-10-19T22:16:00.000-07:00

dope pic taken by Sebastian Beckmann at The Space Studios

The Space Studios NYC with Yulia Gorbachenko & Frances Hathaway

2011-10-19T12:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some behind the scenes shots of photographer Yulia Gorbachenko and world renowned M.U.A. Frances Hathaway. I've known Yulia for a little while now and from time to time I help assist her during shoots. Last month I received a call asking if I could shoot a behind the scene video for Frances Hathaway working her magic. We shot at The Space Studios in The Chelsea Market located in the meatpacking district of NYC. The video is still in the process of being edited but once it is complete it will be up for all to see. Enjoy some photos in the meantime.

NJ View > NY view

2011-10-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

some photos from FortLee, NJ

Gypsy Warrior Vintage

2011-09-21T20:53:00.000-07:00

Gypsy Warrior Vintage

http://gypsywarrior.com/

Model: Erica Jamz

my girlfriend

2011-09-18T18:16:00.000-07:00

i pissed off my girlfriend to get these 2 lousy pictures

From The Sky

2011-09-05T15:44:00.000-07:00

over the rocky's & part of the desert

paintcans, dirty fingers and shredding

2011-09-05T15:28:00.000-07:00

The photo above is from an underground paint store that only sells street art supplies. My homie Esteban took me for a ride to check out some sick art and check out the shop.. its pretty nuts .. you cant even tell there's a store .. the front is all blacked out but once your inside its 15 ft shelves of paint cans made especially for street artist and some good tunes. I was told that not many people can just walk in there … its sort of a locals only spot.

Esty's fingers stay painted

stopped in at KEEP to buy some kicks

Pictures from the passengers seat

2011-09-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

California Girls

2011-09-01T22:27:00.000-07:00

8 hours in Brooklyn

2011-08-19T11:49:00.000-07:00

Here is a video shot by my friend Jon Bregel of NextLevelPictures

Shot on Rule Boston Camera's Phantom Flex camera. Director/Cinematographer: Jonathan Bregel Color Grade: Khalid Mohtaseb Production NGAFers: Dan Selby, Jesse Korman, Chris Dowsett Executive Producer: James Douglas Production Company: Next Level Pictures

www.nextlevelpictures.com

Gypsy Warrior

2011-08-14T14:45:00.000-07:00

photo I took of Erica for Gypsy Warrior a couple weeks ago, check em out www.gypsywarriorvintage.com

MLB Fan Cave Takeover

2011-06-29T14:38:00.000-07:00

DJ Skee and Skee Sports present MLB Fan Cave takeover to benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation with special guests. Here are a few pictures from this past weekends interviews with DJSKEE at the MLB Fan Cave located on Broadway and 4th.

Darren McMullen

Mike O'Hara and Ryan Wagner, these guys have any baseball lovers dream job. They won a contest to stay at the Fan Cave and watch every baseball game and blog about it.

Rick Dejesus

Maino

Fair

2011-06-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

model - Ashley Newman

Music Video "BAZAR" by Salmz

2011-05-18T16:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some screen shots for a Music Video I shot last week.

Production: MilliframeMedia

DP:Ramie Faris

Director - Milliframe Inc

Song - Beethoven 9th Symphony

DP - Ramie Faris

Make Up - Tina Costello

Lighting - Ramie Faris

Audio - Ammo Compare

Screenplay - Salmz

Location - Washington Heights, NY.

Actors:

Brandon London

Jaime Fernandez

Joanne Gonzales

Ammo Compare

Simon Vegas

Major

Ground Zero May 1, 2011

2011-05-02T22:17:00.001-07:00

Living A Lie Music Video

2011-04-25T11:18:00.001-07:00

This past weekend I shot a music video for MilliFrame Media. Here are a few screen shots and behind the scenes of the video, All shot in NYC. Thanks to everyone for coming out and helping and thanks to Apt 78 for allowing us to use your place of business and Willy for giving us your apartment for the day.

To check out more photos of behind the scenes from our first location take a look at these photos by Al Nunez. http://alnunezphotography.com/livingalie/

Waking Lights Music Video

2011-03-01T20:34:00.000-08:00

Tuesday the 22nd, I shot a music video for the band Waking Lights at the legendary MeatLocker in Montclair, New Jersey. We've been planning a music video for a while now and finally got it done. Matt and I talked for weeks prior too the shoot, scouting locations and coming up with ideas, In the end we decided a performance would be the best bet. We kept it simple and fun.

This was all shot on my Canon 7D

Color corrected in Adobe After Effects CS5

Edited using FCP7

Lenses used : 50mm f/1.4 - 35mm f/2 - 17-55mm f/4

I used a KesslerCrane pocket jib to get some jib shots

I used a 36inch IndiSystem minislider for some dolly shots

I also just purchased a low price 7inch HDMI monitor that I tested out and really helped when pulling focus.

Director - Ramie Faris

Makeup - Ashley Meyers

Onset stills - Jesse Pstoa

Behind the scenes video - Justin LaMarca

Here are some behind the scene photos from the day we shot the video, shot by Jesse Pstoa.

Here are some Screen shots of the video. Enjoy

Karbala Iraq 2011

2011-02-08T11:54:00.000-08:00

Every once in a while a once in a lifetime opportunity arises, this was one I could not pass up. My good friend and colleague Khalid Mohtaseb approached me to work a job with him. The job was to shoot footage of the Arba'een religious pilgrimage to the shire of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq. It was an honor and privilege to be a part of such an amazing experience. When the trip was finalized, which was 48 hours before our departure, I barely had time to think about where I was going and what I was about to encounter. I packed up my gear and tried to mentally prepare myself for an unforgettable trip. Our team, Khalid, Susan, Ahmed and Timur, are all people I have worked with before so I knew we were about to capture incredible footage.

For those of you who do not know what this pilgrimage is, it takes place annually in a shrine located in the holy city of Karbala, located just south of Baghdad. Shi'ite Muslims flock to Karbala marching to commenmorate the martyrdom of the grandson of Muhammad 14 centuries ago. 30 years ago Saddam Husein outlawed this pilgrimage. Shi'ite Muslims consider Karbala to be one of the holiest places in the world, second only to Mecca and Najaf. The most important date for a pilgrimage to Karbala is on Arba'een, the Muslim holiday we were set to document. Originally a minor fasting holiday, Shi'ites have adopted Arba'een as the day for commemorating the death of Hussein. Public mourning and bloody reenactments of the battle are carried out by Shi'ites across the Muslim world, but the most important of these is at Karbala.

People travel from all over the world to make their visit to this shrine. Most of the people that visit Karbala make there journey on foot, they walk for miles with bringing just the basic necessities with them. The locals are some of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. During this time of year the locals set up tents and small stands to give out tea, food, water, shelter and the list goes on, all free of charge. The people of Karbala are so giving, I would walk down the street and they would grab me and give me a bowl of rice pudding, or a glass of amazing Iraqi tea.
I was fortunate to meet amazing people and hear some of their stories. I heard of a man who sold his home to get money to feed the people during the time of Arba'een. I know that pictures can only convey so much, but I can assure you that although Karbala may not have been of conventional beauty, it truly was one of the most beautiful and incredible places I have ever seen in my life. These are some of my photos from my very humbling adventure that most people will never get to experience. enjoy.

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Nader & Adrienne

2011-01-06T13:36:00.000-08:00

Back in November I had a shoot for an up and coming clothing line, Marquis Vega. I got Nader and Adrienne to model for me and we ended up getting very creative with things and just had fun with things. It was about 30 degrees out, we had a car on site for them to keep running into the car to warm up between shots. It was freezing, at one point I took my shirt off because I felt bad making them strip down in 30 degree weather, however it didn't last. We made the best of it and this was the out come, hope you'll like it!

Turbine Boardwear Catalog shoot 2011

2011-01-02T09:36:00.000-08:00

This is a late post but I figured I'd post anyway, I had a shoot a couple weeks ago in Hoboken for snowboard company Turbine who published my photo in Transworld magazine in November. Its always a great time working with the people over their at turbine, they had reps from Burton & Arbor come out with some pretty cool boards for the shoot. The team riders were definitely cool to work with, we just kicked it and had fun throughout the day. Their slogan was "Tailored to shred" so the idea behind the shoot was them actually designing the clothing, thats why the sewing machines were out.

www.e408.com

www.launchsnowboards.com

www.arborcollective.com

www.burton.com

Interview with Ericka Pittman

2010-11-01T12:55:00.000-07:00

I Worked on an interview with Ericka Pittman, Vice President of the Blue Flame Agency. Blue Flame is the agency that runs Sean Jean, Ciroc, Unforgivable etc. Ericka is a really cool person and knows her basketball!

Interview with Randall Lane

2010-11-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

Worked on an interview with Talani Goodson & Randall Lane on Friday.

Billy Roadz Music Video

2010-10-25T14:32:00.000-07:00

Shot a music video for Billy Roadz yesterday, here are some screen shots of the music video. If you don't already know he's a very talented hip-hop artist from Newark and is on his rise to the top! It was great working with him and his crew, I directed this with nothing in mind we sort of got together and started shooting.

This was all shot on 3 canon 7D's

70-200mm 2.8

17-40mm f/4

50mm 1.4

35mm f/2

Turbine Boardwear Shoot

2009-10-28T22:57:00.000-07:00

Jon Callahan (Launch Snowboards)

2009-10-12T22:13:00.001-07:00

Weddings

2009-10-12T21:54:00.000-07:00

Travel

2009-10-12T21:53:00.001-07:00

Brasil

LONDON

FRANCE

HONDURAS