Fab 5 (3/4)

Everyone's so busy nowadays. We hardly get to chill in the city like we used. But here's just a few of my favorites from that night Justinn came back from L.A. to visit.


Always so fly, Miss McGlone.


Justinn, a.k.a Frankee Razor returns to the east coast!


G sippin' on some sizzerp...


"Big Black Africa" a.k.a Travis Love


Yay !

And one more last photo of my beautiful Gia


Hot.

Inspiration (What a way to brighten my day =)

I belong to a small community of artist/photographers on Flickr where I've been sharing my images for over three years now. A very talented artist, who goes by the screen name Absoluv, sent me a link to one of his recent artworks that was inspired by a self portrait of mine! He based out of England and is extremely talented to say the least. It's a work in progress, but I already love what he's begun.

Take a look -



Click on the following link to see the original image on my flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarika/54602887/in/set-72157600300911061/

I'm itching with excitement to see how the final image will turn out!

May I also add that God is amazing? The older I become, the more I see this in everything I do. God knows just when to brighten the spirit in our most depressing hour. Personally, I wasn't feeling up to par today. At work, all day yesterday, my mind was elsewhere. I kept making mistakes at the cash register, running clothes to the floor at a slow pace, had little to no help in the fitting room - so clothes were just piling up to the ceiling, and then to top it off, I didn't lock the store's main door at closing which could have resulted in cops and security being called to the scene. Like, I really need to get it together. If you ask what's bothering me, I'll tell you that I've been employed with H&M since July, and am suddenly noticing my original excitement is quickly fading. I simply don't want to be there. I sometimes feel that I didn't get a Fine Art degree from college to become a sales associate at a clothing retail store. Yet when I start to feel myself complaining, I remind myself why I first started working there - 1)steady income and 2)to work my way up and get the opportunity to shoot their fashion ads someday. All I keep thinking about is my photography and wanting to shoot, but H&M sucks up a lot of my energy. I just really need to get it together and stay focused. I trust that God's going to work it out in due time.

Today I work from 12-5pm and then on to finishing up images for George, a dear friend, for his amazing Any1Man production. Will be posting about that soon! Pretty amazing stuff. ;)

Thank you again ABSOLUV for using your gift to create such wonderful work!

51st Annual Ebony Fashion Fair Show

Yesterday I attended the 51st Annual Ebony Fashion Fair event held in Atlantic City, NJ. Check out some of the photos I got.






The former Chair Atlantic City Arts Commission and I at the event.

Jovian's Surprise

She's another year sexier, fabulous and just down right amazing. Miss Jovian Irvin and friends bowl the night away in a surprise celebration for her 25th birthday.





















Kinda want a "Big Photo" type of blog...we had some fun. =)

(p.s. check these pix and extras on facebook later)

Janelle Monáe returns to Highline Ballroom

Hello all! It's been a while; I'm still alive. Just been working like crazy. This post is long over due, but I've decided to keep up with this blog as often as possible, no matter what. A couple weeks back I traveled to NYC to catch JM and the W.A.S at the Highline Ballroom again. This time she came back with Raphael Saadiq. (Unfortunately, there are no shots of him. =( They just finished the first official tour for "Metropolis: The Chase" (which is still available for purchase on iTunes and music retail stores now. Shame on you if you haven't coped it. Do it today. =) As it is always, it was great seeing the gang again. Got inside the show a little late due to circumstances I had no control over, so didn't get as many shots of the performance as I'd like to.






and these...







So there a go, just a little laste of what I saw.

And did I mention to get Metropolis: The Chase? Yea, do that. It's in stores now!

Until next time...