portraits of a musician - new york

a friend has been trying to schedule this photo shoot for months and i am really glad that we finally did it right before the end of summer. i had already actually taken some photos of him a few years ago when i just had recently met him and when we were both just starting to further explore our hobbies, me in photography and him with his singing and his 12-string guitar. click HERE to see the first photo shoot i did for him a few years ago.

anyways, the location was his choice which was really cool and appropriate for the shoot. it's the famous & historical Hotel Chelsea in manhattan NY.

"the hotel has always been a center of artistic and bohemian activity and it houses artwork created by many of the artists who have visited."

we had met after work and right away started shooting before the sun went down. the exterior of the hotel was just rich in architecture and details that we were just all over the place to the point that the hotel manager had to ask us how much longer we would take. if we had more time, i probably would have tried to take a few shots inside the hotel but we weren't sure if they would allow it since they were conducting tours.

i really had fun doing this shoot since it brings out more of my artistic side and anything in new york just makes it more exciting. i would love to do more of this kind of shoots for artists or musicians. ...calling artists and musicians out there! :-)

anyways, i'd like to thank Brendan again for choosing me to take his portraits. i wish you all the best in your musical career and don't forget me when you're rich & famous! :-)

check out his myspace page for his gigs:
http://www.myspace.com/brendananthonymusic

acoustic blues

A good friend of my sister is an upcoming acoustic singer who is based in New Jersey and has been playing a 12-string guitar for years. He wanted a few shots to put up on his upcoming website so we scheduled a photo session a couple weeks ago. He wanted a city background so I quickly suggested the best view in the world. So we ended up having the session around my neighborhood with the New York City skyline as the backdrop.
You might notice the change in background color. We had the session at the best time of the day to view the city skyline - from dusk or what they call the blue hour 'til the evening when the sky just turns black and the NYC skyline lights up. You would be able to see and experience this magnificent view in just an hour of sitting. I just love it! He was just in awe when he saw this. ;-) Hope he likes these photos since he has only seen some of these.








I'm not sure if I would concentrate on this kind of session but at the end, I enjoyed doing this cool session since I think I'm more inclined and exposed to the arts and of course NYC. I also probably wouldn't mind doing this kind of session again. :-) Thanks again for this experience Brendan!