05 May 2009

Second Sun @ Buffalo

This would be Second Sun's first performance down here in buffalo. It's about damn time I get to witness some good music being played here. Heh.. First time I saw them was back in the UMF10.. It was awesome!!

Adam White and Antoine Becks make up the duo who are well known for their live performances. First time I heard them was with a collaboration with Paul Van Dyk around 2005. Of course, back then I didn't know about them. It was the song 'Crush' in PVD's album 'Reflections'. When I was in college, I used to spam that song on my MP3 player. hehe..


Some how I cannot embed the info.. Myeh... oh well..





Through the shoot, I had many problems with capturing them from the stage. The bars between the stage and table did not help much. What I wanted was to capture the crowd as well as the 2 guys and it turned out pretty horrible so I dropped them =(

Anyway, here are the best picks of the night. I tried to up the contrast and it worked really well in this case. ^^

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I tried my hand at making the contrast stronger and I found that it does make the subjects pop more.

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Cory & Stacie

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I'm always bad at action shots without my flash, but I'm glad that this turned out decent

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Left to right: Adam White & Antoine Becks

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I've got free reign and I get to move to any part of the club to shoot. I really enjoyed this freedom to shoot =)

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I thought that the lighting and composure of this shot is one of the best in all my shots.
Slowly improving ^^

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Jesse holding the fort down in the next room.

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Stoutlager & Antoine Becks

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Stoutlager & Adam White
Yes yes, I forgot to bring a pen for them to sign my CD.. sigh...

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Next gig that I am looking forward to will be Junkie XL.. Huge huge huge..

Stout Out.

Japan Night 09

After being in Buffalo for 3 years, I finally attended my first Japan Night. It was really funny =)

Everyone was really tired and yet there was a lot of energy and smiles to go around. This is what I can say is the JSA community in Buffalo.

For me, it was a long and tiring night.. At the end, I fell asleep in my car at McD at 0530 because I wanted to get some brekkie before crashing. It was really quiet and I felt kind of excited and nervous. At least I did not get a cold.. heh.

So, first off was the show at 1800 followed by the Matsuri and afterparty down at 'Quote'.


I am currently seeking out all of the videos pertaining to this event. Let me know if I missed any.


Trailer for Japan Night.
'Home is Where the Heart is at'
Yes, THAT is Mari Talai in the opening! ^^


Japan Night Crew


Prologue - Myth of the Raccoon presented by Kyoko Umezaki.


Japanese Joke Clip presented by Ashley Yohn.
Seaweed.....


Smily Joe's Smily Shopping brought to you by Smily Joe and Ebay Jack!
It really does work!


Safety Information for 'Mr. I Want To Have A Good Dream Pillow'.
Brought to you by our safety intructor Maica!
Please bring exact change.


Pokemon Trailer Spinoff.
Featuring Ryosuke Kojima & Kazuhiro Ezaki
Audio has been turned off.
Facebook link here. =)


Sadako's Intermission.
Solo act by Yuki Tanimoto.
I keep thinking...Isn't the floor kind of dirty


Prime Minister Mori's Trailer 1.0
Featuring Takashi Nakamura.
Coming to a cinema near you.


Prime Minister Mori's True Story 2.0
Featuring Takashi Nakamura.
Coming to a cinema near you...This summer.
Do they really eat that black guck on a toast?


Princess Peach Spin Off.
Featuring Layna Stewman & Poor poor Masato Uenishi


Have you found a place where you belong?
Featuring JSA!


Japan Night Shots
The best picks

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*Cry face*

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Leng Chai! Don't get cheeky with the new classmate!

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'I Heart Britney'

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Cheeky lil' bugger.

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Donut Pikachu.

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Gorilla!

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Winning performance in the International Fiesta.

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New and Improved Pikachu! Vm

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Mr. Director.

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^____^

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It's a guy thing ^^

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15 feet ceiling? roflmao

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DJ Kid & Wakako

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I really like the red glare here... Of course I wouldn't get it if my lense hood hadn't cracked =)

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The Doppelganger effect

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Ryosuke floating!


Fuiyoh.. That was a really really a lot of work for me... And I got the easy part..

Ciao for now!

02 May 2009

TJ Remix: Farewell...for now.

So, only on the day itself do I find out that this will be the "last" party for TJ Remix. It has been a great and pleasurable year. Just like the flame of a candle, it burns as bright and soon is extinguished as its life is short lived. As bittersweet as it may seem, please, do enjoy the best picks of the night. =)




Here's a favourite of mine mixed by Kaskade.
Featuring Nelly Furtado, Why do all good things come to an end.

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