A DAY WITH RAY
I’m back at the Blakeslee Mothership and that makes me happy. The day after landing Ray kidnapped me to go on some errand runs. I didn’t realize how nerdy he is. Our first trip was Frye’s Electronics where we proceeded to search for the new Nikon S1000JP (built in projector!) without success. We later found [...]
Overexposed
Earlier this month Saadiq performed at Terminal 5 in NYC. My intent was to shoot video all night but I decided to take some photos. While shooting, there was this incredibly bright light that fired from time to time, it overexposed every shot I took. Here is what it did to the photos. I thought [...]
Genesis of Style
“GENESIS OF STYLE”: STREET ETIQUETTE x TONE (full video coming in January)
“JKISSI : With the new year approaching rapidly it was only necessary to cap off the year, and the future of Street Etiquette, in a grand way. As many of you are aware, Street Etiquette teamed up with Photographer/Videographer TONE to [...]
Santastic!
Carol and Phina of Sugarhead Quarters, dear friends of Lboogie made a introduction to Saadiq’s team and Santa Inoue (Santastic!). Thanks ladies for bringing everyone together for great friendships! While in Tokyo this summer, we had the pleasure to meet Santa and Hori, these guys hold in down in Japan! Santa is a brilliant artist [...]
Photos by Tone
TONE is the man, he does it again, capturing the moments on the road. Click on the photo to link to more.
www.photobytone.com
Spin Earth
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By jackiecanchola
Nov 19, 2009
in Seattle, USA, North America
Genre: HipHop/Rap/R&B, Pop
The “Kings Keep Marchin” tour opener by Raphael Saadiq hit Seattle the other night, and it quite a show see live. Amazing that he still has the energy to make the whole crowd giddy and wild. He gives his mind, [...]
Rehearsal
Click on photo to see more behind the scenes images of Kings Keep Marchin Tour band rehearsal at Blakeslee.
Photos by Mel Cole.
Inspiration of the Day
Good friend of the team and dope photographer Mel Cole aka Village Slum shot this photo in NYC at Irving Plaza. Mel is in town from New York this weekend, taking photos at Blakeslee of the band rehearsal, check back soon for pics. Follow this cat, super talented! www.villageslum.com
Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)
Hi fans,
Check out the iTunes exclusive live recording from my studio Blakeslee Recording Company.
Photo shot at the Ninth Ward in The Big Easy…aka New Orleans. In the photo, I’m sitting on a concrete foundation of what used to be someone’s home before Hurricane Katrina, such a powerful and moving experience, I wanted to share [...]
Staying In Love – BTS images
I love working with Ray and his entire team more than words can really say. This time around I was brought on board to shoot production stills and a behind the scenes video (for SONY). Check out some of these images shot during the making of Raphaels newest video for “Staying In Love” [...]
Big Easy – Katrina Music Project
Katrina Music Project aims to preserve the music and heritage of New Orleans
For the past three years, photographer Dove Shore has traveled the country shooting portraits of musicians touched by Hurricane Katrina. These photos, along with song lyrics, writings and Hurricane Katrina disaster photos, will be collected in Katrina Music Project, a coffee table book [...]
My NOLA experience
My Essence Festival experience, was one night I will never forget. First of all, I was still in a Japan time zone, and state of mind, but I had to grab some breakfast from Mothers (I think it’s called). Since I was up all night and couldn’t sleep, I was the first to get there [...]
Essence Radio Promos
Today my homeboy Trevz (TheNewPop.Com) and I followed Raphael along for some of his radio promo. Saadiq handles his fans with such class and despite the mobs of people who wanted photos and autographs, he took it all in stride. Here are some photos to give you an idea of what it’s like [...]
Raphael Fans in Tokyo
Raphael autographed a bunch of stuff for his fans while he was playing at the Blue Note. On the first night, I took a moment to snap some flicks of them.
Blue Note Tokyo (last performance)
As the newest member of this team, I am humbled by the level of talent I am working with. The trip to Japan has been incredible on so many levels but on the lastnight at the Blue Note Tokyo… Well, that changed me. The Blue Note (July 1st, 2009) was packed. It was standing room [...]
Tone & The New Pop
This year I’ve met some incredible creative, talented people who’ve showed me such a passion for their profession as well as my music, that I’ve asked them to become a part of my team. You’ll be seeing a lot more artwork and photography on my blog of all cool folks I’m building with.
TONE is [...]