Jamaica Carnival 2013

I survived Jamaica Carnival 2013. Thanks to all those who showed my camera love.

Zip Clique

Make sure you listen to the best morning radio show in Jamaica with Dj Bambino on zipfm. If you’re not in Jamaica you can listen to him live on the web at zipfm.net Tuesday-Friday 6am-10am EST

Soldier 552 Official Video – Director’s Cut

Soldier 552 starring Aisling O’reilly and Dj Bambino aka Trever Off Key.

Special Thanks to Scuf, Julian & his stunt riding crew for providing the quads, Attorney-at-law Michael Deans for his one of a kind red truck and thanks to everyone who helped out on this project.

Jamaica’s Carnival 2012

Carnival this year in Jamaica was a good one. Im glad it didn’t rain as much as it did last year and the music this year was a lot better. Its nowhere close to Trinidad’s carnival but being around many of my good friends and new friends made up for that.

TEAM DWP

I’m A Soldier

Here are a few stillz from my upcoming project titled “I’m A Soldier”

Turn Up The Heat

She want a man weh can turn up the Heat
Give her the touch & mek her heart skip a Beat
She need a man weh can put it on Sweet
Give her the loving mek she feel Complete

Shi want a man weh can turn up di Heat

The above are lyrics from Cham new song titled “Back Way” if you haven’t heard it make sure you check it out. Listen: Back Way
Video for Back Way coming soon

Dwayne Nelson – Gone But Not Forgotten

Last year this time i woke up to some disturbing news that my good friend Dwayne Nelson was murdered in Kingston, Jamaica. Dwayne was a great friend of mine and I’m sure many can say the same. I was fortunate to have met such an outstanding individual and he will truly be missed. I shared a lot of great memories with Dwayne. One of the many things I admired about him was his musical talent and you had to really know him to knew such a talent existed with him. Dwayne had numerous songs written in his memory and walked around with them engraved in his brain. I was always amazed by how he could create such art and not even put the pen to the paper. He had a song called Strange Land that I had him read to me so I could write it down.

What follows are some lines from the song:
I’m living in a strange land with strange faces, seen so many strange things in strange places, Feel like a stranger, always felt my life was in danger, but now I get to understand how things changes, I sit to make a plan and it rearranges.

I interviewed Dwayne for a project of mine that didn’t really manifest. The video below contain excerpts from that interview and interviews conducted the day we found out he passed away. For many this will provide a chance of seeing and hearing his voice again. For others it could be painful. Until we meet again my friend I wont give up along the way and I hope I would have been as successful as you in touching the lives of others.

Carnival Queen Arrested

The caribbean community is South FLorida has one thing on their minds for this weekend and that is Carnival. Carnival as it is celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago is also celebrated in cities worldwide. As with other Carnivals, many participants wear elaborate costumes, often decorated with feathers and sequins. Carnival bands are organized groups made up of participants who pay for costumes fashioned by a designer and assembled by teams of volunteers. The costumed participants dance through the streets to the sounds of a steel band, a soca band or a d.j. – this is called “playing mas’”.

The image below was inspired by carnival but with my twist to it. The image was captured in Kingston Jamaica at Coronation Market. I have to say that this was one of my craziest shoots to date. I will be revealing a few more pics so stay tuned.

If you’re playing Mas in Miami carnival and would like to participate in my on going carnival costume shoot please try and save your costume with head piece and send me an email letting me know you would like to be apart of the project. Unfortunately I will not be in town for Miami Carnival on Sunday so I will miss my ritual of photographing the event.

I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel intoxicated almost but in a good way. Sort of like Im at a Carnival in a dream

Expose Jan.29th 2011

Expose yourself to a new reality. Things aren’t always what they seem. You see people who you think you know and make assumptions about who they are. Do you know how they got there, do you know there struggles, do you know they hustles? Who are we to judge and place a steriotype against them, without knowing who they really are. Expose is a short documentary style film that takes you into the lives of a few individuals and shows that there is more to them than what you see. Things aren’t always as they seem. Exposing their lives, the truth and the untold.

Expose is also a party that will take place on January 29th 2011 at Chu’s which is located at 2728 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Coral Gables FL, 33134. The main purpose of this event is to have a great time but also to raise the necessary funds to edit the short documentary. Zj Bambino from Jamaica’s Zipfm (same guy who brought you songs like Miss My Cooking and Fake Jeans Admit It) will be in spinning your favorite songs along with Addy from Eccentrix Sound. The event will start at 11pm and continue to 4am. Thanks in advance for your support and let us look forward to a great and productive 2011.

Taking place Jan.29th 2011 at Chu's in Coral Gables

Featuring Zj Bambino from Kingston Jamaica & Addy from Eccentrix Sound

Happy New Year

Happy 2011 everyone. Hope this year will bring blessings in abundance for us all. The holiday was no vacation for me. I was busy filming my project and I got the chance to do 1 photoshoot. This was no ordinary photoshoot but it’s now in the past and on to the next one. If you’re interested in shooting with me feel free to drop me a line. The attached video is just a preview of what to expect for 2011. Special thanks to everyone involved: Nicole (owe u Big Time) Gian, Shari, Jason, Trever Off Key and the Police Officers.