Style Me Grasie – January

Outfit post photos from January for Style Me Grasie.

Tags: blogger, fashion blog, fashion photographer, grasie mercedes, Hollywood, Los Angeles, outfit posts, Portrait Photographer, style me grasie, sylvia g photo, Sylvia G Photography, Sylvia Gunde

Arshad – Red Alert EP

Was lucky to shoot the ever-so-talented Arshad for his new EP, Red Alert.

Be sure to check out his facebook page (listen to the EP on there!) as well as follow him on twitter.

I’m also really excited for the release of the music video of “Red Alert.” I believe there are some other music videos being made for other songs as well.
Check out these posts covering the making of the music video! Post 1, post 2, post 3.

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Channels – Recording

Spent a couple of days at the beginning of the new year with Channels, a folk/indie trio band in LA.
They’ve been working on writing and tracking their EP. After seeing all the long hours of recording, I can’t wait to hear the final versions!

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Style Me Grasie – December

Keep up with Grasie’s great posts on her blog for more great photos that we will be working together on in 2012! I’m excited to continue to work with her and keep expanding with her. (:

We got a chance this month to check out and pull clothes from Post + Beam‘s LA showroom.

We also made the front page of Chictopia!

Tags: chictopia, fashion blogger, Fashion Photography, grasie mercedes, Los Angeles, outfit posts, post + beam, showroom, sylvia g photo, Sylvia G Photography, Sylvia Gunde

The Bay

Went on a mini-roadtrips of sorts with Kenny right before the new year. Drove up to the Bay – visited Lemoore, San Jose, Half Moon Bay, and San Francisco. Spent most of the time eating and shopping as well as catching up with old friends. Congrats to JJ & Ashley who surprised us with the news that they have a lovely baby on the way! <3

It made me happy that we went on a random detour to Half Moon Bay since I’ve never been there before. So here are pics from that leg of the trip:

It also has newly become 2012. I’m really excited for this new year and all that it will bring. I’m hoping for lots of shooting and adventures as well as continuing to work with Instant Noodles Crew. Here’s to a great new year!

Tags: Adventure, francis kenneth anunciacion, half moon bay, kenny, lemoore, road trip, san francisco, San Jose, sylvia g photo, Sylvia G Photography, Sylvia Gunde, the bay

S2K

S2K, or Style 2 Kill, is a new all-female dance project that encompasses many styles of dance.
They have an awesome roster of ridiculously talented ladies and it was great getting to work with a group of girl dancers (since recently I’ve been shooting lots of male dance crews).

I was super excited about the concept that Janice came up with. We decided to go with a multi-bird theme – matching the personalities of each girl in the group into a type of bird (eagles, peacocks, and robins). Hikari and Janice put together a perfect team together and planned out the shoot super well. AMAZING job to the hairstylists, Jasmine Chang and Marshall Bang, for their hard work – I was amazed at how much you two did in such a short period of time. So much planning and hard work was put into this shoot so I’m glad everything ended up being pretty amazing.

Birds in flight

Eagles (Yuri, Cindy, Katie, Savannah)

Peacocks (Aakriti, Amy, Dana, Hikari)

Robins (Jolene, Janice, Juli, Karen)

Thank you girls for being so easy and fun to work with!

And thank you Deyo for filming the shoot! See the video from the shoot here:

And a big thank you to Kenny for assisting me for the day (making sure I had water and cough drops since I was sick).

Be sure to follow S2K:
Facebook / Twitter

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Solstice Canyon

Went on an adventure to Solstice Canyon for the first time a couple of days ago. I’ve never been before so it was a fun experience – I definitely want to go back soon when it’s not so dark (we hiked pretty late and it was completely dark when we were hiking out of the canyon) and when I’m not sick. I really wanted to find this grotto with Mary statues but I couldn’t find it this time. ):

The first portion of the hike was easy but once we passed the burned down ranch house, it was purely rock climbing (bouldering). While it sucked to climb around since I was sick, I was glad to have had some climbing experience before going here or it definitely would have been a lot more difficult.

Planking in what we think was the bedroom.

“Family Portrait” in front of a fireplace.

Climb time.

Tags: abandoned house, Adventure, hike, malibu, solstice canyon, sylvia g photo, Sylvia G Photography, Sylvia Gunde, urban exploration

And I could see for miles, miles, miles.

Did a fun shoot with Aimee and Juliet a bit back (check my old post here). Thank you Aimee for the wonderful photos and Juliet for the amazing hair and makeup! I am such an awkward “model” but Aimee definitely makes me look good every time.

And at once I knew I was not magnificent.

Tags: aimee tran, aimee tran photography, bon iver, holocene, juliet bourgeois, makeup with juliet, portrait photography, Sylvia Gunde

AKM [Florida]

Haven’t had a chance to blog about my last trip to Florida.

Went to Gainesville with Instant Noodles for Asian Kaleidoscope Month’s Closing Ceremony to perform alongside Kina Grannis and Kevin Shea.

This was my first time in Florida and I had a really great experience! It was a pretty relaxing trip – everything was planned really well so the guys and myself didn’t feel the anxiety that we sometimes feel on the road. We also had the opportunity to make a whole bunch of new friends – Thanks a TON for all the eboard for such a fun time and for Chin Chin & Min for taking such good care of us and housing us!

I expected the weather to be similar to LA (especially after checking the weather before leaving) but it ended up being freakishly cold. Totally unprepared yet again. I guess I should start packing for all sorts of weather when I travel instead of what the weather says it should be!

Went to the Samuel Harn Museum which had a collection of artwork that I really enjoyed! They made a new Asian/AsianAm wing which I loved.
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics exhibit – super gorgeous pieces.

Ears AND a tail?? Gimme.

Contemplating artwork

We also frolicked with some gators in a swamp while in Florida. These were so cute.

Mike’s 3-legged bff
 
Interview with Sparks Magazine

AKM Closing Ceremony Show

Arthur repping Rap City Kings and rapping..

Chuck doing stand-up. This has turned into a whole Instant Noodles Crew Show/Experience.. not just dancing anymore!

Kina’s performance

Thanks everyone for a great time and I hope to get to go back again! Geo & Arthur actually went back to Florida today – hope you boys have fun. (:

Tags: akm, asian kaleidoscope month, florida, gainesville, gators, harn museum, Instant Noodles Crew, kevin shea, kina grannis, sparks magazine, sylvia g photo, Sylvia G Photography, Sylvia Gunde

Fresher Apparel

Did a fun mini-shoot with Instant Noodles Crew for a new up-and-coming clothing company, Fresher Apparel.

Fresher is a new clothing brand and lifestyle coming out of the Bay Area. With quality as a high priority and fresh design in mind, we aim to provide apparel so you can stay Fresher.

Whats a better way to showcase some fresh clothes than with some fresh dancing?

View more photos from the shoot here on facebook.

I actually went to the same college as one of the owners of Fresher, Scott. It’s always awesome to see other people doing what they love and collaborating with other people who are doing the same.

Be sure to support new, independent businesses and SHOP! And even better, I have a promo code for you all!

Enter the promo code: INSTANTNOODLES and get 30% off until New Years Eve – get some of your holiday shopping done and buy some fresh threads as presents!

Keep up with Fresher Apparel:
Website / Facebook / Twitter