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Yelawolf - An American Hip Hop Recording Artist - Musician Portrait Photography by Jesse Knish

Yelawolf American Hip Hop Artist - Portrait Photoshoot SXSW 2014 Musician Photography Photographer Jesse Knish Austin Texas.

Portrait of Yelawolf for Fuse TV.

Michael Wayne Atha, better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American hip hop recording artist from Gadsden, Alabama. Wikipedia

It was an absolute pleasure working with Yelawolf on this project, he's good people. - Jesse Knish

Yelawolf American Hip Hop Artist - Portrait Photo shoot SXSW 2014 Musician Photography Photographer Jesse Knish Austin Texas.

New Work: Jon Favreau and Billy Eichner Portrait - Funny or Die's Billy on the Street Premiere.

Jon Favreau (L) and Billy Eichner (R) - Portrait for Funny or Die's Billy on the Street Premiere during SXSW in Austin, TX. Location: Lustre Pearl - www.JesseKnish.com

I was on-location last week shooting Billy Eichner for Funny or Die's Billy on the Street Premiere during SXSW in Austin, TX and Jon Favreau stopped by for a visit. After a friendly hello and secret handshake Jon posed for a portrait with Billy.

Life is brilliant and full of surprises.

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Here's a link to Fuse TV with some clips from Billy on the Street.

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Punk inspired street fashion at the SXSW Film, Music, and Interactive Festival in Austin Texas.


#SXSW Street Fashion Austin Texas Photographer Jesse Knish - Hipster Punk - www.JesseKnish.com

Punk inspired street fashion at the SXSW Film, Music, and Interactive Festival in Austin Texas.

#SXSW Street Fashion Austin Texas Photographer Jesse Knish - Hipster Punk - Tattoos - www.JesseKnish.com

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Minneapolis Fashion Photography with Model Melissa Kimbro

Archive: Minneapolis Fashion Photography

Photo: Model Melissa Kimbro for Fashion Test.

Location: Minneapolis, MN.
Hair and Make-up: Kate Erickson
Styling: Stephanie Amann
Photographer: Jesse Knish

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Photo: Minnesota Ice Fishing with Joe Tupy.

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Typography - Advertising - Isaack Restaurant - Junction Texas

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Charles Bradley - Live at Antone's in Austin Texas.

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Street Style Fashion Photography by Jesse Knish

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SXSW has come and gone but the photography will last forever....and ever.

Here's a photograph that I recently shot while on assignment for Fuse TV. I spotted this hip pair of rockers strolling down the street just around the corner from Stubb's BBQ during SXSW. I pulled them aside and asked if I could take their portrait because I was diggin' their style. Bam. Done and Done. Lovin it.

As a street photographer you have to be aggressive and stealth at the same time, don't ever hesitate or you will miss the shot. And remember to always say "thank you".

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Formula One / Fiat - Austin, Texas

Dragon Baby - by Patrick Boivin

Dragon Baby

A brilliant short film featuring some mad production skills by Patrick Boivin, A French Canadian Director.

To see more of Patrick's work, visit his YouTube Channel here.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickBoivin

Best TV Commercials: Bodyform Responds :: The Truth

The truth, as feminine hygeine brand Bodyform admits to real-life Facebook ranter Richard, is this: We lied. Having your period really sucks.

Enjoy.

Best TV Commercials: Toyota Corolla 'Feels Good Inside'

Best TV Commercials: Toyota Corolla 'Feels Good Inside'

Film Inspiration: "Worship" by Calum Macdiarmid

"Worship" - a short film by Director Calum Macdiarmid

The film "Worship" was inspired by Calum Macdiarmid father’s book called a "Century of Insight" and is concerned with the history of the unconscious mind. It uses personal perspective to illustrate certain discoveries made by Nietche, Adler, Freud and Jung. A gorgeous film that is a must see.

See more of Calum’s work on his website

Facebook's Evoking Ad From Wieden & Kennedy

Today, Faceboook announced that it had reached its billion-user milestone, and to celebrate, it has launched a poetic film from its agency of record, Wieden & Kennedy in Portland, Ore.

Well done creative.

To read more about the thought process behind the creative, click here.

http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-emotional-spot-wieden-kennedy/237569/

Google Street View Debuts Its First Underwater Feature, Lets You Explore Oceans and Reefs

Google Street View Debuts Its First Underwater Feature, Lets You Explore Oceans and Reefs.

I'm a huge fan of underwater photography and video and this tops the cake of coolness.

Google maps now lets you virtually tour through the coral reefs of six oceans, such as Heron, Lady Elliot and Wilson Islands at the Great Barrier Reef; Molokini Crater and Hanauma Bay in Hawaii; and the Apo Island in Philippines.

Thumbs up to Google for this one!

World’s First ‘Space-Painted’ Art Piece by Josh Taylor - freelance media technician

What do you get when you send a helium balloon; a blank canvas; four paint pots of yellow (sun), green (land), blue (sea) and brown (desert), with dripping paint tubes; a tracking device; a parachute; and a small GoPro HD camera to earth’s atmosphere? Magic.

Read more about the story here.

The World's Most Expensive Telephoto Lens - 1600mm Leica Lens for $2 Million US

For those of you who may have a lens or gear fetish, here's something to get excited about!

This one-off extreme Leica telephoto (Leica APO-Telyt-R 1:5.6/1600mm) was created for Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar for 16 million Hong Kong dollars, just over $2 million in the US.

Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani, if you need some photography lessons please feel free to give me a call.

Photo Credit: Leica / Popular Photography

To read more about this lens check out Popular Photography.

Youth Skateboarding Portraits - Austin, TX

Lake S. - Austin, TX
Youth Skateboarding

Here's some skateboarding terminology (via wikipedia) for those of you who don't have a clue about the sport.

Skateboarding trick terminology

Air: riding with all four wheels in the air.

Backside: a trick executed with the skater's back to the ramp or obstacle, or a rotation of the rider/board where the front foot moves forward (e.g. a regular-footed skater facing north turning eastward).

Caballerial: a 360-degree ollie while riding fakie. The Caballerial was named after Steve Caballero, who invented the trick on vert in the early 1980s.

Carve: to skate in a long, curving arc.

Fakie: rolling backwards; the rider is in the normal stance, but rolling in the opposite direction.(Basically a switch nollie position)

Frontside: a trick executed with the skater facing the ramp or obstacle, or a rotation of the rider/board where the front foot moves backward (e.g. a regular-footed skater facing north turning westward).

FS 540: a frontside 540-degree turn.

Goofy-Foot: a skater who more comfortably rides with the right foot leading.

Grind: scraping one or both truck axles on a curb, railing, or other surface.

Crooked Grind: a nosegrind where the nose is angled toward the object and the tail is elevated.

50-50 Grind: a grind on both trucks.

Nosegrind: a front truck grind with the rear of the board elevated over the obstacle.

5-0 Grind: a rear truck grind with the front of the board elevated over the obstacle.

Smith Grind: a rear truck grind, with the nose pointed below and slightly away from the obstacle.

Kickflip: an ollie in the middle of which the skater uses the front toe to kick the board into an Aileron roll.

Heelflip: a kickflip in which the skater uses the front heel to flip the board in the opposite direction.

McTwist: a backside 540-degree turn usually performed on a ramp (generally a mute grab).

Mongo-Foot: pushing with the trailing foot kept on the board; most commonly used to push fakie.

Nollie: An Ollie performed with the front foot (N/ollie nose ollie) Can be referred as a fake or switch ollie, or it could be added as a prefix to describe any other trick performed in fake or switch stance (Nollie 360 Flip, Nollie Kickflip, Nollie Lazer, etc.).

Noseslide: sliding the underside of the nose end of a board on a ledge, rail, or lip.

Ollie: a jump performed by popping the tail of the board on the ground, and using the front foot to even out your body and attain air. The basis of most skating tricks, named after Alan "Ollie" Gelfand. See: Air, Pop

Pop: the act of striking the tail of the board against the ground to propel the board upwards.

Boardslide: a trick in which the skater slides the underside of the deck along an object.

Regular Foot: a skater who more comfortably rides with the left foot leading.

Shove-it: a trick performed by spinning the board 180 degrees beneath the feet without the skater spinning.

Switch Stance: riding the board with the opposite footing than usual.

Tailslide: sliding the underside of the tail end of a board on a ledge or lip.

Pop Shove-it: A shove-it performed while popping the tail to make the board attain air. See: Air, Pop

Varial Kick Flip: A trick consisting of a backside pop shove-it and a kickflip.

Varial Heel Flip:Same as a hard flip, but you heel flip and the board spins front side.

360 Flip: A 360 shove it and a kick flip. The board does 1 full rotation.

Ollie North: an Ollie in which the front foot is taken off the board.

Laser Flip: A frontside 360 shove it and a heel flip. The board does 2 full rotations.

Hard Flip: Instead of the board spinning backside, the trick is performed by doing a kick flip and having the board spin frontside.

Inward Heel Flip: A heelflip variation where the board simultaneously rotates 180 degrees backside

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Hovering Speeder Bike - The Future Is Here. (Video)

Hovering Speeder Bikes Soon To Be A Reality

Technology is moving at a rapid pace and California-based research group Aerofex has created a hovering bike that can go up to 30mph (48 kmh) and as high as 15 feet (4.5 meters).

The bike’s technology uses powerful fans and a special control system—in the company’s words, it utilizes “ejector dynamics to augment the thrust and control of ducted-fan aircraft”.

Read more about the Aerofex hovering bike here.

http://designtaxi.com/news/353378/Star-Wars-Hovering-Speeder-Bikes-Soon-To-Be-A-Reality/

Original Heidelberg Cylinder - Old school printing.

Western Wear Portrait Photography Session

Here's a little zinger that I pulled from my archive, it's a still photo from a video production this past year. This image was shot using a Nikon D7000, natural light and a 50mm Nikkor lens. I love this image and I truly love that lens.

Go here to see more photography and video production work: http://www.JesseKnish.com

THE ILLEGAL DIRT BIKE GANGS OF BALTIMORE

For the last three years, filmmaker Lotfy Nathan has been documenting the Twelve O'Clock Boyz for a new film called Twelve O'Clock in Baltimore (trailer below), which is now ready for release at the end of this year.

Ride em' if you got em!

Ride em' if you got em!

Austin Fashion Week 2012 - Hot Fashion Trends

Doa Jafri - Fashion Model, Wilhelmina Brown (2011)

Madison Paige - Fashion Model (2011)

We are in for another year of hot fashion trends during Austin Fashion Week. Featured designers include Boudoir Queen, Linda Asaf Design among many other nationally recognized designers. Be sure to catch all the news and events at the Austin Fashion Week website.

Archive -

Austin Fashion Week 2011- Fashion Runway Presentations Featuring Celestino Couture (New York), Estela Balan (Matamoros Mexico), and Colunga (London). - Driskill Hotel, Austin Texas. To view more images from Friday nights presentation click here.

To view photography from Thursday nights fashion presentations featuring Boudoir Queen (Austin TX), League of Rebels (Russia / Dallas), and Jamie McCarty (Brooklyn, NY) click here.

For Editorial Licensing please contact Jesse Knish at www.JesseKnish.com or photo (at) JesseKnish.com

Red Bull Stratos - Making of: Shooting in the stratosphere

"As Red Bull Stratos prepares to blast off into space, Red Bull Illume takes a look at the cutting edge camera systems that will be used to record this record-breaking mission. Felix Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of 120,000ft. It's an incredibly complex mission and the cameras must be every bit as advanced to survive the hostile environment. "

This is just pure awesomeness!

Minnesota Hot Rod Association

Foshay Tower - Minneapolis

NEW RELEASES: Nikon D800 DSLR Camera Release Date Set....

New Nikon with uncompressed HDMI out, now that is fantastic in my book!

The GadgetBox from MSNBC reported on the Nikon D800 specs saying, “The D800 offers a 36.3-megapixel FX-format CMOS censor, a 91,000 pixel 3D Matrix Metering system with Advanced Scene Recognition System, and an enhanced 51 pt AF system. The camera’s ISO range goes up to 6400 (expandable in Hi-2 mode). The D800 has support for speedy USB 3.0, dual CF and SD card slots, and uncompressed HDMI out.” The D800 will be available in late March 2012 for approx $2,999.95 for the body only. The D800E version will be available in mid April 2012 for approx $3299.95.

This will be a great rig for anyone who is shooting cross-platform with still and motion photography.

Thank you Nikon.

Subway Musicians - Squeeze Box in Paris

Shepard Fairey - Street Art Installation Austin Texas.

If you aren't familiar with the artist named Shepard Fairey then you just better go out and google him. Shepard's art is straight from the heart and most of all, it's fantabulistic! I'm down with it and you should be too. Shepard Fairey - Street Art Installation Austin Texas.

Nikon D4 Digital SLR camera w/ HD Video- Hitting the market in February

The new Nikon D4 Digital SLR camera is ready to hit the market in February, are you ready for it? Looks pretty impressive but also comes with a hefty price tag, estimated retail of $6,000 US. I'd love to get my hands on one to give it a test drive, it's sure pretty.

Some of the specs include:

16.2 megapixel sensor and an extended ISO to 204,800. There is also a new full-frame FX-format sensor.

New EXPEED 3 image-processing engine with superior, high-speed processing capabilities.

Faster and more accurate AF with 51 focus points.

Full-HD movies can be recorded with the D4 using one of three image areas: FX-based movie format*2, DX-based movie format, or 1920 x 1080; 30 fps/25 fps/24 fps crop.

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression method has been adopted. Movies up to 29 minutes 59 seconds.

The D4 is equipped with an Ethernet port and functions for wired LAN connections. In addition, it also supports the new WT-5 (available separately), a compact wireless transmitter that is easily connected to the camera for high-speed transfer of images over a wireless network.

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