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The Ultimate Debate: Nikon vs. Canon

Henry — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:11:42 +0000

We’re Nikon Shawty’s here at Shinobi Studios, but we don’t hate on our Canon Gangstas!

JoeyL, you are my hero!

BE the Difference Workshops!

Garrick — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06:24 +0000

The goal of the 4C The Power program is to provide standards-based trainings by professional artists for youth in the area of the arts so they will become more engaged in school which will result in an increase in high school graduation rates. 4C The Power is also designed to assist students in building confidence through learning about their awesome potential through their own creativity, culture, and responsibility to the community.

On November 6th, 2009, 4C The Power held another successful workshop to coincide with the “BE the Difference” concert. We’re honored to be a part of the workshops alongside the Gamblerz, Seriously, Lawrence Kao of Kaba Modern, Vudoo Soul, IZ, Clara Chung, DJ Nick Fury, and Commoners & Kings.

Check out the rest of the photos from the workshop here.

Special thanks to Alex Yee for helping out with the photos!

BE the Difference

Garrick — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:48:37 +0000

A huge thanks to 4CTHEPOWER and Pacific Castle for having us cover the “BE the Difference” event! On November 7th, 2009 the Hacienda Center, located at 1605-1695 S. Azusa Avenue in Hacienda Heights, CA (on the corner of Colima and Azusa where the 99 Ranch Market is located) hosted a benefit concert event from 11am to 5pm for Glen A. Wilson High School.

The purpose of the event was to help collect donations from the community to support the school’s budget. Wilson High School enrolls approximately 1,700 students but has a significantly reduced budget this year. The Hacienda Center intended to host this concert with the hope that the local community will embrace Wilson High School with services and donations that will better the future of the youth.

The event was held in an approximate 25,000 sq ft. closed off parking lot pad located within the center.

The lineup for the concert event consisted of the following artists:

Kaba Modern (featured on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew Season 1)

Gamblerz (World renowned B Boy group, Battle of the Year 2004 & 2009 Winners)

Vudoo Soul (appeared on American Idol)

Seriously (Winner of Kollaboration)

Clara Chung (Winner of ISA 09 JCPenney Schooled in Style Breakout Performer)

Alex Shiau ft. Vivian Chen

Catterfly

Jamie Hardy

Various Glen A. Wilson High School Acts

100% of the donations that were made went to Wilson High School during the event! There was also a really awesome Meet and Greet with artists after the event!!

Click here to see all of the photos from the day!

FM – “Like a G6″

Garrick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:09:43 +0000

The Far*East Movement is straight killin’ it with their new song “Like a G6.” If you guys haven’t heard it yet, check it out before it hits all the clubs and radio stations (which, I have a feeling will be very very soon). You can check out some more of the photos we took during this set in their gallery section!

FM – “Like a G6″

The Man in Crutches

Garrick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:16:55 +0000

As I was walking into Kinko’s to buy some pens, I noticed a debilitated-looking elderly gentleman slowly approaching the door aided by a pair of crutches. An employee and I stood there and held the door open for him and he graciously thanked us.

I went to find my purchase, and brought my goods to the counter where the man in crutches was talking with the cashier. The man has been battling an illness for twelve years that has caused him to be in his current state. He said that he’s been fighting it for a long time…

The cashier said, “I bet they didn’t expect you to be such a fighter, and that you’d be fighting until the end.”

The man smirked and replied, “No… no… I will be fighting until victory…”

Just Kidding Films

Garrick — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:18:55 +0000

We recently had a couple of shoots with the guys of Just Kidding Films. They’ll be launching their new site in a few where you’ll see some more of the photos from the shoots that we’ve done, but until then here’s one of the shots from their shoot as Unco Same and Unco Chin.

Also, check out their half hour Halloween special on youtube!

Nikon Tattoo

Henry — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:36:32 +0000

I love Nikon just as much as the next guy…but obviously not as much as this dude…

Source: Enthusiastic shutterbug immortalizes Nikon on his forearm.

Vincent Laforet

Henry — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:15:31 +0000

Vincent Laforet, recently popular for his short film titled “Reverie” is back at it again! While “Reverie” was shot completely with Canon’s 5d MKII, “Nocturne” has been shot with Canon’s brand spankin’ new 1d MKIV (I’ve read something about the camera actually being named the 1d MKV because of Japanese superstition with the number 4 [pronunciation similar to "death"]). The brand new camera is expected to be announced soon. Check out the video below which was shot at a super clean 6400 ISO.

Video Link – “Nocturne”

And if you haven’t seen his first video

Video Link – “Reverie”

I personally loved the “Reverie” video, but wasn’t really feeling “Nocturne”. Maybe because “Reverie” was so much more ground breaking? Or maybe because HD video coming out of a DSLR doesn’t phase me anymore? Everyone and their mom has a 5d MKII now.

If you guys know us, you know that Shinobi Studios shoots exclusively with the Nikon brand. However, we can’t deny the awesomeness of the Canon video capabilities. I’ll admit that I am a bit jealous, especially since Nikon recently announced some new gear like the Nikon D3s which shoots 720p video. So if Nikon’s top-of-the-line camera only gets 720p video, what about Nikon’s lower end bodies? Sigh. I’ve gotta have faith though.

Nikon, please stop making me think about cheating on you. kthxbai.

BTS: Shoeture Photo Shoot

Henry — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:26:49 +0000

Check out this video by our friends at Pacific Rim Video who were streaming live all night during the Shoeture Photo Shoot this past Monday.

Noel Asuncion

Henry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:38:44 +0000

Check out some of our latest work!

Just trying to keep this blog updated on the regular!

Lots of exciting things happening in the near future! Hope you stay around to find out what we’ve been working on!

See ya.