The Austin Chronicle

Thanks to Bavu Blakes and Robert Gabriel for choosing me to shoot the latest cover of The Austin Chronicle. The cover story was written by Robert Gabriel on Austin MC Bavu Blakes. For who may not be aware, Bavu is a highly respected and talented artist in the Austin community.



The subject of the article was about how Bavu has collaborated with many artists and how he has ended up in the position he is in now. The creative direction we decided on involved Bavu holding out a microphone with a bit of attitude, as to portray him sharing the instrument with others. We shot on the roof-top of ME-TV, which is where he is also the full-time Urban Music Director, and also in Bavu's office workspace.



Before I had even turned in the proofs from the Bavu shoot, I recieved another assignment from the Chronicle. They were doing a side-piece to the Bavu story on KJ Hines, another Austin MC, and needed some photos to go along. My team and I met up with KJ the following day and shot him in front of his wrapped promotional vehical.

Click here to read the Bavu story.

Click here to read the KJ story.