New York City - Day 1

3.07.2010

This post is 3 weeks too late.
Since i have extra time on my hands i thought i would take a trip to New York.
This is my first full day.
New York Day 1. February 14, 2010.
Church -> Bryant Park -> Pizza with Amy and Sarah -> More Bryant Park.
Bryant Park was crawling with good looking people. Amy, Culture Maven at .Hoot. got some good photos of what people were wearing at New York's Fashion Week.
Enjoy the photos from that day... T'was a good day.
-m

(Side note: I Finally decided on a logo for my photography. It's located on the bottom right hand corner of each photo and in the banner above. Big ups to Gus for helping me out with that)

P is for Pasadena

3.05.2010

When i'm not home I spend most of my time in the City of Pasadena. Besides the obvious reason i.e. Zankou and their yummy garlic paste, i have friends that live there. Troybeast, Smelly and MY all reside in the City of Roses. The thing I love most about this city is that you can bike around the city. Besides commuting to work there really is no need to have a car. Everything you need is within biking distance. If you want to go to Hollywood you can just hop on the Gold Line to Union Station and take the Redline up to Hollywood.

The drive there was amazing...

skies painted with clouds. A week ago i was walking around New York in a blizzard. A step up? i'd say so.

Pasadena City Hall


A tree. The Palm kind.

[Yesterday] was a good day...

3.04.2010

From time to time I get some visitors here at my place in Covina, CA. If you don't know where Covina, CA is just watch "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". It's close by where the movie takes place. I'm starting to think that the only purpose that movie had was to put San Dimas on the map and serve as a geographical reference point to anyone who doesn't know where Covina is. But i digress...

My buddy Gus came by to help me design a logo for my photography, but it quickly turned into lunch/viewing party of the US vs. Netherlands soccer game. I met Gus and his twin brother Javier back in high school and we've been good friends since. He's probably one of my most creative friends i have and recently decided to pursue art full time and designing my photography logo is his first task.



Then my good friend Kelly aka Kaybu aka KB aka Bish stopped by. Kelly just came back from living in London, England for about 5 months. She's been back a little over a week now and adjusting to not knowing what time it is since we don't have a Big Ben here in LA.



The day ended with Midlake at The El Rey. They played a great set playing songs from "The Trails of Von Occupanther" and their newly released album "The Courage of Others". Thanks to Emily, Sasha, and Tony for being my +3.


In the words of Reverend Ice Cube, "[Yesterday] was a good day."

ER shoot in the Hills of Lincoln Heights

3.02.2010

I've been MIA. But I'm back now. With vengeance? Nah... i'm too tired for that.
I've been in New York the past 2 weeks and i have a ton of photos to show you guys.

But first a photo shoot i had with the band ER last night.

First photo


and a little video.


enjoy!

if you need any photos done contact me at mjambriz@gmail.com

All the People i shoot will eventually die

12.14.2009

After going to Almost Acoustic Xmas last night here in Los Angeles it reminded me how much i love seeing bands perform. but really do i need that reminder? i go to shows all the time... tonight for instance i am going to see MEW at the Henry Fonda. So i just went and took a look at my flickr account and pulled out some of my favorite live shots...
enjoy!


Chad Sexton of 311


Rebecca Zeller of Ra Ra Riot


SA Martinez of 311


Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot


Kevin Circosta of The Truth


Matisyahu


Tim Ward of Fall of Troy


Dave Davison of Maps and Atlases


The Truth


Nick Hexum of 311


Zack De La Rocha and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine


Thomas Erak


J Bonner of The Aggrolites


Michael Sadis of The Rivalry


Ryan Siegal of The Rivalry


The Not So Lonelies


Brandon Boyd of Incubus


Ben Kenny of Incubus

-m

Vampire Weekend - Cousins

12.07.2009

if you haven't heard of Vampire Weekend, that's okay... they're making music again.
Here's their new single - Cousins.

the video is amazing.

enjoy!

My Saturday

11.30.2009

I shot these people on Saturday....
don't worry, they're still alive.
cheers.




Jeremy Adamiak




The McKendrick Family

Blast from the Past

11.21.2009

The beauty of an external hard drive is, or at least in my case, is that i throw so many photos on it that i almost forget what's actually on there. So when i go back and sift through all these photos i have saved on the harddrive, it becomes kinda of like a treasure hunt minus the map with "X" marking the spot, the khaki pants, and dark caves with cobwebs...

in any case these photos are 2003.
i was still shooting in film and learning the ropes...
i'm still learning the ropes... but more so then.

enjoy

-m










this one was taken by Tom McNeill

Doppelgänger of Love

11.18.2009

Aaron and Katie Pellow



More to come....

I know you want some...

11.16.2009

I recently did a shoot with a cupcake artiste Erin Del Toro-Dye.
This was a departure of what i normally shoot, but it was fun stepping out of my comfort zone for a bit.

here's one shot i edited.

enjoy!

-m



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