OMG. OMG. OMG.

another guru award from napp’s photoshop world is sitting on my desk. my job sent myself and megan (digital imaging specialist aka retoucher extraordinaire) to the three-day photography/photoshop nerdfest in orlando, fl last week. there are so many things packed into that program, that you can never stop learning. it’s also beneficial to polish up on some of the basics, because some things in your workflow could always use updating. anyway…i was not expecting to win and was quite embarrassed when they called my name. i had to shuffle/jog up to the stage – in front of a huge expo floor of people. i didn’t fall. thank god…because it would have looked nothing like jennifer lawrence’s oscar fall. it would be been more along the lines of tai at that party in the movie ‘clueless’ (http://youtu.be/mJXjyfmIM8w).

thanks, kelby group & NAPP! <3

MODEL: KACY EMMETT

HMU: RACHAEL BERKOWITZ-CONROY

WARDROBE: LARUEN D’AVOLIO

here is a link to their page: http://photoshopworld.com/guru-awards-winners/

so, who is amadeus (antwan ‘amadeus’ thompson)?

• 1. platinum boy music ceo
• 2. record producer for sean ‘diddy’ combs’ production team – ‘the hitmen’
• 3. music director and tour drummer for trey songz
• 4. vater percussionist
• 6. inspirational speaker tweeter and family man.
• 5. stinkin’ ny giants fan <– go ahead. click on that. #cc ro garcia

so, that night, i picked up my credentials at the garden will call window and headed back around thru security. the big red pass around my neck let me walk everywhere backstage. i met up with the band in the catering area. only two minutes into our conversation, amadeus made sure to remind me that the giants beat the patriots in the superbowl. twice. anyone who knows me, is also familiar with my love for the patriots. it still burns.

trey songz was the headliner. also on the agenda: ca$h out, rita ora, french montana, meek mill, j.cole and big sean.

i watched most of the show from the side of the stage, occasionally walking the long hallway of dressing rooms and tweeting about it – just because.

when it was showtime for the trey songz experience (TSE), i shot their ~40 min set and shot from up on the stage for some. big ups to jorge for making that possible.

good show. crazy crowd. great company.

check out some more photos in the slideshow below.

these guys are currently out on the chapter V world tour, with miguel and elle varner. support the team. support platinum boy music.

follow the entire TSE on twitter here: TreySongz, ProducerAmadeus, Ralph_Kearns, NateJonesOnBass, RickyStrings1

p.s. i covered the trey songz sets on both the jay-z and usher tours for amadeus, when i contributed to examiner.com.

check out those articles here:

• http://www.examiner.com/article/the-trey-songz-experience
• http://www.examiner.com/article/artist-spotlight-antwan-amadeus-thompson-trey-songz

this is the remaining 30% of my day to day. those doors you click into, to see a boutique. the more creative part of the day.

check out the artists of rue blog here: http://theartistsofrue.com/2012/09/04/introducing-karin-rue-photographer/#more-1076

not a member? get in: www.ruelala.com/invite/karindailey

and of course, the ode to steve jobs.

for starters, let’s not talk about last season. it never happened. i don’t remember flying all the way out to arizona to watch the game with my father. nope. i don’t remember that awful feeling in the 4th quarter, when you realize your team is going to lose to the giants again. again. to the giants. oh god. there’s that pain again.

go to a happy place. go to a happy place.

welp, i headed down to foxboro today, with my cousin nikki (“cuzzo”). hazy, hot and humid.
i sat uncomfortably in the stands for my 15th year of visiting patriots practice. a.) that’s a whole lotta of training camp. b.) i must be getting old.

there are so many new names on the roster. as cuzzo stated, “bill must be cleaning house.” i guess it was needed. can’t wait for the season to kick off! pats! pats! pats! ALL DAY!

snapped all these from the stands with a 70-200mm and a tc-20e II (2.0x) converter.

hey, hernandez. holler.

we met up after work and took an alley tour of the fort point area. check out a handful of images from the shoot.
you can catch his new weekly set on thursdays (from 4-8pm) at the grand canal.

go ahead and ‘like’ his facebook page: CHRIS FERRARA LIVE

“doo doo water!” – c. ferrara

styling: lauren d’avolio
hmu: rachael berkowitz

it’s refreshing. for me, mostly.

the new site will be up in a few weeks. i will be happy.

check out some new portraits. new to the blog, anyway.

i am trying to forget the patriots loss ASAP. this helps the healing process. KMD

hair and make-up by the fabulous christina elfar of philosophe hair studio.

#thuglife

patriots training camp. a tradition since 1997. i used to bring my little kodak advantix camera down to bryant college with my brother and grab shots of terry glenn, lawyer milloy and…pete caroll. then i got my firstdigital camera. a 5mp point and shoot.larry izzo,ty law, troy brown…the photos came out awful. i graduated to a dSLR and after 14 years (!?!?!) of photography and training camp sessions, i think i’ve got it down. 14 years? that’s kind of insane when you think about it. i’m not that old. or am i? what can i say. i’m a sucker for the game of football americano.

anywho, last year was the only year i didn’t make it to at least one practice. well enough about me, check out the slideshow below! photos are from 7/31 and 8/13. p.s. you look mad, chad.

for more information on the patriots’ training camp schedule, click over to the official website: GO PATS!