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Saturday August 20, 2011: Early shoot for magazine, with Model, Jessica Fulton and ‘All Dolled-Up’ Make-Up Artist Tiana Harrell and Photographer and Stylist, Me, Jakina Ado! The Good, model was excellent, we found different locations doing some improvising after unforeseen but always to be expected complications.
The Bad, it started raining just as we finished look one, and was making our way to look two. Make-Up artist was uncharacteristically late.
The Ugly, we ran into some drunk creeps, (who came off as the best dressed foreign bums I’ve ever had the non pleasure of talking to) who decided to stop the whole show to get a picture with the model, try to get her name and info, as well as watch her change clothes, total creeps.
Sunday August 21, 2011: Went to some spots I’d been keeping in the back of my head for potential shoot locations. The lakefront near 43rd and like 19th street between Halsted and Ashland where there is this amazing fading mural in what I guess is the Pilsen neighborhood near UIC. Hung out with the boyfriend the entire weekend began a damn near weeklong battle with what I’m guessing was a sinus migraine.
Monday, my dreaded job and headache, also started my guess pass to Bally’s I need to loose 10 pounds before October.
Tuesday, my dreaded job, think I managed to play with and post a photo to my Tumblr blog. Which you need to stop reading this and check out here.
Wednesday, nothing but think about all the shit I need to be doing with my life. Plus Headache. It was this day or the day before When Twilight hit me up about doing two photo gigs for a magazine he writes for, I of course was down.
Thursday, day job, then headed to The Shrine to photograph the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, this was almost a waste of time by the lack of entry into the club or access to the band but that’s another story, situation worked out thanks to a plugged thug friend who happened to be behind the event.
Friday, long talk with CJ, real estate, about life in general, then headed out to pick up Twilight for next story, on Yaw, an amazing Chicago singer/poet. I thought I was going to be taking pictures but ended up handling the Sony Handy Cam, so that would be my first videographer gig! After this Headed to Actor C’s crib to go with him to see a short film he starred in as part of the Black Harvest Film Festival. His was among 5 other shorts that were all good except for 1, well maybe two but for potential relationships sake I’ll not go into any detail there.
Saturday August 27, 2011 went to see Erykah Badu in concert at an outside venue in south suburbs outside of Chicago. She was supposed to start at 8p.m. I believe but didn’t take the stage until a little after 9:30!!! Then was over by like 10:15p.m! I don’t know what kind of shit that was but she did only two popular songs out of a total of like 6 interrupted versions of total songs. It was on its way to being a good show but everything was just off, and as much as I love her she was bogus as hell for keeping people waiting and hour and a half, in the cold, dark outside venue like that for a 40 minute performance. Shit was real wack. I can’t imagine going to see her again unless my entrance is free or really cheap and we're in Texas.
So I had an all in all productive week, and even did something towards my magazine!
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