Posts Tagged street
skate through nyc with a gopro
Posted by mareadyphotography in fitness/sports, video on July 31, 2011
the footage gopro cameras produce is fantastic and i’ve seen some crazy stuff filmed with a gopro, but i think i found it’s achilles heel – my skateboard. the day i bought the camera, i strapped it on my board and skated for 2 hours before the camera was completely dead. wouldn’t even turn on. i sent it back and got a new one, determined that i started out with a bad copy, and slapped it on my board. about an hour into my ride, the little guy started spittin blood. i could tell it was going to give up the ghost, so i tried to be easy on it (kinda defeated the point of getting it), but even so, the sd card would disengage after any jolt, and sometimes it would just power off or give me an “SOS” message. just before the battery died, i found out that the vibrations had caused the lens to start unscrewing itself from the camera body. it had slowly been unscrewing for about 15 minutes, making all that footage blurry and useless (you could actually see it unscrewing in the clips as i was skating). to add insult to injury, almost half of the good clips i had taken that day didn’t record on the card. between the 2 days and 2 cameras i ended up with about 4 hours of recording time and about an hour and a half of usable footage. despite the fact that i had to be gentle, i ended up with an awesome video – and a new paperweight.
UPDATE 4 Aug 2011: the last thing i want this video to be is a negative PR campaign for gopro. gopro cameras are tough as nails – but while they might be bomb-proof, it’s crazy to think that they’re indestructible. i skate very hard wheels and the roads are amazingly bumpy, so the cameras i used took a massive beating before they bit the dust. a few of you have asked me if you should buy a gopro – of course you should. they haven’t lost me as a customer and i hope this video gains them a customer or two. they’re solid cameras and i expect that they’ll get tougher and tougher as time goes on.
nyc – 11pm – 95 degrees
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on July 23, 2011
my hood #6
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on April 15, 2011
here are a few pictures i snapped last saturday

this is beautiful. i friggin love everything about it. i love what's happening. i love where it's happening. i love the backwards/inside-out dress. i love that they let me take the picture. i love it all.
my hood #5
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on October 12, 2010
pictures from my hood.
here are more from the archives:
- waitin for the bus
- be where of the dog
- after the game
- eating rice and salami
- i think the batter and the pitcher are on the same team. if the pitcher catches a hit ball, he can throw it at the detergent bottle for a point. i think. i was confused. if you know the name of the game or the rules, let me know.
- fire escape superman
- race
- chillin on the stoop
- pow pow power wheels
- bones
- playin bones
- home run derby
- street ball
- helpin out the girls
- the boys chillin. a couple of em didn’t want me to take a picture. then they said, “ok, yeah – whatever” and then they hid their faces.
- baby slice $1
esther baxter
Posted by mareadyphotography in fashion on September 28, 2010
esther baxter is easy to look at. you know it and i know it. but esther is out to show the world she’s more than a fantastic sight for the eye to behold. she’s landing acting roles in movies and her momentum is building. keep an eye out for her on the silver screen.
for YRB magazine
styling: darius baptist
hair: Q
makeup: unique london