pictures!

Some may know that I admire the art of photography a great deal and am hoping to seriously pursue photography in the coming year. but in the mean time i love to be the lady in front of the camera as well as behind it. a great professor of mine once told me that all pictures are a self portrait of the photographer and i found that quite interesting. but i say all of this to say-- let this be a notice to all photographers...if you need a lovely lady to take pictures of as long as they arent nude photos (unless it involves painting the body) i'm down. haha. who says i cant be america's next top model. sike. i can't deal. but here are some photos a man by the name of peter dressel took not too long ago for an independent project he is working on. please check him out at peterdressel.com Let me know what you guys think.

always,
aja-monet

Holly Port Photography

Hey Yall, so I have gotten my fair share of compliments on some of the professional photos folks have taken of me, I honestly believe it is all their doing. One beautiful photographer, mother, wife, and friend I want to tell you all about specifically is, Holly Port. She's responsible for most of those beautiful profile pictures I put up and even the headline picture of this blog. I want to encourage you to check out her work on her website. She's based out of Culver City in LA and captures some incredible moments of families, children, and couples. She is also, in part, responsible for much of the Obama support in Culver City, cosponsoring and producing pre-election events. Her energy is quite incredible and she has an infectious smile. She's also got some spectacular kids that speak Japanese and are beautiful models for some of her pictures ;-) (if you're reading this Holly, all my love to you!) I also encourage you to visit her myspace and add her. But for her website click here to see more of her work.

AFRIKANUS

I particularly love this photo because it makes me smile everytime I see it. I call it " you need to take a deep breath and shut the fuck up." (lol inside joke) I am hoping to share more photos I take with people on here cause I take many and sort of pretend I'm a photographer in this alternate universe called my mind. I am pretty sure if I could afford the cameras of most professionals, I'd be able to take some ill shots. but for now, i'm working with what i got. As for Afrikanus, this man is far more than most people can handle but i got mad love for him. he's an ol school fella of Harlem, USA. For those of you that have met him and know him, yall surely understand the beauty of this picture even more. He means well most days, but sure wouldn't mind stepping on your toes with his theories and contradicting philosophies of blackness and masculinity. you can catch him any given sunday at Abiodun Oyewole's house of the Last Poet's getting it in with folks about their views, opinions, and poems...some people just get to that age where regardless of what ridiculous thing they say out of their mouth, you gotta pay dues and give your respect, Afrikanus is one of those people...you can catch me debating with him on the regular until then, it is always love....