San Francisco Wedding Photographer|Destination Wedding Photographer » Music http://www.genekosoy.com Gene Kosoy Photography Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:19:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Alma Desnuda Bali Tour January, 2011 http://www.genekosoy.com/alma-desnuda-bali-tour-january-2011/ http://www.genekosoy.com/alma-desnuda-bali-tour-january-2011/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:55:26 +0000 genekosoy http://www.genekosoy.com/?p=1112 I have been fortunate to start of my New Year with a healthy dose of travel. I am currently in Perth, Australia on tour with a very talented band, Alma Desnuda. Over the past year that I’ve known them our paths have crossed many times, and I was asked by the band to come join them on tour to Bali. It was a beautiful week in Bali, with amazing shows, a visit to an orphanage, playing for friends at Buddha Soul, spending a night at a magical villa in a secluded village. I was originally coming to Bali for only a week, since I am in the middle of a busy booking season. However plans changed last minute, getting tickets at the airport and rearranging the flights the day I was scheduled to go home. We are in Australia now, and the tour is on the home stretch. Traveling with these guys has been an enlightening experience that I will always carry with me. In addition to this trip I was able to connect with some of the most amazing wedding destinations in Bali, and I will have a beautiful article to publish when I get back. I would like to share some of the Bali photos and a video. The video is from Alma Desnuda playing in the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali. Please enjoy, and if you’d like to see more, feel free to visit the band tour blog: almadesnuadalive.tumblr.com Alma Desnuda means Naked Soul in Spanish. The message behind the music is beautiful and I am happy to share the journey in a visual way. More beautiful footage is coming from the two weeks on the Australian tour.
Photo slideshow:

Monkey Forest, Ubud, Bali

]]> http://www.genekosoy.com/alma-desnuda-bali-tour-january-2011/feed/ 0 Interview in the San Francisco Examiner http://www.genekosoy.com/interview-in-the-san-francisco-examiner5279/ http://www.genekosoy.com/interview-in-the-san-francisco-examiner5279/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 18:28:53 +0000 genekosoy http://www.genekosoyblog.com/?p=336 I was interviewed by a writer for the SF Examiner a little while ago, and the article just got published. It mailnly focuses on my music photography and my approach. I am very excited to have this honor. The article link is bellow:
http://www.examiner.com/x-7047-SF-Music-Industry-Examiner~y2009m5d27-Photographer-Gene-Kosoy-brings-musical-imagery-to-life
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]]> http://www.genekosoy.com/interview-in-the-san-francisco-examiner5279/feed/ 0 Angella Bofill Fundraiser photos in the SF Chronicle http://www.genekosoy.com/angella-bofill-fundraiser-photos-in-the-sf-chronicle/ http://www.genekosoy.com/angella-bofill-fundraiser-photos-in-the-sf-chronicle/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:06:25 +0000 genekosoy http://genekosoy.wordpress.com/?p=65 I just found these photos in the Chronicle from a year ago. I need to keep better track of where my photos end up, always nice to keep track. Great event with Carlo Santana and Bonnie Reid.  Here is a link to the full event: http://www.genekosoy.com/p846337833/

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]]> http://www.genekosoy.com/rolling-stone-photo/feed/ 0 Another Shoot with Pamela Carter http://www.genekosoy.com/another-shoot-with-pamela-carter/ http://www.genekosoy.com/another-shoot-with-pamela-carter/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:39:21 +0000 genekosoy http://genekosoy.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/another-shoot-with-pamela-carter/ Ok, so I have not written for a while, that’s because I’ve been doing shoots and getting down with photoshop. I had another shoot with Pamela, this time with a make up artist at the Rock-it Room in San Francisco. The owner of the venue is a cool guy named Marco, and he was nice enough to let us do a professional photo shoot at his venue. The make up artist, Lauren Warner is awesome, and I had the pleasure of working with her on the Mouth to Mouth Shoot a year ago. For this shoot we went with the more rock and roll approach and so far in the post, its looking like what’s intended.  Here are a few shots:

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If you missed my burning man photos, click here:
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Now to the DECOMPRESSION PHOTOS—->
TO SEE THE FULL GALLERY CLICK ON AN IMAGE:
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]]> http://www.genekosoy.com/burning-man-decompression-2007/feed/ 0 Bishop Photoshoot http://www.genekosoy.com/bishop-photoshoot/ http://www.genekosoy.com/bishop-photoshoot/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:11:51 +0000 genekosoy http://genekosoy.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/bishop-photoshoot/ So a few weeks ago I got a referral from Kid Loose’s buddy Bishop. Thanks Ian. Bishop is an aspiring rap artist, who is coming out with an album, “Passion before glory”. His schedule is not as flexible as mine, so we ended up doing the shoot at 10pm at a studio named “The Grill”, in Emeriville. Apparently all the big rappers go through there, so I kind of felt like a cool kid for a few hours after the shoot. Bishop wanted shots in black and white with red coming through. Although, I have shots like that on my site, I am not a big fan of these colorized images, since they are a bit cheesy in my opinion. I decided to go with a more subtle approach. It was actually one of the first times I used my alien bee flash units outside of the studio, but as always it turned into a great learning experience. I had 2 hours to do the entire shoot, in 4 different locations. In the end I was not excited at all about the photos, and rescheduled another shoot with hot hoes and pimp rides. However, after making love to photoshop this evening I really like the results of the shoot, and for what it was I am very pleased. I did promise a make up session with hot girls in hot cars, so its on!

The first shoot was on the red couch in the TV room of the studio:

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For this shot I put a red gelled light behind the sofa, with a brolly box light as a main and another light with a 30 degree grid to ad aditional light. Actualy the grid was a result of forgetting a second umbrella, and some of the later creative uses of it were out of necessity. In the post processing I bumped up the red in the back, and created a nice contrasting skin tone.

In the next 3 shots, I use the light with a grid behind Bishop to camera left, and I use the brolly box to the right of me. There was a glass facing the sound engineer’s room, so I had to be careful about the reflections from the lights.

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The last shot had a bit of flaring from the light in the back, so it kind of looked like smoke. I liked that look, and added some more smoke. Some more…

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At this point I got tired of dealing with the bees, and went back to what I know best, my trusty on-camera 550 strobe…..and this is without the flash all together.

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With the 55o. Does Bishop like red or what?

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That’s it for now, until the hot chick photoshoot.

]]> http://www.genekosoy.com/bishop-photoshoot/feed/ 2 My favourite DJ shots http://www.genekosoy.com/my-favourite-dj-shots/ http://www.genekosoy.com/my-favourite-dj-shots/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:07:49 +0000 genekosoy http://genekosoy.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/my-favourite-dj-shots/ 1. DJ Dimitrius Mikonos @ Crash, SF

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2. DJ Solomon @ Fahrenheit

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3. Trevor Simpson on the Groove Cruise

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4. Donald Glaude

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5. Jason Knight
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6. Scotty Boy

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7. DJ Splyce

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8. Dirty Hertz

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