First Album Cover

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Yesterday I received a beautiful gift. It was the fresh off the press "The Unlikely EP" from Poetik Soul. I photographed Sarah and Tennia for the album cover so it was wonderful to see the finished product.

As a photographer it has been great to work with numerous musical artists so it is with great joy I share my first album cover photo on the blog.

*Please note you can follow Poetik Soul and their music at ReverbNation. The EP will be on iTunes, holy culture and the bus shop in the coming week.

Urban Fine Art Fave - "Sarah (of Poetik Soul) #2"

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I can not front, this portrait of Sarah is HOT! Normally I do not tilt the camera. I often feel like it doesn't look right. However while on the tracks I decided to take a few tilted shots.

It was such a pleasure working with Tennia and Sarah during this Poetik Soul photo shoot. I am so happy this year they will be releasing their debut album, "The Unlikely".

Oh yeah, big shout-out to Andrea Karen who took care of the Make-up and Hair. She killed it. I love her work and her artistic insight on location.


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Urban Fine Art Fave - "A Portrait of Poetik Soul"

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So Poetik Soul has decided on their album photos, which is a great thing. Therefore I can now show amazing photos from the shoot which were not selected for the debut album, "The Unlikely". Woo-Hoo!

The photo below was taken on a iron beam which was about three feet off the ground. The width was about one and half feet so Sarah and Tennia did not have much room to maneuver. That "extra" excitement made this particular setup really funny to me.

I love the angle and the depth in this shot. And of course Sarah and Tennia look amazing.

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Urban Fine Art Fave - "Sarah (of Poetik Soul)"

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The photo shoot with Poetik Soul produced amazing photos. I would share more of them with you but I want Poetik Soul to enjoy some exclusivity in sharing their photos with their debut album set to release in January 2011.

That being said I decided to take a beautiful studio portrait of Sarah and put an urban fine art flavoring to it. The original photo had a white seamless background before I started playing with it in my digital darkroom. I rather enjoy this rosy silver-esque coloring.


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Urban Fine Art - "Poetik Soul"

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This weekend I was very excited to work with Poetik Soul. Tennia and Sarah are beautiful people in soul, spirit and body. It was a great pleasure to collaborate with them on this album cover photo shoot for their debut album.

Earlier this summer I had the pleasure to photograph Tennia's wedding. It is also convenient I have been cool with both of these women for some time now. This chemistry made the photo shoot fun and smooth in my Bronx studio as well as in the Bronx exteriors where we shot.

I would love to show you numerous photos from the shoot but in the meantime I will give you a small appetizer sneak peek of Poetik Soul. :)

Big shout-out to Andrea Karen (Makeup Artist) for doing her thang.

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