Papa Roach x Rebel Ink

I had the chance to link up with Papa Roach this past Wednesday night to photograph them for a feature/interview for Rebel Ink Magazine. The shoot took place in the Terra Rosa Room at The Grove in Anaheim. By the time we made it through Thanksgiving traffic I had about an hour to shoot the entire band: individual shots, group shots and close ups of all their tattoos. Once we were all set up and the band made their way over from the dressing room we had about 40 minutes to complete the shoot. The guys were really easy to work with and we finished the shoot with not a second to spare.




After we packed up the equipment I had to rush to the stage to shoot some performance shots. Here are a few of my favorites from the performance...

INK

I recently linked up with Rebel Ink and Urban Ink Magazine to shoot a few editorials for the upcoming issues.

The first shoot was with Lydia Tavera who was on the most recent season of the hit reality TV show Big Brother. The theme for the shoot was 1940's "Rosie the Riveter" and with the location, styling and hair/make-up, the shots came out amazing! Big thanks to my make-up artist iLene for the behind the scenes pics!

The next shoot was with former professional body builder and 5 time Iron Man Pro Flex Wheeler. The mag wanted the look to be "Cali inspired" so I decided to shoot at the world famous Venice Beach. Along with Flex and the two female models (Azza and Oshone) we got A LOT of attention from tourists and onlookers enjoying a Sunday at the beach. Big thanks to Christina Guerra who did an amazing job on the girls hair/make-up.

The last shoot was with skateboard legend and punk rock icon Duane Peters. I met up with Duane in the Glendale area then we hopped in his 1979 Chevy van and cruised around Los Angeles while stopping at some of my secret locations to shoot. Duane was one of the coolest people i've had the privilege to work with. He was very humble and had some good advice for staying positive and driven. We got some of my favorite portraits i've ever taken...hands down. Big thanks to Alex and Frankie for helping out!

I also pulled out the old 4x5 view camera during the shoot to snap some polaroids...

Stay tuned for behind the scenes videos and be on the look out for the upcoming issues of Urban Ink & Rebel Ink Magazine at a newsstand/bookstore near you!

Spader Clothing Australia

Check out some of my work on the recently updated website for Spader Clothing (Australia).

TWITTER PHOTO OF THE DAY

I have recently been posting a "photo of the day" on my Twitter Page of random photos from my collection...old and new. If you have a Twitter account you can follow me @tobycphoto

New Equipment/Test Shots

After years of renting lighting equipment on a shoot to shoot basis, I finally made the jump and bought my first legitimate professional lighting system! This is a huge step for my career and i'm excited to finally be able to experiment with different lighting techniques....whenever I want! The kit I got is the Dynalite MK10-2303. They are super portable, generate really nice/even light, and give me the ability to have studio power lighting on location or in the studio.

Here are some test shots I did over the weekend of my cousin Alex Ramos and his dog Tank. There were some really nice clouds out so we decided to seize the opportunity and did a make shift photo shoot in his backyard.

Antwuan Dixon x Toby C. x Urban Ink Mag

If you don't know who Antwuan Dixon is, I suggest you get familiar...

I linked up with Antwuan back in July at the Baker Boys Distribution Warehouse in Los Angeles, CA to photograph him for Urban Ink Magazine. Antwuan flew his tattoo artist, Mucca out from Tampa Bay, Florida to get a new tattoo for the photo shoot and decided to get the Deathwish Skateboard logo tatted under his belly button. It was literally one of the last open spots on his entire upper body. Here are some behind the scene videos from the shoot that pretty much sum up the entire experience of spending a day with Antwuan Dixon, one of the greatest skateboarders alive (not to mention a really cool dude, despite his reputation).


Big thanks to Steve Clare (Supra), Jeremy Gonsalves (Baker Boys Dist.), Paul Gambino (Urban Ink), Alex Ramos and Miles McAlpin for being a part of this project and helping to make it happen!


Outtakes




All Images: Toby Caughron © 2009

Felonious Brand Fall 2009 Collection

I recently shot the look book for Felonious Brand, a brand that my cousin/graphic designer/founder Alex Ramos and I started back in 2003. After six years in the making and numerous successful limited run lines, we are finally getting ready to step our brand to the next level. We have 6 new t-shirt designs in two color ways each that will be available soon on our website as well as select high end sneaker/clothing boutiques. This is just the beginning as we plan to introduce denim, outerwear, New Era fitted's and more as soon as Spring '10.

Here is a sneak peek at some of the photos from the look book shoot which featured LA born rapper Lite, Harlem born rapper Kev-Nice, professional skateboard photographer Frankie Martinez and musician/writer Mark Harley.







click HERE to view digital look book
All Images: Toby Caughron © 2009

UPDATES

Sorry for the lack of posts recently....it's been a busy summer for me and finding time to blog has been few and far between these days. I have some big projects in the works (as usual) and am looking forward to see what this Fall has in store for me.

I will be traveling to San Francisco this weekend (Sept. 11-13th) to visit some friends and have a trip to Boston/NYC in the works for late October. If you are interested in setting up a shoot in Boston/NYC during the last week of October send inquiries to: info@tobycphoto.com.

Here's a quick photo update of what i've been up to...


Shot an E-40 Performance

Shot the new 9Grand Clothing Spring '10 Look Book

Edited like a mad man to meet the 2 day turnaround

Shot the cover for Marion Write's new Mixtape: "The Epilogue to Greatness"


Got paid!

Got a new backpack courtesy of Incase

Finally got a 1 Terabyte External Hard drive, this thing is amazing!

Survived the layers of ash caused by the fires

Picked up the new Snow Leopard

Hung out with Bentley & Cali

AND Tank!

Medium Format Polaroid sesh w/ my buddy Frankie

9Grand Clothing launched their new website...photos by Toby C.

Stay tuned for updates on upcoming shoots, magazine publications, travels, and a new and improved "Weekly Photo Update"!

AKUFUNCTURE CLOTHING FALL '09 SNEAK PEEK

A few weeks back I shot the Fall/Holiday '09 Look Book for Akufuncture Clothing The new line is dropping on Monday, August 24th at Akufuncture.com. Here's a sneak peek at some of the photos...

Antwuan Dixon Outtakes/Behind the Scenes

Here are some outtakes and behind the scenes photos from my shoot with Antwuan Dixon for Urban Ink Magazine...

Antwuan's Tattoo Artist Mucca flew out from Orlando for the shoot

Erik Ellington getting tatted by Mucca

Holga shot of Antwuan

Stay tuned for the feature in Urban Ink Magazine...