my life lately.

so lately my life has been pretty simple. it consists mostly of riding my bike around town and ending up here at the Venice Grind...the local coffee shop hang out/art gallery. they have free internet too.

the setup - an iced coffee grinder, staying accessible with the iPhone, and reading material (currently Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner)

Fast Friday Documentary.

Fast Friday, a documentary by Seattle filmmaker and my pal David Rowe is premiering at the Bicycle Film Festival in New York City May 28th - June 1st...

Fast Friday will be headlining the Bicycle Film Festival this year traveling to over 15 cities around the world, so check out the BFF site to see upcoming cities and dates.

Check it out when it comes to a city near you.

Naya...by Ariyanna.

my 11 year old niece Ari asked if she could play around with my camera when i was over for dinner. she snapped this awesome shot of my other niece. what a natural shooter...maybe cameras run in the family.

Naya (the Diva)

i miss SF

man, the last trip home was amazing. i got to see a lot of people i haven't seen in a while and got to meet some new people also. views like this make me miss the city, the noise, the people, the bay area in general...

Transamerica building...downtown SF

photo of the week 05.18.08 (SF Chinatown)

this week's photo...birds that i tried to scare off in the alley behind my grandma's place in Chinatown SF.

StreetMedia shoot...

Al Jieh and i stopped through the studio to do a quick photo session with the dudes of StreetMedia.

the group is the union of Oakland DJ/producer AMMBUSH (Oakland Faders) and the bi-coastal emcee E.L.S., splitting his time between Buffalo, NY and Stockton, CA
new album on the horizon put out by Sweetbreads featuring tracks by Al Jieh.

Sweetbreads.

Sweetbreads is now official...from graphic design, photography, motion pictures, to music.current roster includes Al Jieh, Ken Q, Ammbush, Rob, and your pal Marcus. site is now under construction.

back in the bay...

feels good to be back in the bay, especially with the dope weather...went on a night ride to get sushi and drinks with the bay crew (Carey, Jobie, Steve, John B, and John Ondo in spirit)

thanks to everyone...

many many tanked ewes from your pal marcus to all the viewers and supporters. the site has been live for one month and has about 400 unique visitors and over 1,300 hits so far! so this is my personal thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out the site. it's still in it's infant form so hopefully it will evolve over time with more things to offer, like better content for instance.

love,

ypm

Club Tattoo party - Arizona

Shaun and I covered the Club Tattoo show in the hot ass state of Arizona with the homies from J33rd. The headliner was the band Julien-K and Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington.


Shaun, myself, and Erick of J33rd on some road in the middle of Arizona...where it's hot.

almost almost famous

this month's issue of ICG (International Cinematographer's Guild) Magazine featured an article on Quarterlife and guess who was at the right place at the right time? me and my bleached hair.page 37...me standing behind the talented DP, my buddy John O'Shaughnessy. holla.

almost famous

your pal Marcus was interviewed by Intel about work, inspirations, and what processor i've been using to help out lol. other artists are all up on the new and improved website. they didn't resize the photos correctly on my stuff though, so it all looks stretched. lame. you can see the profile here.please watch the short "Cubicle" i shot for featured/talented FX artist and my good friend Mike Landry.
thanks to Susan for thinking of me.

what the #$@*!

ladies and gentlemen, my roomie John Ondo...actor/model/salesman/single and ready to mingle.

shooting with yvonne

this is my actress friend Yvonne. we randomly found this cool location with a train that wasn't in use anymore and decided to shoot there.

photo of the week 05.02.08

the answer can be so simple sometimes.

May Day Labor Movement

International Worker's Day aka May Day (the world labour day) celebration and rally that went through all of downtown LA to city hall. 8,500 people from different organizations marched for labor rights. pretty amazing. why do us Americans have Labor Day in September? cause the government thinks they're too cool to celebrate with the rest of the world probably.