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30Nov/092

Down With Webster Live @ Cowboys (Guelph, ON)

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Bucky from Down With Webster - © Marcus Bowden 2009

Bucky (vocals), Cam (vocals), Pat (vocals & lead guitar), Kap (hype man), Tyler (Bass), Marty (Drums) and Diggy (DJ)...These guys kill it where ever they go and if you haven't heard of Down With Webster by now you're probably living under a rock. (No offense but seriously get with the times!)

Pat (aka Rif Raf) from Down With Webster

Pat (aka Rif Raf) from Down With Webster - © Marcus Bowden 2009

If you haven't already, check out their website (www.downwithwebster.com) and to listen to so some of their ground breaking tunes hit up their myspace (myspace.com/downwithwebster). Look for their new album on iTunes and in stores everywhere entitled "Time To Win Vol. 1"

Tyler from Down With Webster

Tyler from Down With Webster - © Marcus Bowden 2009

As usual you can check out the whole set of photos on my flickr here. Enjoy!

-marcus

23Nov/090

Miles Jones Live @ The Drake Hotel

My boy Miles Jones does it again!

As a childhood friend of Miles, I've had the privilege of watching his creativity grow from a "crowd killing" battle emcee to full fledged Rapper/Songwriter/Producer. With two albums out now (One Chance and Runaway Jones), Miles is definitely staying  true to the game while staying fresh in an environment that is always changing.

MJ @ The Drake Hotel

MJ @ The Drake Hotel - © Marcus Bowden 2009

This show was hosted at The Drake Hotel Underground, which made it painfully challenging for me to take pictures due to lighting constraints. But with that being said, the place was packed. The show included a majority of the songs from Miles' new album Runaway Jones as well as some older tunes from One Chance performed by his supporting band and DJ (DJ Serious). The show it self was sick and true to the Hip Hop form including a pair of break dancers that killed it half way through Miles' set.  Miles, definitely had this show planned right.

Mj @ Drake Hotel

Whats my DeeJays name? - © Marcus Bowden 2009

To check him out and some more of his tunes head to runawayjones.com (which includes a link to his myspace and twitter) and as always if you want to see the whole set of pictures you can get out the set here on my flickr.

-marcus

20Nov/090

Graff Alley – Queen & Spadina

Graff Alley

© Marcus Bowden 2009

Graff Alley

© Marcus Bowden 2009

A bit South of Queen St. W, from Spadina to Portland, this alley is filled with some of the most amazing graffiti I've ever seen. I got there a bit late in the day so I had to work quick before the sun went down but I shot some amazing pieces. From cryptic lettering to some more contemporary pieces, this alley is a tribute to Toronto's graffiti scene. Check out the entire set on my flickr here.

-marcus

20Nov/092

Welcome To CrypticFoto

Me with my D700

Me with my D700

Welcome to CrypticFoto,

I just upgraded camera body's from a Nikon D80 to a D700 so I decided to start a brand new blog with a brand new look to showcase my photography.

Here you'll find a ton of my stills from concerts, shows, nightclubs with reviews as well as some landscape and portrait work.

You'll also find some of my own personal interests here such as up-to-date technology updates, new music and random stuff that's on my mind at any given time :)

Enjoy and feel free to comment and show some love or constructive criticism.

-marcus