Peter Tsai Photography Blog » Action http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog Austin Portrait Photographer Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:28:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bboy City 16 – Austin, Texas at The Parish – part 2 http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/06/14/bboy-city-16-austin-texas-at-the-parish-part-2/ http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/06/14/bboy-city-16-austin-texas-at-the-parish-part-2/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:54:11 +0000 Peter http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/?p=564 Bboy City is an annual breakdance event held in Austin, Texas hosted by Romeo Navarro and the Bboy City Crew. If you haven’t it yet, click here to view my first post about Bboy City 16.

Some interesting info on Bboy City:
If you are familiar with show America’s Best Dance Crew, several of the best bboys on that show have been in Austin at some point for bboy city either to compete or judge the events (including members of the winning crew from Season Two – Super Cr3w).

Also, there’s a great documentary film called Inside the Circle directed by Marcy Garriott that follows the lives of Romeo and two of the most popular dancers at Bboy City, Omar and Josh, through many of the Bboy City events (I also make random cameos in the background taking photos). This film premiered at the SXSW film festival in 2008 to rave reviews and recently aired on MTV. It’s available on DVD as well. Bboy City 16 Austin, Texas at The Parish part 2

Enjoy the rest of the Bboy City photos!

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Marlon of Havikoro (winners of Bboy City 16) practicing Footwork before the event begins

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Toprocking in a practice circle during a break

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Headspin battle in a cypher – contestant #1

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Headspin battle in a cypher – contestant #2

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Shorty of United / Knuckleheads California doing Flares

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Little Kid Freeze

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Knee Slide

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Misa footwork

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Marlon suspended midair during the Havikoro / Masters of Mayhem final

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Toprock

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Footwork

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Bboy Elusive Freeze

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Happy Headspin

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Elbow Airflare

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Gravedad Zero (Mexican Crew) – Group Routine

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Bboy Zeshen of Havikoro (winners of Bboy City 16)

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Rhythm Attack (Chinese crew) – flips

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Rhythm Attack (Chinese crew) – splits after a flip

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Bgirl Misa invert freeze

]]> http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/06/14/bboy-city-16-austin-texas-at-the-parish-part-2/feed/ 4 Bboy City 16 – Austin, Texas at The Parish – part 1 http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/06/12/bboy-city-16-austin-texas-at-the-parish-part-1/ http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/06/12/bboy-city-16-austin-texas-at-the-parish-part-1/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:42:26 +0000 Peter http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/?p=543 Every year hundreds of bboys and bgirls from all over the world descend on Austin, Texas to compete in one of the biggest bboy jams in the country, Bboy City. 2009 was no different and on Sunday, April 26th I headed down to the Parish to capture it all.

If you’ve never been to a bboy jam, you’ve been missing out. At the Bboy City 16 finals, the energy was intense, the dancers’ moves were on point, and the competition was fierce as hundreds of people crowded into the Parish to watch some heated bboy battles.

The level of skill this year was really high, as two great international crews entered the crew battles – Rhythm Attack from China, and Gravedad Zero from Mexico. There were also the usual suspects from Texas and some out of state crews as well. In the end, after a long, hot, energy filled night of dancing, world famous crew Havikoro came out on top.

Enjoy the photos and check out more pictures from Bboy City here!

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The Parish club – the venue for Bboy City at least 3 times now

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Bboy Kirk from Havikoro doing modified 1990s

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Bboy Marlon from Havikoro brings his unique flavor to the dance floor

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Joel from Havikoro doing a flip while battling the Mexican crew Gravedad Zero

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Turtle toprocking while sporting his best ninja turtle outfit and looking happy as always

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Bboy Elusive doing footwork right before he kicked my camera lens!

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Tory Harvey getting down in between battles

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Bgirl Misa doing an air freeze during a cypher

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Genie Windmills by Mando from Rhythmic Rockerz

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Bboy Recon Inside the Circle as the crowd watches

]]> http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/06/12/bboy-city-16-austin-texas-at-the-parish-part-1/feed/ 4 Go Dance Studio – Headshot, Portrait, and Action Photo Shoot http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/05/25/go-dance-studio-headshot-portrait-and-action-photo-shoot/ http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/05/25/go-dance-studio-headshot-portrait-and-action-photo-shoot/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 19:05:49 +0000 Peter http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/?p=459 In January of 2009, I participated in a Strobist photo shoot at the Go Dance Studio in Austin, Texas and had the pleasure of meeting a whole bunch of talented dancers. The Go Dance studio had beautiful bluish green walls that made the perfect backdrop for my studio portraits. I shot more than a dozen dancers over the course of a few hours and I had a blast.

I have been shooting breakdancers for years, so I was excited to capture that same excitement and sense of motion in a different form of dance. Both groups of dancers are passionate about what they and their love comes through in their body language and expressions express that while in the photos.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the photos.
-Peter

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Dance partners and couple Favian and Jennifer meet after a spin

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Lorenzo brings Monica out of a dip so that I could capture the motion of salsa dance

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David and Barbara pull off an acrobatic sweep move

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Monique and Johnny, a couple and dance partners

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Pearl, a hip hop dancer striking a pose for the camera

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Amanda, a dance instructor at Go Dance Studio

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Jason, a salsa dancer

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Jason and Aleth, salsa dance partners from San Antonio

]]> http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/05/25/go-dance-studio-headshot-portrait-and-action-photo-shoot/feed/ 0 Martial Arts Action Shoot http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/04/17/martial-arts-action-shoot/ http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/2009/04/17/martial-arts-action-shoot/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:17:24 +0000 Peter http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog/?p=354 ]]> About a year ago, I photographed the martial arts group Cry Havok in their practice space in Austin Texas. These guys are Martial Arts action choreography experts, using a variety of weapons and hand to hand combat techniques. While they look pretty intimidating, these guys were really cool to work with and they seemed like cool dudes. Check them out in action here – it’s crazy! http://sg.video.yahoo.com/watch/195554/1191682

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Awesome aerial flip

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High kick!

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Stick Fighting in Motion

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Jump Kick – Bruce Lee Style

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Swordplay

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Martial Arts Weapons

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