Apparently I’m doing something right. About a month ago, I was interviewed and featured by the good folks at the Aputure Photography Blog. We talked about a lot of things like how I got started and what I like to shoot.

Here’s a quick excerpt from the interview:

If you could shoot anywhere/anyone/anything, what would it be?
“I definitely have the travel bug – I would be exploring the world to experience and document different cultures. A few years ago, I set a goal to visit every single continent in the world. I’ve almost completed my goal, lacking missing Africa and Antarctica. I’ll get there eventually, but my next trip will be to Brazil and Argentina.

I really enjoy shooting portraits of dancers too, so I would be pursuing that as well. In particular, I would like to do controlled portraits of breakdancers around the world.”

To read the rest of the interview and to see more of my recent pictures, please head over to the Aputure Photo Blog and check out the company’s products (including one I’ve been using for years) on the Aputure Product Page.

Please enjoy the photos, which I hope capture all of the raw energy, excitement, and emotion of the cyphers and bboy battles. Also, If you work for big jam in an awesome location like Red Bull BC One or IBE – hit me up! I’d love to go abroad to take bboy photos.

Masters of Mayhem – toprock with attitude

Headspin

Coindrop

Bboy Vyllyn from Burn Unit Crew – Atlanta

Windmills

Headspin

Going to the Floor

Head Freeze Suicide

Body roll

Bboy Mini – Headspins

Bboy Judo – Flare

Gravedad Zero – Elbow Hops

Air Freeze – Gravedad Zero Crew

To see more images, please check out
Bboy City 17 Finals 04/25/2010 – Austin, Texas (part 1)
Bboy City 17 Finals 04/25/2010 – Austin, Texas (part 3)

If you want to help me out with bboy names for the captions, please leave a comment and I’ll get the pictures updated ASAP.

Bboy from Gravedad Zero – Flares

Airflare \ Airtrax

Bboy Crisis Footwork + Masters of Mayhem Crew

Bboy Chili Dog – Invert Freeze

2 Man Bboy Routine

Bboy Full Deck Airchair

Crazy headstand

Breakdance Levitation – Vicious Germz Routine with Bboy Beast (closest) vs Jeremy and Zeshen of Havikoro

Bboy Hector Headspin

Bboy Judo – Intensity

Bboy Minnesota Joe – Flares

Bgirl Vendetta (flipping) and Bgirl Severe from Burn Unit Crew in Atlanta

Bboy Footwork by Checo of Jive Turkeys with JesseGerm vs Zeshen and Jeremy (Havikoro)

Bgirl Footwork

The beats were sick, the dancing was on point, and we actually finished before 2am this year! Props to United Jungle Brothers for winning the crew on crew battles – everyone has been pulling for United for years and I’m glad they finally took home the championship.

If you want to help me out with bboy names for the captions, please leave a comment and I’ll get the pictures updated ASAP. Also, be on the lookout for more Bboy City 17 photos coming your way soon.

Additional Bboy City 17 finals photos:
Bboy City 17 Finals 04/25/2010 – Austin, Texas (part 2)
Bboy City 17 Finals 04/25/2010 – Austin, Texas (part 3)

Top Rock Mean Mugging

Crew Routine Flip

Bboy Crisis Airflare

Bboy City 17 – 2 on 2 Routine with Bboy Thesis (close) and Bboy Flexum (far)

Elbow Freeze!

Kip up to freeze

Bboy Thesis – Suspended in Mid Air

Air Freeze

Bboy Mini Headspin Contest

Gravedad Zero Routine

Flares

The monkeys have been at this for a long time as they are all relatively tame and non aggressive. I even saw several of them eat straight out of peoples’ hands and cross the street casually in front of passing cars. Luckily for me, the monkeys are not camera shy at all.

As we were watching the monkeys, a local Chinese man told me that wild pigs would probably come down from the jungle within the next 30 minutes. Just 1 minute later, about 10 wild pigs appeared as if on cue. This event caused a flurry of excitement, as lookers on showered them with apples and grain and people jostled with each other to get a photo of the pigs on their camera phones.

Monkeys descend from the Jungle outside of Kuala Lampur

Monkeys really do like bananas, it’s not a false stereotype

A young monkey perches in a tree

A mother monkey carries child while eating a rambutan fruit

Mother and Child Monkeys eat Rambutan together

A juvenile monkey on Monkey Hill near Kuala Lampur, Malaysia grasps rambutan in his hand

Monkeys eat rambutan fruit directly from a man’s hand

An adult monkey eats a mango in the middle of the street with little regard for passing traffic

Wild pigs emerge from the jungle on Monkey Hill as onlookers take pictures

A woman attempts to feed wild pigs directly from her hand on Monkey Hill

Pigs are showered by grain thrown by enthusiastic observers

The pigs are more shy than the monkeys, they will not come very close to humans

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia – Monkey Hill from Peter Tsai on Vimeo.

Despite the very cold weather, we got some nice pictures thanks to Rachel’s natural ability in front of the camera. Enjoy the pictures, thanks for stopping by, and as always I look forward to your comments.

Ben, the smallest and most energetic member of the family, was definitely the star of the shoot. He was a natural in front of the camera! My favorite part of the shoot was taking environmental portraits of him outside on South Congress and eventually landing at Home Slice Pizza for a delicious slice of pizza.

Mosaic artwork at the Imiloa Museum

A hill made of ancient lava flows

A Hawaiian welcome sign with a pineapple

Ala Moana park near Waikiki Beach

Banyyan Tree near Waikiki Beach

A local man rides an ATV up the mountain towards Kona

Not sure what these native plants are

Purple Banana Flowers in Bloom

Mai Tais at the Luau

Hawaiian Waterfalls

Fruits of the Jungle

The Ae Fern – a species unique to Hawaii

Perilous Sea Cliffs in Hawaii on the southern edge of the Big Island

Bronze statue of Duke (the one to popularize surfing) adorned with flower leis

Closeup of a Model Japanese Aircraft Carrier at the Arizona Memorial in Honolulu / Pearl Harbor

Fruit for sale at the Hilo Farmer’s Market – Rambutan, Starfruit, Breadfruit, etc

My Brother swimming up close and personal with a sea turtle

A Pheasant running wild on Hawaii

A Chinese Lantern Plant on the Big Island

A Spanish Cowboy Petroglyph (Rock Carving) – Hawaiians called the cowboys paniolos, which is a transliteration of the word Espanoles

View of the Punch Bowl on Oahu, Hawaii from the sky

Daytime View of Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii

Waiting at the Honolulu Airport Hotel Bus Stop

Tiki Statues at the Place of Refuge – Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau

Hawaiian Tree Ferns Close Up

Shaved Ice at Matsumotos on the North Shore – celebrities like to go here

Oil Spill Art at the USS Arizona Memorial

Park Bench at Ala Moana

Cows Grazing on the Big Island – Most people are surprised to hear there are a lot of cows and a cowboy culture in Hawaii

This Sea Turtle looked like it needed a nap at Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau on the Big Island

Coffee Trees in Kona – Coffee beans are the seeds of the red berries (you can see some on the far left side of the photo)

Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut factory in Hilo

Backlit dead Tree Ferns

Volcanoes National Park – Active Volcano!