Beacon Quarterly's Tan Lines Festival

Aug 8

At Beacon Quarterly’s Tan Lines Festival, I ran a photo booth in the VIP lounge and spent the day taking portraits of artists and performers from the Festival. Here are some of my favorite shots:

Masyn Wade

@masynwade

Masyn Wade and Blossom

@bamb00banga

Blossom

@bamb00banga

Blossom

@bamb00banga

Zaysims

@zaysims_

Zaysims

@zaysims_

Mal London and Zaysims

@_bymal and @zaysims_

Mal London and Zaysims

@_bymal and @zaysims_

Mal London

@_bymal

Vibra

@living_legend

Vibra

@living_legend

Bocha

@bochafromgfe

Bocha

@bochafromgfe

Bocha

@bochafromgfe

White Lotus

@333whitelotus

Ms. Dukes, MAED Creative Studio

@ms.dukes_

GWIZKI, Omega Supreme Records

@gwizki

GWIZKI, Omega Supreme Records

@gwizki

8Flat, Eight Flat Frequencies

@8flat

8Flat, Eight Flat Frequencies

@8flat

Maurice Soundz, Eight Flat Frequencies

@soundz_space

Jamaal, Good Green

@weknowmaal

Shea and Amanda, Dumpster Dogs Vintage

@dumpster_dogs

Ms. Elle and Cheyne Queezy

@_ mselle _ and @cheynequeezy

Butter Baby

@butterbabymusic

Butter Baby

@butterbabymusic

Butter Baby

@butterbabymusic

Butter Baby

@butterbabymusic

Butter Baby

@butterbabymusic

Harvee Bird

Omari Jazz

@omari_jazz

NorthernDraw

@northerndraw

NorthernDraw

@northerndraw

Lana Shea

@lalanashea

Olivia Carter

@olivia.jcarter

Olivia Carter

JERMAINE

@singerjermaine

The day started at 8 AM and our setup took us just under three hours. I have to admit that I was really nervous for the day because this was my first time being in charge of an entire photoshoot that required more than a camera and diffuser. Luckily, I had some awesome assistants there to help me throughout the day. Getting to meet such talented yet humble artists made the day a lot less stressful. I think the Festival was a complete success and the 13 hours went by way too quickly!

Here was my setup: