The first day of a big shoot is always a big one, and in anticipation of our shoot, there was nothing much we could do but wait. That's the thing with big shoots, even if you've traveled a long way or are staying for a nice period of time, there's still a lot of waiting around.
Since Sukie doesn't get off work until 2:00 pm everyday, R.J. and I found ourselves killing time. In addition to enjoying the complementary breakfast (served daily 7-9 am) and gym access (across the street), we did other work (brought from home), blogged, read, and browsed the internet (via the hotel's free wireless).



Once we began the shoot, with Sukie/Shoua and his Soul Rivals crew, we found it was well worth the wait. We had a good time recording the cypher (for those that don't know, a cypher is a circle where you display your skills one after another, whether it's B-Boying or rapping or whatever) they had during practice. Well ya know, I had a good time watching and even jumped in a few times, and R.J. being the super camera stud he is endured that heat and humidity to record it all. In between cyphers we had an interview session with the guys, touching on topics ranging from what the Oklahoma and Midwest scene is like, how they all got in touch with each other, and stuff like that.
Following the practicing, we went to grub at one of the few Asian places, a Hmong owned Vietnamese restaurant a few blocks away. Enough writing, here's the pictures:

Labels: oklahoma, production, travel