Banned in the USA

Shoutout to Beanhead Ent and Quintez giving me the opportunity to film and direct the video for their hit new single, "LET'S PARTY". We shot the last part at Parks Middle School as a project for our summer PhotoCamp USA. The kids really enjoyed learning how to make a music video and we got some some great footage rapping and dancing through the hallways. Quintez actually attended Parks Middle, so it was a homecoming for him and the neighborhood.

107.9 website banned and censored this video version due to explicit content. All booty shake dancers were over the age of 18. So Enjoy this Director's Cut...lol I don't see anything wrong with a little botty shake. I grew up in ATL during the Freaknik Era where booty shaking was a way of life. If you know any KILO, 2 LIVE CREW, or 95 SOUTH song by memory stand up!!

GOLD ROOM FASHION CRASHERS

I, Fashion Photographer Brandon Wiggins bring to you another exclusive, The ARMADA MAGAZINE & ARMADA FM INTERNET RADIO LAUNCH at the Gold Room featuring the models of HAUTELANTA FASHION WEEK. Enjoy as the HLFW models crash the Gold Room Party to spread the world about Fashion Week and shut the club down!

The Rack Pack

Who were the Rat Pack? Only the hippest, coolest bunch of cats on either coast. The group originally sprung up around Humphrey Bogart, who's wife Lauren Bacall first named them. Seeing Bogie, Frank and a few of their cronies come straggling in from a night of carousing, Lauren exclaimed "You look like a goddamned rat pack!" The name stuck.

After Bogie's death, Frank became the group's nominal honcho ("the Leader"). Sometimes called "the Clan," Dean Martin ("Dag") and Sammy Davis, Jr. ("Smokey") were the other two full time members. Peter Lawford (JFK's "brother-in-lawford") and Joey Bishop rounded out the Pack, with occasional appearances by Shirley Maclaine as their honorary mascot and Girl Friday. (Frank never liked the name "Rat Pack." When he called the group anything, he preferred "The Summit.")
The Rat Pack made their home at the Copa Room in Jackie Entratter's Sands Hotel and Casino on the famed Las Vegas Strip. Sadly, the Sands (and the Copa Room along with it) no longer exists. It was a casualty of Las Vegas' expansion and the trend toward family entertainment. For a period of time in the early-to-mid sixties, though, it was the coolest spot in the Universe.
Surely these "Summit" meetings were the ultimate night club acts ever assembled. Frank, Dean, and Sammy carried the bulk of the show, singing, telling jokes, doing impressions, and cutting up. Fortunately, some of these routines have survived and they're a riot to watch and listen to.
The Rat Pack also made a few films together that you can watch and share along in the obvious fun that they had. "Robin and the Seven Hoods" and "Ocean's Eleven" feature the whole Pack.

Often, when one of the members was scheduled to give a performance, the rest of the Pack would show up for an impromptu show, causing much excitement among audiences, resulting in return visits. They sold out almost all of their appearances, and people would come pouring into Las Vegas, sometimes sleeping in cars and hotel lobbies when they could not find rooms, just to be part of the Rat Pack entertainment experience.

We consider ourselves the modern day RAT PACK. Brandon "Vader" Wiggins, Tee "The Future of Fashion" Mott, Kamar "The Black James Bond" Zachery.

This was our trip to THE MAGIC SHOW in Vegas Summer 2010.

The Girl Next Door

Shout out to my childhood friend Nancy. She claims up and down I was mean to her back then when we were kids. Funny how we all grow up and become the people we are destined to be. Life has a funny way of taking us on the most outstanding journeys and bringing us back home to where it all started. This song and video by Musiq Soulchild immediately come to mind when I think about us. Our childhood was very similar to this....lol

As a native of Atlanta, I feel I represent true ATL culture and I consider my team and I pioneers in this new fashion renaissance movement in Atlanta. "The Future of Fashion" Tee Mott and I started from college photographing underground designers and model friends, to producing major fashion shows and shooting worldwide editorial spreads. I would not be where I am without my true friends supporting my endeavors and talent. This month we are helping to coordinate HauteLanta Fashion Week with media correspondence, interviews, behind the scenes shoots, and runways shows. Check out this video from our last PHOTOSHOOT PARTY at HALO. For those of you who have not experienced THE PHOTOSHOOT PARTY, here is what you have been missing. Join us for September 15-19th. The Schedule of events are located at http://www.hautelantafashionweek.com/schedule.html.

Religion Is False.....

Religion is FALSE, manipulated by conquers of war. The survivors of disaster thirst for ANY truth from their past. The elite and powerful preserve this knowledge to remain superior. The various books of Religion are merely history books written in separate lanes of existence. All of their roads lead you back to our origin. Unfortunately, they all don't go the same direction. So which way is wrong?

My Thought Process

My Thought Process by Goodie Mob. I play this song everyday to give myself peace and motivation. This song never really connected with me until I became grown and assumed more responsibilities. Have you ever had a song that said everything you were feeling? Has a song ever perfectly personified your life? Well this song is MY life's soundtrack. Real ATL hip hop, real introspective struggles. As an artist, you never know where the next dollar is coming from, or when the next big project comes calling. I spend hours in the studio editing, constantly running meetings and closing deals, traveling to different cities for gigs and appearances. This is the life I dreamed of.....and now I'm living it.

Miami: A Change of Scenery

Miami is a great place to shoot. This is my beautiful model friend ELLE. I told her I was down in Miami shooting a private beach wedding and she flew down at a drop of a dime to shoot with me in South Beach. We were up all night partying and then went straight to the beach before the sun had risen. When the sun rays started to peak over the horizon, we immediately began shooting her surrounded by the morning tide. Anyone who has shot on the beach can cosign.....shooting on the beach is harder than it looks. The elements of the wet sand, wind blowing the sand, balancing your self in the sand, keeping the sand out your camera, keeping water out of your camera, keeping the misty saltwater from clouding the lenses, etc. etc. But when you get home and look at your work, you remember the focus, sacrifice, and the dedication to detail every frame demanded. Beautiful scenes like this makes photography feel fresh to me again. A change of scenery is the truest inspiration.