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Kulture Klash 7 Recap

Kulture Klash W/Logo

How do they do it? The organizers of Kulture Klash, the low country’s festival of art, dance, & music have managed to top themselves again. For the 7th installment of bi-annual event, the stand-out attraction for me was the live wakeboard demonstration provided by Chuck and Chalice to coincide with the festival’s water theme.

Kulture Klash W/Logo

OK, lets rewind a bit to yesterday afternoon, when the site of the festival was freely opened up to the public to view the art installations.

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

In addition to art for sale, the show featured artist interpretations of the quintessential Surf Shack:

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

This photo is all about BadJon, his framed art, and his giant Alien Bees ring flash:

Kulture Klash 7

Moving along outside, as the crew put the finishing touches on the wakeboard pools, the kids and dogs took advantage of the opportunity to get as dirty as possible!

Kulture Klash 7

What better way to cool off in the hot Charleston sun than with an all-natural snow cone from Rena Larch and her Happy Camper Snoballs?

Kulture Klash 7

Artist and the man behind (and in front of) the scenes at Kulture Klash, Scott Debus presented my kids with the coveted Blue Power Ranger, which also squeaks. I know this because I was woken up this morning to the sound of a squeaking Power Ranger!

Kulture Klash 7

The free art viewing was the perfect place to check out local art with your family. The kids were able to run around and be kids, people brought their pets, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. We also had a good vantage point to check out some of the Charleston Air Show, which local photo buddy Montwerx was covering from behind his lens.

Now it’s time for the party! I returned to the Klash a little after 8:00PM to an already packed house.

Kulture Klash 7

There was live music, dancing, and hula hoop girls all around! So began an adventure in low and no-light photography.

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

This works to my advantage, because the best way to tell the story of a party like this is to show the motion of it.

Kulture Klash 7

Also on hand was the newly founded Girls Rock Charleston, who performed an interpretive dance to live drumming:

Kulture Klash 7

The roar of the guitar and beat of the drums reigned in the alleyway next to Storehouse 10 as the band named Cusses took the stage.

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

As with past Kulture Klash Arts Festivals, there were live works of art being created during the course of the night, including a giant surfboard and this huge canvas:

Kulture Klash 7

Over in the next alley was the Urban Wakeboarding demo as well as another stage. The wakeboaders started out on one end of the alley on the back of a pickup truck. On the other end was a winch that pulled them across two pools joined by a rail jump in the middle.

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

Needless to say, nighttime action sports photography is not the easiest thing to do! That didn’t stop the throngs of cell phone videographers that lined the barrier broadcasting to their Facebook friends the watersports event of the evening. Sometimes I feel we’re all the stars of The Truman Show. So says the guy with the camera…

On stage was the dub sounds of Charleston’s Dubplates:

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

Kulture Klash 7

It was time for me to depart. The amazing thing was that at 11:00PM, a whole new crowd was coming in through the gate to experience a whole other set of performances. It’s an amazing festival that truly is whatever you make of it, and I couldn’t be more impressed by just how much awesomeness is packed into one evening. I’d love to see everybody’s photos and hear their stories about the evening, so please share!

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As usual, you can check out the full extensive set of photos I took on my Flickr Stream.


Valero At The Oasis

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

After the rise of the super moon last night, I stopped over at the Oasis on Folly Road in James Island to catch a set from Clemson’s emo rock band Valero.

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

While I was somewhat prepared to shoot the moon over the ocean, I wasn’t prepared for a live band and I was really wishing I packed a f/1.8 prime lens with me because the lighting in the Oasis is just plain harsh. One side of the stage was red, the middle was green and blue, while the other side was barely lit at all.

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

I had my f/2.8 Tamron 17-50mm lens with me, so I set my auto ISO threshold to max out at 3200 (I usually have it limited to 1600) and varied between 100th and 125th of a second for my shutter speed, which was just enough to freeze the action. I did try to use my flash for some shots, but I wasn’t feeling it, and I didn’t want to annoy the band with a lot of flash activity. I tried to make the best of the lighting situation and get some low key shots such as these:

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

I also tried to play of the club’s Christmas themed stage colors which gave some interesting contrast to these shots:

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

Valero @ The Oasis 3.19.2011

Go ahead and check out Valero’s Bandcamp.com page to listen to their latest recordings, or check them out on their Facebook page. You can also check out the complete set of shots from Saturday’s show on my Flickr stream.


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