Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone 2007 Year in Review video. WATCH IT!

Ahh the memories. I tried to include everyone in this video slideshow, so I apologize if I missed anyone...with 460 photos crammed into this 4 minute video, it's kind of hard to keep track of! Speaking of track...the song in this video is of course, D.A.N.C.E. by Justice...arguably the biggest electronic song, or any song for that matter, of 2007. This is the CFCF remix of the song...take a look and a listen.

Thanks to Pauly Crush and Mike Feinberg for continuing to throw one of the best damn party in Orlando (Crush being the other one, of course) and bringing the biggest DJ names to town. Here's to '08!

View the high res 32MB movie here: http://www.kcolldesigns.com/blog/media/st2007.mov
or watch the crappier quality youtube video!

Photos! DJ Funk and XXX-Mas 2 Party @ S/T - Club Firestone (Orlando) 12.20.07

**HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!






Well, to sum it up...DJ FUNK ruled it once again at Firestone. I believe he called Firestone the best party in the south in one of his bulletin posts not too long ago. He's so right! Everyone was in good spirits (aka drunk as shit) and dancing to Funks trademark style of electro-bootie / ghettotech.

Art Basel in Miami Review by MGAP (Moby / Princess Superstar @ Studio A) for URB MAGAZINE

View article on URB here or just read it down below :)

Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 @ 02:22 in Events by Melanie Gapany

- Presented by Music Loves Fashion, theCompany, Jeff Duke & Adam Frankel Productions and Going.com -

Tucked into a city block in the heart of downtown Miami, Studio A is your typical Miami nightclub, with a decently sized dance floor and an impressive display of liquor gathered around a circular, freestanding bar, modern decor, and a large stage. The bartenders are well apt in entertaining their crowd with fire blowing and bottle tricks. Unlike Miami nightclubs, there is no line to get in, its nice and cool inside, there are people dancing and the lineup for the evening is incredibly diverse.

It's midway through the night and the entire room is a thriving mess of sweat and movement, packed with an eclectic mix of people that you can only find in port cities. Holy Ghost!(www.myspace.com/holyghostnyc) and Princess Superstar (www.princesssuperstar.com) have both finished amazing sets, and pumped the crowd full of energy. But now there is a small framed DJ wearing a large brimmed blue sunhat at the tables, casually sipping what one must assume is a screwdriver. He dances almost as intensely as the people on the floor. He is the man behind everyone's current state of madness: the reason why no one can really stop dancing. He is Moby (www.moby.com). The same Moby that has released pop chart hits such as "South Side" and soothing lullaby melodies such as "Porcelain", behind the decks, expertly wooing the crowd into frenzy.

Moby's biography is a timeline of incredible achievements almost as diverse as the pop star himself and if this performance was any kind of a preview of what listeners can expect from Moby's new release Last Night, due out in March of 2008, then listeners can expect something that is much more dance oriented than any of his previous releases. Much more indie, way less pop.

Despite the high price of drinks and lack of parking, everyone seemed incredibly pleased as the night ended with the Afrobots (www.myspace.com/afrobots) who, much like Princess Superstar, were able to effortlessly mix rhyming skills over intense beats. At the close of the night, Studio A cleared out quickly, and it was back outside for more downtown Miami traffic and heat.

For exclusive pics from the event, by Kevin Collier, check out http://www.urb.com/media/images/art_basel1

Photos! for URB MAGAZINE and Music Loves Fashion! Moby / Princess Superstar / Afrobots @ The Pawn Shop (Miami / Art Basel) 12.08.07

Art Basel in Miami Review by MGAP (MSTRKRFT / LA Riots @ The Pawn Shop) for URB MAGAZINE

View article on URB here or just read it down below :)

Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 @ 03:56 in Events by Melanie Gapany

- Presented by Music Loves Fashion, theCompany, Jeff Duke & Adam Frankel Productions and Going.com -

Miami is a strange and beautiful city. The people are unique, the buildings are deco, and there is a certain "je ne sais quoi" that lingers in the air at all times. Downtown, with the recent birth of its newest addition, The Center for Performing Art, is changing slowly but surely. The angles keep getting sharper, the buildings grow taller and taller, and the houses become more expensive.  Still in the face of all this change, is a lone yellow building on 13th Street. The pawn shop, at first glance seems an unlikely place to be a lounge. It looks, in fact, exactly like a pawn shop...dilapidated, yellow paint, and metal roll down doors.  Once inside, though, everything changes.
The night started early with local DJ, Johnny The Boy, who pumped the crowd, led by a very animated group of Chicago dancers and attentive bartenders, into a frenzy of dance and sweat on a dancefloor surrounded by odd, old items that you would expect to find in a pawn shop; an old scoreboard, bikes, an airblower, even a school bus? 

Aptly named Los Angeles locals, LA Riots (www.myspace.com/lariotsofficial) then took over inside the DJ booth, which was uniquely constructed inside the cab of a flatbed semi truck that also served a dual purpose as a VIP area. The crowd immediately tripled, responding faster than teeny-boppers at a Timberlake concert. Even with the minor audio glitch, which temporarily forced LA Riots to perform with minimal bass, the DJ duo (Daniel Le Disko and JOB) had hopped into their drivers' seats to rev the engine of that monster truck. Before they were through, everything in the room was in third gear.

And then MSTRKFT (http://www.mstrkrft.com) was there to guide us all into a sweaty utopia, a feat that was accomplished with relative ease by the pair of Canadians. DJs AL-P and JFK gave Miami exactly what is was asking for: enough bass to start a pacemaker, hip-possessing beats, sounds that would put even the sorest of feet into a dance frenzy, and the style to keep it going well into Miami's famously warm night, where the only thing white that covers the ground in winter are the napkins on the dance floor.

Check out pics from the show, shot by Kevin Collier, exclusively at http://www.urb.com/media/images/art_basel2

Photos! for URB MAGAZINE and Music Loves Fashion! MSTRKRFT / LA Riots @ Pawn Shop (Miami / Art Basel) 12.07.07

This show was awesome!!! First time in MIAMI and Art Basel, shooting for URB Magazine, Music Loves Fashion, and Jeff Duke & Adam Frankel Productions...

LA Riots really killed it, I need to see more and more and more of them live! Local Johnny the Boy pumped up the crowd early on and really got them moving...LA Riots took over and churned out the electro to the best of anyone's abilities, then MSTRKRFT took the "drivers seats" and did what they do best, make people dance, dance, dance!

special thanks to
Jeff Duke &Adam Frankel Productions and Jason Swartz of ALLIANCE TALENT INT'L for hooking me up and making this all possible!!

Photos! DJ Orgasmic + Afterparty @ S/T - Club Firestone (Orlando) 12.06.07

aaaaand the AFTERPARTY!



DJ Orgasmic definitely pulled the party out for Orlando at this past weeks Saturday/Thursday at Firestone! He's part of the Paris Terror Club and the Institubes label and he continued where PTC left off last time they hit Orlando...leaving us in awe and respect for those wild Parisians, their dj skills, and their ability to throw 'The Fun' down! Check out the end of the photoset for some silly afterparty photos with Orgasmic, Pauly Crush, Justin of Bodywerx, a kitty, myself and my silly friends!

Photos! Steve Aoki @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 11.15.07

250+ photos of crazy insanity! Aoki walks the rail, spins from in front of the tables, and blows the roof, floor, walls, and sound system out of this world! Go check out your pretty faces!

Photos! The Rub @ S/T - Club Firestone (Orlando) 11.08.07

190+ photos this time around! And they are pretty damn good! Go find yourself, foo's!

Photos! Prince Terrence (of Heartsrevolution) @ Crush - Backbooth (Orlando) 11.05.07

Awesome DJ set from Prince T! All members of Young Love were there for support and to party down Orlando style. Click the gallery image above and see if you can find them all!

S/T pics with The Rub, coming soon!!

And a friendly message from Justin of Bodywerx to a recently relocated Orlandian!
We miss you Misty! Hope NY isn't making you forget about us down here! Muah!

Photos! Fallout Boy / Gym Class Heroes Afterparty @ S/T - Firestone (Orlando) 11.01.07

This was the official afterparty for the fallout boy concert at UCF. I think I saw just one Fallout Boy (none of the media darlings, though), but some Gym Class Heroes were partying in VIP, including hypeman/flagwaver Marc De Jesus.

Photos! Crush Halloween III @ Backbooth (Orlando) 10.29.07

The 3rd annual halloween costume party at crush was fucking fun! Deviled Eggs, Stewie, DJing Batman, LOLcat Paul, Jack Sparrow, and lots and lots of sexy ladies!

I was an "old-timey photographer". Look at my dork levels go through the roof as I chug a beer and grab a giant spiderman ass:

Articles, Reviews, Interviews, Etc.

- Last updated: 09.22.08 -

BLACK KIDS feature article and interview

Our head writer, Melanie, who writes for the Orlando Weekly, got a chance to have a phone-in interview with Dawn Watley of the Black Kids, in anticipation of their upcoming Orlando performance. Unfortunately, they only had enough content space for the interview, which means weeeeeee get the feature story!

FEATURE STORY AND INTERVIEW by MGAP
LIVE REVIEW @ THE SOCIAL 09.20.08 by MGAP
CONCERT PHOTOS @ THE SOCIAL 09.20.08 by KCOLL

Lismore (NY) @ Crush - Backbooth (Orlando) 04.07.08

REVIEW + PHOTO gallery by KCOLL

Tittsworth @ Pintura International Graffiti Conference & Afterparty (Orlando) 04.26.08

REVIEW + PHOTO gallery by KCOLL

Winter Music Conference 2008 - Miami, FL 03.24.08 - 03.29.08

In 2008, little brother Orlando got tired of living his life in the shadow of Miami, especially when it came to Electronic Music. So, as retalation, Orlando, with the help of Pauly Crush and Mike Fineberg managed to snatch a couple of the Electronic Greats who were on their way down south for WMC.

The Result was Spring Training, Orlando own little Mini WMC.

Orlando WMC Spring Training Day 1 - Riot in Belgium @ Crush 03.24.08
REVIEW by MGAP • photo gallery by KCOLL

Orlando WMC Spring Training Day 2 - Pace Rock @ Dancers Royal 03.25.08
REVIEW by MGAP • REVIEW by KCOLL

Orlando WMC Spring Training Day 3 - Digitalism @ Club Firestone 03.26.08
REVIEW by MGAP • photo gallery by KCOLL

Orlando WMC Spring Training Day 4 - Kissy Sell Out @ Club Firestone 03.27.08
REVIEW by MGAP • photo gallery by KCOLL

IHEARTCOMIX + SCION WMC 2008 Pool Party @ Raleigh Hotel 03.28.08
REVIEW + photo gallery by KCOLL

Windish Agency WMC 2008 Pool Party @ South Seas Hotel 03.28.08
REVIEW + photo gallery by KCOLL

Fools Gold WMC 08 Showcase @ White Room (miami) 03.28.09
REVIEW + PHOTO gallery by KCOLL

Puma Store / MSTRKRFT Party @ Rokbar (Miami) 03.29.08
REVIEW + photo gallery by KCOLL

MYSPACE MUSIC TOUR w/ JUSTICE + DJ MEHDI @ CLUB FIRESTONE 03.06.08

Justice is one of the top, if not the top touring electronic acts of 2007 and 2008. The much anticipated show at Club Firestone drew a jam packed crowd of about 1600 people.

REVIEW by MGAP + KCOLL • photo gallery by KCOLL

GIRL TALK FLORIDA TOUR 01.31.08 - 02.02.08

What a crrrrrraaaaaaaaaazy trip!

8 of packed into Downtown Dana's van and heading from Orlando to Tampa to Miami following around Girl Talk and getting sweaty and crazy at all 3 of his sold out shows!

ROAD TRIP photo gallery by KCOLL

GIRL TALK AFTERPARTY @ WHITE ROOM IN MIAMI photo gallery by KCOLL

GIRL TALK TOUR photo PREVIEW by KCOLL

ART BASEL 2008 - Miami, FL (for URB MAGAZINE) 12.07.08 + 12.08.08

"Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas. As the sister event of Switzerland's Art Basel, the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 39 years, Art Basel Miami Beach combines an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design. Exhibition sites are located in the city's beautiful Art Deco District, within walking distance of the beach and many hotels." - http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com

Urb Magazine wrote a myspace blog asking for a photographer to take photos at two shows they were sponsering during Art Basel. I immediately wrote back and got the gig! My girlfriend Melanie and I had so much fun at both these shows, and here are our photos and reviews.

MSTRKRFT / LA Riots @ Pawn Shop (Miami / Art Basel) 12.07.07

REVIEW by MGAP • photo gallery by KCOLL

Moby / Princess Superstar / Afrobots @ The Pawn Shop (Miami / Art Basel) 12.08.07

REVIEW by MGAP • photo gallery by KCOLL

About Smile for Camera

Smile for Camera is your source for Music News, Exclusive articles and interviews with bands/djs, and Club/Party/Concert photos for the Southeast United States. We are based out of Orlando, FL, but we venture out to Miami, Tampa, and even Atlanta. Hopefully soon we'll travel even further to Chicago or New York!

Founded by photographer/graphic designer, Kevin Collier (k.coll) and writer, Melanie Gapany (m.gap) in 2008.

Formally known as www.kcolldesigns.com, but that sounded to stuffy and too corporate. KColl decided to make the change to have a more catchy name that actually sounded like a photography site!

Contributing photographers are Dani Del Pico (Dani D) and Dave Ortiz (D.O.).

Equipment used:

Canon 5d
Canon 20d
Canon 17-40mm 4.0L
Canon 28-70mm 2.8L
Canon 50mm 1.4
Canon 70-200 2.8L
Canon 580ex w/diffuser