Amanda

Some behind the scenes photos I took at the video shoot for @teksmokeelah @termanologyst featuring @paulwallbaby @bunb @donke713 “The Connect” produced by @whatsupjamil off the freshly released “Teknology” collaboration album. Video by @dwillgetitdone shot in Houston, TX earlier this month. Powered by @monsterenergy 🔋 Really love how some of these came out and I came home with a refreshed motivation to turn this into a more focused hobby. Had a great day with some Texas legends and some hard working artists I’m proud to call friends. Always grateful for the invitation to be around and be a small part of it all. Proud of everyone involved. Video out now!

For a variety of reasons I very rarely leave posts of my dance work permanently visible on my socials, but I wanted to drop something here that people can share or save, in case you’re looking for information. My current class schedule is Fridays (5pm Level 1, 6:30pm Intro to Pole) and Sundays (2pm Level 2) weekly. I’m also available for private lessons (spin or static) and private parties. You can sign up via incredipole.com or DM me for more details. I’ll update this post’s caption if long term changes occur to my regular schedule. I’ve been teaching pole dance throughout studios in the New York City area since 2011. Currently I’m exclusively instructing at @incredipole (where I am also part of their management team) which is a gorgeous space containing four extremely aesthetically pleasing studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Throughout the years I’ve experienced injury, the natural aging process, and a pandemic that caused me to not have any place to train for over a year, leaving me feeling as if my dancing days were over. Consistency is key with this movement form, and when you lose your conditioning, endurance, and routine, coming back can be incredibly frustrating and difficult. Pushing through that, and working through limitations I didn’t have when I was younger, changed the way I approached how to use this apparatus, and most importantly made me more aware of how to work with other people’s unique needs in order to keep this activity safely accessible for all who desire to try it. Thank you for all the years of continued support, allowing me to make a living doing something I love. Drop a comment if you have a good memory from class, I enjoy hearing about them! Hope to dance with you soon. ❤️

I don’t know, y’all. I’ve been sitting and thinking about this photo for like a week straight. The first photo is after a bunch of edits, the second photo is the original. What would have been a gorgeous raw photo was suffering from a smoky room, mid stage lighting, and shooting without flash at a far distance. Grainy, blurry, kinda a vibe regardless because a little soft blur is sometimes a mood. I did a lot of adjustments in Lightroom, obviously changing it to black and white, but it went a lot deeper than that (if you look closely you’ll notice some other things, but most of the stuff I changed majority of you won’t notice). Still was frustrated. So just for entertainment I turned to an AI tool to literally only sharpen and focus the subject (the lovely @hailesupreme 🙌🏼) and now… I really like it. Super conflicted because I have feelings about AI involvement in creative endeavors (& environmental impact), but I also think it’s important to understand the technology. Even though I didn’t generate a photo from scratch, or really change much at all using AI, it feels like a bit of a cheat. But at the same time… I used to feel the same way about basic non-AI photo editing software, on some “a photographer’s photos should be good enough to publish straight off of a camera”, trying to make it my goal to take as good of a raw photo as possible. I’ve evolved from that mind state and now see the value in the editing process and how it allows the photographer to further express their vision and creativity through their own unique take on how to manipulate the image. In this case, I’m just fascinated with how powerful and effective of an editing tool AI can be at this point. It’s not without its flaws still, and you still need to know how to edit a photo and have a decent raw one as a foundation, but… Idk. Just made me think. Def not something I plan to be using sometimes, if at all (I don’t even have ChatGPT on my phone unlike most people at this point), & I think it’s important to disclose AI use in art, but yeah. Curious on others’ thoughts. Photo taken at this year’s Billy Awards, other photos (not adjusted with AI tools!) coming soon.

Few more from last week’s @showoffradiofreestyles with some other of our guests like @misscarmelaclutch & @catchrek201 at the @djmuggs_the_black_goat_ & @im.t.f event at @cccmanhattan , plus some @hiddentigernyc after party outtakes 🥂 @shade45 every Thursday 7-9pm EST!

Never a dull moment when we take @showoffradiofreestyles @shade45 out of the studio. Shout out to @djmuggs_the_black_goat_ and the homie @im.t.f for having us pull up - go turn the volume way up on their new album “Don’t Call Me Lucky” out now! 🥂

From @saturnatx - @showoffradiofreestyles was live at SXSW 2026. At some point between getting release forms signed and doing the tracklist old school with a pen and paper, I got some quick photos of the homies! The Showoff Radio crew is live again (from home base in NYC) tonight at 7pm 😎 Shout out to @pryncedadj who is in NYC today and gonna be on Shade 45 at 5:30pm, and LA friends I hope you got your tickets to the @coyoteforhire @statikselekt “Machetes and Micheladas” release show on 4/20. Album out now!! 💪🏼 @monsterenergy @monstermusic @siempretequila #showoffradio “MINDAYYY”

Did you see @recoechi on @ontheradarradio yet?? Many thanks to Recoe & his amazing team @nbvr14 @ana.the.kin for the invite to come through and shoot a few flicks! And of course a shout out to @elcalvador for always keeping things running smoothly at the OTR studio 🫡

Mindy, tired in Texas, through the lens of @georgielovesmusic Thanks Georgie for all these flicks, being down for my food side quests, dealing with me when I left all my stuff behind in Dallas, and showing me the chaotic tourist trap that is Buc-ee’s for the first time 🤣 Btw that @coyoteforhire & @statikselekt album is on its way very soon! 🔥

Buck Around & Find Out, hosted by @djbuckrodgers last Sunday night at @rkbatx at SXSW 2026 in Austin #sxsw #sxsw2026

Live from #313Day during SXSW in Austin, Texas, the energy is building and the culture is in the room. Nothing but legends in the building, and we’re bringing it all to you live on @shade45 on SiriusXM. Stay locked in as the night unfolds with real hip-hop, real moments, and real history happening right here, right now @mayfairaustin . 🎤🎧 📡 Broadcasting live on Shade 45 | SiriusXM 📸 Photos by: @_ambassador

Photos from the @ontheradarradio Live Sessions 004 stream last weekend, out now to rewatch! Production by @elcalvador @lifeofthom @hrx.chopz Raps by @daydadon2 @zebulonraps @canvasthefuture @donmykel @archdukeredcat @meechyorg @jordanisaiah_official @lorluck @shaudieman @okdeazy & (untaggable) simms_845

@statikselekt & @nickydiamonds birthdays at @hiddentigernyc 🥂 Was too busy dealing with cakes and talking to all the friends who came, so just sharing the few photos I got. Thank you to all the other photographers who pulled up and got great shots! 🙏🏼 and of course @hotsurprise who took photos on my camera and phone when I left them around 🤣 Nicky’s baklava cheesecake was from @omoniacafe btw, for everyone who asked me 🎂