“The Migos was not lit like that until Drake remixed Versace” – OVO MAL
This is undoubtedly one of the wildest things I have ever heard anyone say on a podcast.
Ethan while in the early stages of aiding Hailey to build the Master Morpher borrows the Green Power Coin when a repowered Mesogog attacks or whatever. Simple.
P.S. Very quick edit done in
@pixelmator
on my iPad Mini.
#PowerRangers
I’m super happy to announce that I have had my work published in
@NEO_Magazine
, the BIGGEST Anime, Manga & East Asian Pop Culture magazine in the UK.
This is a HUGE honour as I have been reading the magazine since Issue
#1
, which came out way back in 2004! (When I was 12!)
Hey
#PortfolioDay
!
I’m Ashton Zala, a Jamaican-British Photographer based in London, UK! I specialise in Portrait, Event and Documentary Photography!
I use
@FujifilmUK
X-System Cameras!
To find out more and book me, head on over to my website:
I don’t care how super cool this commercial from McDonalds Japan is and how it appeals DIRECTLY to my Tokusatsu and Giant Shooty Robot sensibilities, I am STILL boycotting McDonalds!
#FreePalestine
In my opinion:
If you’re 30+ and single you should have one main focus in life:
Honing your photography skills to the point where capturing shots as good as this one, comes second nature to you.
P.S.
#FreePalestine
In my opinion:
If you’re 30+ and single you should have one main focus in life:
Find a spouse and have kids.
Ahead of your career, your health, social life, everything.
Having kids and building a life with a great partner is the most rewarding thing in life and nothing else
Portraits of Resistance | Vol. 1
On Saturday 21st October 2023, 300,000 souls showed up on the streets of London, to speak truth to those who inhabit the seats of power, to call for freedom for a colonised land and its people and to say “Not in our name!”
The Revolution Will Be Photographed | Vol. 1
More photos from Saturday 21st October, when 300,000 marched against one of the gravest injustices of modern times and for the freedom of an entire people, displaced from their own occupied land.
Nothing to plug other than the fact that I am a Street, Portrait and Documentary Photographer. I shoot Fujifilm. Go follow me on Instagram if you’d like!
Hey
#PortfolioDay
! I’m Ashton Zala, a Portrait, Cosplay and Event
#Photographer
based in South London, UK.
I also have a love for Street Photography as you can see from this collection of images I shot in and around
@BatterseaPwrStn
!
To book me, send me a DM or E-Mail!!!
Scenes from Stockholm | Vol. 2
I recently travelled to Stockholm with the mandem and fell completely in love with the city!
Here’s what happened on my trip…
JAG ÄR SNART TILLBAKA, STOCKHOLM!
Chinatown At Night | Vol. 1
Armed with my
@FujifilmUK
X-H2, a 27mm f1.2 PRO
@ViltroxOfficial
lens & the Fujicolor Natura 1600 recipe (from
@fujixweekly
), I set out to capture one of my favourite areas of the city, at night. Here’s what I shot…
🎵 Down & Dirty – DJ Primate
On Tuesday 12th September, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a screening of
#XSummit
STHLM 2023 at the
@FujifilmUK
House of Photography, at which the incredible GFX 100 II medium format camera was announced!
Here’s what happened…
Yuh Get Catch! | Vol. 01
It seems like I caught Jiraiya in the middle of doing “research” for the latest Icha Icha book… 😂😂😂
Just joking! This is one of my fav shots from a Black Cosplayer shoot I did at London
@MCMComicCon
back in Oct ‘22!
#Cosplay
#Naruto
#LondonComicCon
I’m an
#ActuallyAutistic
Jamaican-British Multi-Disciplinary Photographer based in London, UK!
If you want to see more of my work, please follow me on Instagram!
Also please check out my portfolio and let me know what you think!
Legendary Galactic Hero | Vol.1
These portraits are in my humble opinion, the BEST shots from my weekend at
@animecon_uk
.
They feature the one and only human
#Gundam
Encyclopaedia,
@EatsZakuBurgers
, cosplaying as Yang Wen-Li from Legend of the Galactic Heroes!
It’s literally the word for God in Arabic and other languages that have been heavily influenced by Arabic. I have no idea why contemporary Christians, especially right wing evangelical nutjobs try and vilify the word. It’s insane.
Discourse of Freedom | Vol. 1
I was minding my business, with two cameras strapped to my right hand, when these gentleman who were exchanging pleasant discussion with each other and who had obviously seen my cameras, indicated to me that they would like me to take their picture.
Here are a series of portraits of some of those brave souls, captured on my Fujifilm X-H2, with the “Kodak T-Max P3200” film simulation recipe and my XF 33mm f1.4 lens. These images are all JPEGs straight out of the camera.
Listen if I say what I want to say about the particular section of
#TokuTwitter
that got Hawkilles out of here, which by the way is exactly the same section of fans that defended Allison Pregler when she was speaking over Black Folks, they really aren’t going to like me.
Accusing an Autistic Person of being “selfish with their time”, when you know full well that they are hyper-fixated on completing a task that is important to them, is inordinately ableist and just plain sucks. I have genuinely lost count of how many times this has happened to me.
To celebrate
#HipHop50
and the launch of I put together some hoodies for me to wear when I’m out working.
Yes they turn the titles of the songs into photography puns and yes the DMX one is a reference to the fact that I use
@FujifilmUK
X-Series Cameras.
To celebrate
#HipHop50
and the launch of I put together some hoodies for me to wear when I’m out working.
Yes they turn the titles of the songs into photography puns and yes the DMX one is a reference to the fact that I use
@FujifilmUK
X-Series Cameras.
Shoreditch City Streets | Vol. 3
Street Photography may actually be my favourite style of photography. I find picking up my camera, travelling to a random location and just wandering around snapping images to be so liberating.
#WorldPhotographyDay
Now that I’ve rebranded the social media accounts of Black Anime Podcasts to
@blkanimeculture
on here and
@blackanimeculture
on TikTok and IG, I’ll be reaching out to all of you soon, to put together a team to get this show on the road!
I plan to launch the new site in Q2 2024!
Photo Info
Cosplayer: nik.raisa.azen (IG)
Character: Makima from
@Chainsaw_EN
Convention:
@AnimeCon_UK
London 2024
Camera:
@FujifilmUK
X-H2 with a Fujinon 33mm f1.4 lens
Kezza please don’t let anyone (especially people from that particular section of TokuTwt) make you feel like you have to rush your words regarding this horrid situation. Take your time please.
I have kept quiet about a certain situation and I'm sorry about that, but it's only cause I'm trying to come up with the right words, please bare with me.
This is 110% FACTS. If you don’t like me or the sensational images I capture and dope graphics I make, stay away from me. I’m not here for any of that disingenuous foolishness. No siree, I don’t play that ish.
P.S. Gem, myself and the fandom know your content is HITTIN!
Hello! With PMC coming but just overall in general:
If you do not like me/my content, that's cool. Just don't be fake when we're irl or talking in dms. I see who truly supports what I do
I don't need any fake support from any person/creator
Keep it 100
Everything that has happened recently in
#TokuTwt
has made me realise just how strong the generational and racial divides are within the English-speaking
#Tokusatsu
fandom. It has also made me even more determined to keep my circle of who I interact with super small.
Josh, I like you and I like your work, but I’m not gonna lie you missed the mark with this one homie.
You conveniently neglected to mention that this was in response to someone spewing vitriol about his daughter. If someone brings family into it, all bets are off.
This applies especially to (Black)
#AniTwt
and a certain section of
#TokuTwt
. If you are born after 2000 and you try and argue with me in my mentions about anything, I will MUTE and/or BLOCK you, without even thinking about it. It really is as simple as that.
P.S. The title of this video and cover photo were inspired by
@missjillscott
, whose music I listen to when photo editing and who has inspired my creative process on multiple occasions.
A woman has been jailed for her involvement in an assault on a 15yo Black schoolgirl near Thomas Knyvett College, in Ashford, Surrey that was filmed & went viral. Winnie Connors, 41, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison
I didn’t pick up photography until I was 30, I turned 32 yesterday. In under 2 years, I’ve had my work published in the UK’s most important Anime & Manga Magazine and get invited to the UK’s biggest cons to cover them as press. You have mad time, LOCK IN and chase your dreams.
I hate when people who have made it say "don't give up on your dreams"
Bro, I'm 22 it's too late for it. Let me rot in peace. I'll never be a VA, I'll never be in a Toku, and I'll never work in the food industry, and that's okay!
Being realistic is important.
It was an absolute pleasure to chop it up with
@trekkieb47
on the episode! This is undoubtedly my favourite thing that I have done within fandom, in 2024. Thanks again for having me on, it was A BLAST!!!
It’s definitely reasonable to think Meg is a member of FGC and plays online. She’s probably using a secret username and VPN to hide her identity tho. LOL.
Seeing stuff like this makes me wonder if like she actively plays currently. Like imagine getting your ass kicked by TinaSnowHH and thinking it’s a fan it’s dead ass Megan
Still obsessing over our people and our display at the 20/20 Change event in London. Members of the team hosted a Supercharging LinkedIn event all about what our recruiters like to see. Hint? Don't be afraid of that 'About Me' section.
#TeamVirginMediaO2
#ReimaginePossibilities
I’m particularly enamoured with the composition of this one, I really am.
P.S. This was supposed to be my World Photography Day post, but I was busy, so it’s a couple days late!
@blkanimeculture
Yeah this is effectively the only solution. A good solution, but man if they didn't do it I could onky imagine the disaster it would've caused.
Don’t forget Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands and Italy, while you are at it. They are just as complicit and inflicted a bunch of Colonial Misery on the motherland and its people.
@MrCooper92
is one of my favourite people in this fandom. I got a long long history of photoshopping him into Toku Scenes from when I was in
@Leg10nOfBoom
. Had to bring it back real quick, for the culture xD
100%. The
#TokuTwt
folks who threatened
@FGSBrit
would NEVER say what they said on here, to his face. They are cowards hiding behind their computer screens. As a matter of fact, what entire section of the community are wusses. LOL.
@AshtonZala
And they do all of this while being completely Faceless.
Real easy for them to puff up their chests and talk a big game when they're hiding behind a screen & keyboard, but catch em on the streets? They'll crumple like tissue paper, trust 🤔
This is the problem with some folks from that particular section of TokuTwt, they think they can say and do whatever they want and that they will not be held accountable for their actions.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that!
JET SET RADIOOOOO | Vol. 01
I wasn’t sure whether to post this, because I’m an obsessive perfectionist and it’s an image that isn’t the sharpest or has the best bokeh, but going back and looking at it, it’s deffo one of my favourites.
#Brixton
#StreetPhotography
#ShotOnFujifilm
You shouldn’t have, but you saw that you made a mistake and you apologised. That’s what’s important. That’s why you should be given grace. As for them, no one can tell them anything, they are always right and they will not hold their moots accountable…
Purple Hearts | Vol. 01
Not quite sure how I managed to capture a picture this majestic, but these things happen. This was taken outside a studio in North West London, where I was shooting some stills for a Music Video.
#photography
#london
#shotonfujifilm
#blackphotographer
Eric your marketing is top notch! 🥹🥹🥹
It’s going to be crazy tomorrow. We have so many prizes to gjve away!
All funds raised from the meet go to a worthy cause too:
@MedicalAidPal
!
i’ve seen police beating women.
i’ve seen police beating Black men.
i’ve seen police beating students.
i’ve seen police beating the elderly.
I’VE NEVER SEEN THE POLICE BEATING WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
why is that?
I worked in Finsbury Park for four years and man like Jeremy is undoubtedly one of the nicest and most genuine people I have ever met. His victory here and how he achieved it, just hits different.
Nighttime Shooter | Vol. 1
I was going through my Camera Roll a couple days ago and found this great lowlight portrait of the homie
@Chickennessy
that I took at the
@AnimeCon_UK
After Party. It’s probably one of my favourite shots from that weekend!
A reminder that there will be a
#FreeCongo
protest in London next Saturday.
📍Oxford Circus
⏰️ 1:30pm
Whether you are Congolese or not, it would be great for us to join and march in solidarity with people in Eastern Congo 🇨🇩💛
1. (Cosplay) Photographers SHOULD be allowed to charge at Conventions.
2. In addition to this, a “Photography Pass” for a con, should be REASONABLY PRICED!
P.S. This one is specific to the UK, because I know Photographers are allowed to charge at (some) cons in the USA.
Sony Camera Hypebeasts
Full Frame Sensor Elitists
Fuji X100 (TikTok) Hypebeasts
Air Jordan 2s
Mecha Anime Haters
People who only watch Battle Shōnen
People with K-On Avis
PR Ninja Steel
PR Super Megaforce
Lupinranger vs Patranger
Channel Awesome Alumni
Divestors
White Supremacy
Chewed Glass
Date: June 8th 2024
Location: Rathbone Place, London
Event: Chewed Glass Pop Up
Camera:
@FujifilmUK
X-H2 paired with
@ViltroxOfficial
27mm f1.2 PRO Lens.
I was doing in the London Anime Events/Party Scene and mature into the Documentary and Portrait Photographer, I was always meant to be.
I want to document important movements, revolutionary acts and moments in time. This is always what I was meant to do.
Busta Rhymes is holding the X-H2 and DMX an X-T5.
Before you even ask, an ODB one is in the works! 😂😂😂
Yes it is going to reference that rather famous and risqué chrous from Shimmy Shimmy Ya!
Thrown together using
@affinitybyserif
Photo and
@pixelmator
Pro.
No one is defending him. What he allegedly did was horrible. We just know that your section of
#TokuTwt
has a long well documented history of disdain for and speaking over Black Fans.
Now you lot know me, I am usually highly aloof, especially when strangers talk to me, but my photographer’s brain kind of saw an amazing shot in my head as soon as they asked me, so I obliged.
So here it is. Probably my favourite photo I took on Saturday.
The vibes for me are fine. The person who was being called out has been ostracised for their horrid actions and folks from a certain section of TokuTwt who overstepped, have been blocked and dealt with. It’s lovely and sunny in my part of TokuTwt.