Life & times of Roger Tino Morales of AyKid Shots

AyKid Shots is the production company started by Roger Tino Morales. For now it is the platform to showcase the multimedia work Roger produces for Hoy Chicago as their Multimedia Producer. Hoy is a daily Spanish newspaper of the Tribune Company. FULL WEBSITE VISIT WWW.AYKIDSHOTS.COM

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Produced, Directed, Edited by Roger Tino Morales of AyKid Shots

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Take a look at an uncovered handwritten letter from 2Pac suggests he was going to work with OutKast —> http://trib.al/lcHKOWk

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Craaaazy

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March 7th 1965: Bloody Sunday in Selma

On this day in 1965, a civil rights march took place from Selma to Birmingham, Alabama; it became known as ‘Bloody Sunday’. At this stage, the Civil Rights Movement had been in motion for over a decade and already achieved legislative success with the Civil Rights Act. However the focus of the movement now became making the promise of equal franchise guaranteed in the Fifteenth Amendment a reality. While African-Americans exercised the right to vote in the years after the amendment’s passage in 1870, discriminatory measures like literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were soon implemented across the country to deprive them of the vote. Thus in 1965 civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. made voter registration the core of their efforts, centering the campaign on the particularly discriminatory Selma, AL. On March 7th - ‘Bloody Sunday’ - as the six hundred unarmed marchers were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were descended upon by state troopers who viciously beat the protestors. The violence encountered by these peaceful marchers, which was captured on television and broadcast around the world, led to national outcry and caused President Johnson to publicly call for the passage of his administration’s proposed voting rights bill. After securing the support of federal troops, another march was held on March 21st, and with the protection of soldiers the marchers managed to arrive in Montgomery after three days. The marchers were met in Montgomery - the epicentre of the movement and the site of the 1954 bus boycott - by 50,000 supporters, who were addressed by King. Their efforts were rewarded when, in August of that year, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act that ensured all Americans could vote. This was one of the crowning achievements of the Civil Rights Movement, and the Selma to Montgomery march is commemorated as one of the most important moments of the struggle.

"We are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us. The burning of our churches will not deter us. The bombing of our homes will not dissuade us. We are on the move now…not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. We are moving to the land of freedom” - King’s ‘Address at the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March’ - 25th March, 1965

50 years ago today

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This past weekend I was in the studio with Chance, Vic, and Stefan Ponce documenting the sessions. 2015 is about to be blessed with some amazing music from Chicago!

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Do your best facebook thug pose

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Chicago bring the summer back please!

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Catching up with old friends // #streetmeetchicago (at Saint Alfred)

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Me and @Sirbruceleroy taken by @MannyReel

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#streetmeetchicago #igchicago hey @chyanrun you came out in a few of my photos! Haha (at Chicago, Illinois)

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I caught this in my recap video!

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Video I shot and edited from the Street Meet in Chicago.

Recap video and Interview from #StreetMeetChicago with Van Styles , David Rasool Robinson and Bobby Hundreds. People were climbing freight containers, climbing through fences, and climbing abandoned warehouses the whole day. 

This was my second meet up and after the first one I knew I wanted to produce a story about it for Hoy Chicago. Unlike the first one I was a part of in Chicago the group here was GIANT in comparison to the last one where I met Ryan Postel, Domgphotography, tat_ventures, Nopattern, and Hip_hipster_ray this had so many photographers I couldn't even begin to count until we took a group photo lol it was nearly about 70 people hitting the streets.

To see so much passion and drive in one group is reassured me that photography is still very much appreciated and loved. Cheers to everyone who came out! Feel free to repost and share the video!

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I went to  the Great Chicago Fire Festival this past saturday and filmed this. Long story short it was sort of a dud... BUT the best part really was the fireworks and I think from the sound of the crowd at the end of the video. I felt like I was watching Transformers rip apart Chicago just like in the movie. Enjoy! Filmed with 5DM3, Tamron 24-70 and Canon 70-200, 300

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Had the chance to stop by Kevin Spring's first solo art show ever that he entitled "Affiinity". It was especially dope because rather than host it in LA where he has the backing of immediate friends he took the shot and had it here in Chicago going off solely the strength of great art and good friendships. 

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So I've been thinking about how sweet it would be to own a motorcycle... but then I always  away from the thought because of a child hood memory of seeing a man that was thrown onto a rear window grill after crashing on his motorcycle. 

After watching this video though I sorta know the real reason, I wouldn't be able to ride without knowing I'd be causing a mini panic attack to my mom.

With that said, live life this summer. Make memories and keep reminders to pass on to love ones. 

Beautifully filmed btw. Simple and pleasant.

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St. Millie "Dream 312" directed by AyKid Shots

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Dream 312 music video for St. Millie directed by me will be releasing today!!

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