About

Welcome to my mind, my thoughts, my universe.

You might know Arjuna as a photoartist, DJ, or what have you, but now you can tell all your friend’s he’s a blogger too. Junaverse is a blog about anything Juna likes. Maybe you’ll like it too. He also thinks you’re awesome, and would like to be your friend.

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Also, if you can hook me up with a CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY, don’t hesitate to contact me. I will love you forever.

And feel free to contact me if you’d just like to talk. 🙂

Contact info:

-eMail: arjunacapulong@gmail.com

-AIM: arjunacapulong

-Yahoo: arjunacapulong

-Skype: arjunacapulong

From Facebook:

Shooting off of The Bean in Millennium Park in Chicago

About Me:

Arjuna Capulong — Since June 16Photoartist — Since March 18, 2006It’s ironic how I got into photography. The story is simple, really: During middle school, I was at a party where I brought my point & shoot digital camera. I let one of my friends go around shooting with it, and he accidentally dropped the camera on its lens while not paying attention.

So I decided that I was going to buy a new camera. At the same time, I was starting to get a taste of photography thanks to the Internet. While browsing I found myself looking at DSLR cameras for the first time, and ended up getting one for myself (and spent a majority of Christmas money I had been saving since I was a young child).

My father happened to be a photographer back in the day, and he became my photography mentor. I ended up getting hooked on photography, and it’s become a strong passion of mine.

My first DSLR was a Nikon D50. I currently shoot with a Nikon D80.

Turntablist — Since June 1, 2007

Before really looking into turntablism, I was looking into Classical Rock, which is when I discovered the legendary Jimi Hendrix. I became fond of Jimi Hendrix and his work, and watching, listening, and learning about him significantly pushed my interest in wanting to create not only visual art, but musical art as well.

The original plan was going to be to play the electric guitar. I had borrowed a friend’s guitar, but he had to take it back a few hours before I even handled it. So I didn’t get a good taste of it.

And after that, I had decided that I didn’t want to play just any traditional instrument, I wanted to play something fresh.

While using StumbleVideo, I happened to stumble upon a video of DJ Kentaro doing one of his routines, and I was absolutely amazed.

Initially, I had thought that all DJ’s really did was play music at parties, but after looking further into the DJing after watching Kentaro, I had discovered the art form of DJing called “turntablism.”

I became fascinated with what I saw you could do with turntables and vinyl. I had watched some great turntablists such as those who compete in the DMC competitions, DJ Kentaro, and of course, the legendary DJ Qbert. Then I realized that turntables would be the sort of instruments that would satisfy my taste for an “untraditional” instrument.

I decided that I would not wait for who knows what, and took the initiative and bought myself some turntables (a turntable, it actually ended up). I dropped 1K for this equipment, and I’m not putting it to waste.

My first turntable was DJ Qbert’s signature turntable, the Vestax QFO, and it’s what I’m currently using.

Interests:

PHOTOGRAPHY, The Arts, Turntablism, DJing, Graffiti, Real Hip Hop, Cooking, Slam Poetry, Spoken Word

Favorite Music:

DJ Qbert, DJ Kentaro, D-Styles, Ricci Rucker, Third Sight, Mix Master Mike, DJ Z-Trip, DJ Babu, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Shortee, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, X-Ecutioners, C2C, Jurassic 5, Nujabes, Blackalicious, C.L. Smooth, KRS-One, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Cunninlynguists, Blue Scholars, 7L & Esoteric, Rakim, Gang Starr, Diamond D, Talib Kweli, Swollen Members, 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Eminem, N.E.R.D., Common, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Pete Rock, Dr. Octagon, Yasutaka Nakata, Caspule, Jimi Hendrix, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Bob Marley, Santana, No Doubt, Regina Spektor, The Beatles, Switchfoot, Sergio Mendes, Miles Davis, Dave BrubeckLast but not least, Eli Porter. He’s the best mayne, he deed it.

Favorite TV Shows:

Arjuna, Def Poetry Jam, The Boondocks, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Invader Zim, Dexter, Weeds, Iron Chef America

Favorite Movies:

Scratch, Wave Twisters, Rize, Gandhi, Hard Candy, Wanted, Across the Universe, Battle Royale, Tekkon Kinkreet, Paprika, Into the Wild, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, The Departed, Lucky Number Slevin, Crank, Star Wars, Forrest Gump, School of Rock, The Pink Panther, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, Speed, Bandits, Bad Boys II, The 6th Day, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Letters From Iwo Jima, Cavite, Hotel Rwanda, Blood Diamond, Lord of War, Rush Hour, Fearless, Curse of the Golden Flower, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon

Favorite Books:

Heaven to Hell by David LaChapelle

Favorite Quotations:

“Know thyself.”– Thales”I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

— Mark Twain

“Follow your dreams and never stop others from dreaming.”

— Qbert’s Mom

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world,” “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” — Mohandas Gandhi

“Girls with flat chests are cool, because when they hug you, they are holding you closer to their heart.”

— Anonymous

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”

— Duke Ellington

“I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.”

— Pablo Picasso

“Good artists borrow, great artists steal… But the best artists are the victims.” — December 8, 2008

“Being a child today is tougher then it ever has been in any part of the world.

Children are blessed with something that most if not everybody loses as they grow. Innocence. It’s our job to preserve that as long as possible.

Spirit, by nature is innocent. Innocence is what could heal the world. They say the world is going to end soon. Are you just going to sit back and watch?”

— Riko aka LyRIKs