CUTE CRAP

KERAMIK

In Munich, there was this amazing Christmas bazaar held in the Oktoberfest grounds. It's called Tollwood, and it was one of the best non-tourist sites I've ever been to. Yummy radler, cool junk, fantastic food, enchanting atmosphere...

MUNICH

VIEW FROM THE ARC

I love the Arc de Triomphe. It's breathtaking. The last time I saw it, however, I nearly froze to death. It was nighttime and the wind was blowing hard. Even my camera gave up on me at some point (the battery gets easily drained in extremely cold conditions). Anyway, enough complaining. At the end of the day, I was able to get some pretty cool images. Enjoy!

PS. This is my 50th post. (And on the newly proclaimed Hit FM, I hear Chumbawamba...)

EIFFEL

It was another one of those cold, rainy and wretched nights in wintery Paris when these pictures were taken. My mom and sister and I didn't want to eat "tour food" and go on a boring cruise along the Seine, so we decided to be left behind near the Eiffel Tower. Sad part is, the restaurants were full or closed already at that time. We ended up eating really bad sandwiches. Yuck!

CHURCH

These pictures were taken in a church in Paris (see "Drama").

DRAMA

Exactly a month ago, I went to this big church in Paris, the name of which I can no longer recall (no, it wasn't Notre Dame). Anyway, we had mass there and, after fulfilling my obligation, I went on to take a bunch of pictures of the statues inside. It was the first real photo opportunity I had in that city, so I did my best to make the most of it.

BLOOD

This wicked city just drags you down
You're with the red lights, your side of town





Don't say it's easy to follow a process
There's nothing harder than keeping a promise





There's nothing believable in being honest
So cover your lies up with another promise





Blood runs through your veins, that's where our similarity ends
Blood runs through our veins



Artist: Editors
Album: The Back Room
Song Title: Blood

LIT

I wasn't able to take a lot of photos of Paris during the day because of the bad weather.

Anyway, here are some images I was able to capture during one of my strolls at night.

GO-GO

It's been a while since I last posted my travel stuff, or posted anything for that matter. This will change, however, as I'll be posting non-stop pictures from my latest trips (to Paris, Munich and Boracay) in the next few weeks. I hope you like them.

To start, here are some regal shockers from a cool window display in Paris.

Happy new year everybody!

:-)

I've been keeping this to myself and some friends for about a month now, and it's time to reveal my semi-sorta-secret plans.

I'm going to Paris!

Pictures coming soon.

CRAZY CUPCAKES

LOOK LEFT

Last Saturday, we also shot a bunch of soap-opera-publicity-type photos of Carlo looking to the left for dramatic effect. They're just really simple portraits with a little twist.

GLAM ROCK

These were shot last Saturday using my new one-month-old lights.

For this first layout, because of Cathy's rusty make-up skills, Carlo unexpectedly got some sort of goth edge. Although it wasn't really what we intended, the "rock look" gave us an opportunity to use bold poses and even bolder lights.

I think the shoot was a success. These pictures are unique, powerful and a lot of fun. Speaking of fun, wouldn't it be great if Carlo started a new band called Green Gay?

SUCCESS

SME Insight's first issue with Dustin Andaya of IslandRose.net on the cover


Cover Photography by yours truly
Art Direction by Louis Fojas
Grooming by John Pagaduan of Shu Uemura

Just to share, I worked really hard on this new business magazine. There was passion in every f**king page. And, considering my very high standards, I can honestly say that this is a good product, for its price and for its content. The cover doesn't hurt either (hehe). So, don't forget to get your copy when it hits newsstands sometime next week.


PS. A special thank-you goes out to Louis and Meg who helped me during the test shoot for this. This is our success.

TESSA!

This photo depicts my newly appointed Social Cheerleader, Tessa Prieto-Valdes, in all her glory.

RHETT

These are photos of Rhett's all-white collection. Because of Bench, I actually know the names of three of the models above. There's Jeng Cuyugan, Jo Ann Bitagcol, and Nicolette Bell. I'm still unaware of the name of the stick-figured one.

PATRICE

These were published today in the Fashion section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Super cool.