So This Is The New Year... (NYE 2011-2012)

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New Years Eve.  A time of celebration and a time hopeful renewal.  With good friends and company around you, it really doesn't matter much how you celebrate it.  Whether you do it big and with a bang, or small and intimate.  It should feel right.

Party Hard::Crash Hard


Champagne in styrofoam cups


12:01AM

Portfolio Rebuilding Pt. 1

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Some time later this year, me and my friend/business partner are planning to go official by building a website so before we actually launch, I thought it would be best if I go through all my photos and pick out the best shots that I've taken to be uploaded when the time comes.  So currently I'm in the process of rebuilding my portfolio and it has become clear to me that I SERIOUSLY need to do some major work as my body of work is just a plain mess!  Photos need to be properly categorized and some need to be worked over and edited as they haven't been put through the editing process.  It's rather sad that a lot of the photos that need editing are some old works and I've been trying to crank them out as quickly as possible.  Rather than start from old to new, I figure I'll work on the newer stuff first and work my way back in time.

This time around, I was able to finish off a fairly recent shoot for the De Lacy Collection for their Fall 2012 line.  I'm not quite sure if they officially released it yet so I'm only showing a few of my favorite photos from that day.  Editing credits are solely mine but photo credits are due to myself and my friend/business partner Juliyadi Prabowo.  You'll notice that I gave the photos two kinds of editing touches.  I did a soft, washed out edit due in part because I remember De Lacy showing me certain photos  and asking me if the color was due to lighting or post (it can be done either way but for this particular instance, it was done post) and I did a more minimal yet bold edit on the others.  Both edit forms can easily pass for high fashion photography but being the photographer/artist I am, I like to vary my edits with and within every shoot I do.

On a side note, it was pretty tough picking out a certain number of favorite photos because there were just SO many great shots that me and Juliyadi took that day.  It was by far the most successful of the De Lacy shoots.  A big thank you to Juliyadi for helping me out on that day and for lending his gear, as I am currently (digital) gearless, Whitney for being such a great model, and also to the De Lacy Collection for enjoying my work and continually hiring me and in the near future, me and my friend.  Without further adieu, I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I do!





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Upcoming

Obligatory happy new year!  Well, belated at least.  I've been preoccupied with a couple of things these past few months and haven't been in the blogging mood but I've got a couple of new things and projects on my plate.  First off, I'm putting my personal photography business to the back burner and building something new with one of my best friends so anything I've had in the past with regards to clients, I'm consolidating to this new endeavor.  Photography oriented and that's all I'll say since we're still in the process of building and growing but it looks very promising!

Got two shoot dates scheduled for February and March.  For the month of February, I'll be working again with one of my favorite clients, De Lacy!  No location just yet, but the model is pretty much locked down and the 25th is looking like the date of shoot.  It'll be for the Fall 2012 season and the shoot is going to be better than the previous shoots.  For March, I'll be working with a new client that was referred to me by a good friend.  Still working on the ideas for this particular client but the ideas I've got jotted down in my idea book, it's going to be pretty good.  Not going to be holding back on this project and gunning to step my game up.

Other than that, I'm still shooting whenever I get the chance to.  Picked up a few new (used) film cameras since my last post and working on taking my film game up a couple notches.  I've also got a few pet projects on my mind but I won't be speaking on those until they're close to fruition.  So here's the notice:  I'll be throwing up some new material pretty soon and I'm looking forward to how this year turns out!

A Wedding

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This past Sunday, my friend and fellow photographer Pamela Masters had asked me to be her secondary shooter for a wedding that she had booked and I was happy to do it and work with her.  I happily accepted the job well before my gear was stolen the previous day the wedding was supposed to have happen.  After my gear was stolen, I had called Pamela to tell her that I wasn't able to shoot the wedding anymore which made me feel horrible because I hate having to cancel anything I promise to do regardless of why.  Luckily, she had an extra camera for me to shoot with and so shooting the wedding was back on.  It was a very pleasant distraction from my recent loss and it was probably the most fun I've had shooting a wedding ever.  I look forward to working with her again in the future.  Here are just some of my favorite photos from that day.  I hope you enjoy them!