of concrete and terrains

So it has been a while since I last posted anything at all, and I apologize for the inactivity. Army has been a crazy two months for me so far, the lifestyle is a drastic change for me but I have kind of adjusted to this military routine thus far. 

Managed to take some time off my schedule to do this photoshoot recently, had the pleasure to shoot with the amazing Edwin. He was a joy to work with, executing his poses effortlessly. I had always wanted to shoot at the lallang fields in Punggol and I finally dragged my lazy self there, it wasn't a really spectacular sight per se but I am glad the photos turned out nice. I really like how the formal wear is contrasted against the wilderness, creating a very high fashion kind of setting.

This editorial was really fun to work on, rushing to catch the sunset and changing clothes right in the open, I was quite amazed at the outcome of the pictures, it was quite a different style of photography and photo-editing for this series in comparison with my older photographs.

I really hope I would get the time to upload more photos here soon, I'm going to graduate from my Basic Military Training in a week's time and then I'll be off to Bangkok for a short getaway. Till then, stay safe and have fun~

street streak

Haven't really been doing photoshoots with male subjects (that's not myself), so I decided to do one this time round. Was a really casual shoot with my friend Jun, was going more for a street style kind of shoot. Really like the one where Jun was standing on top of that electrical control box thing, we are both weird and crazy that way haha. I really had fun on this shoot, it's great shooting without a concept once in a while and just let everything go with the flow.

I'm doing a shoot this weekend with two gorgeous models in stunning dresses, but I still have not thought of a location that fits my concept, oh well. I got callbacks for my auditions! Really stoked about it, since it's an actual theatre production with a big local company (sort of, as compared to the small school productions I've been on). But I'll be stuck in the army during the callbacks, so not sure how things are going to turn out. Might just give up on this opportunity. Army. Sigh.

Two more weeks before I enlist. Not cool.

being human

So what makes us human? To me, it is the ability to emote, the ability to feel, the ability to love, the ability to rationalise, the ability to create. 

This set of photos was a pain to create, what with white body paint and black chinese ink being smeared all over your face and body while running to and fro to the camera, but I really like how everything turned out in the end. It has a very Japanese horror feel to it, I think I really went overboard with this series. Sometimes I think I'm mad. But then again, all the best people are. Oh well~

Was going through an emotionally rough week, apologies to my friends who got a scare from my tweets haha. Though I've ended my contract last week, I've been working again, but this time round it's a really good opportunity. I'm designing for a national (kind of) campaign/book launch, I'm creating the merchandise as well as illustrating some pages in the book. Quite excited for the launch in a few month's time haha. Army's in less than a month's time and I'm still rolling around in bed most of the time, whilst studying for SATs and preparing for auditions and planning for shoots. 

Busy month before everything gets military for me, and congrats to all my friends who are POPing tomorrow. You survived 2/4 months, and it's now my turn. Rawr~

girl next door

Had the pleasure of shooting with Chantel Bay today, it was a really fun experience doing different styles of shots in one shooting. Shot all of these in my alma mater, so yea anywhere can be a photoshoot location as long as the right backdrops are chosen.

Looking forward to my next planned shoot for a competition organised by Harper's Bazaar and ION Orchard. I've finally ended my contract with my boring job and would be catching up on my artistic practice as well as my physical fitness regime. One month before enlisting into army, dayum~

easter

Happy Easter Day, hope everyone had a great holiday the past few days. I am planning a shoot for a magazine competition right now, and have been cracking (like an egg hur hur) my tiny brain over the shoot. Really hope it turns out great.

Sigh, and, university decision stresses me out. Which course to choose and what not, what with it being a large determinant for my future. Practicality (choosing boring safe courses) versus unrealistic ambitions maddens me. Sigh, why does the arts scene in Singapore have to be so unappreciated and under-developed. 

I am actually excited for the Arts Manifesto to be published. But till then, enjoy life, YOLO~

work in progress

This is what I've been busy with recently, doing up my portfolio for art school. Trying my hands on papercut for the first time, my hands are dying from all the slicing as the material is really hard paper card. Planning to do an entire series of papercuts, to create a fusion between art and fashion, so yep excited to complete this project.

Another project is a photoshoot inspired by the title 'Change', have a rough concept and got the materials for the shoot, but have not thought of the exact composition and stuff. So yep, I'll be busy busy with all the university jargon till the end of the month~

kiss on the lips

had an amazing photoshoot with a great team, it was kind of a cool experience working with a photoshoot team for the first time, with make up artists and model. wanted to do a studio kind of editorial shoot, but i didn't have studio lighting on hand, so had to make do with theatre lighting which is way too strong - new lesson learnt. but i really like how the photos turned out, photoshop does wonders! this make up editorial first started when dyon (check out his fashion blog nobilii) showed me some pictures of crazy lip make up and hence we decided to try out these make up on our own, not on our own faces of course, and hence the production of these editorial shoots. there would be more collaborations with nobilii coming soon, check out his blog for more photos i shot.

oh oh, and i just received news that my photo, freefall, is chosen to be exhibited at pop up noise singapore. albeit it being a small-scaled exhibition and only one of my photos is chosen, but it's still a really great opportunity! so if you feel artsy fartsy next week, do head down to star vista mall anytime from 1st to 10th march to look at all the amazing artworks :)

iridescence

two posts in a single day woots. had plans to go out today, but i fell terribly ill, so i decided to take some photos to kill the boredom. i really have no idea what to blog about lately, or rather i have no idea what direction this blog is heading towards. there are like lifestyle blogs and fashion blogs and photo blogs, but i don't want to be mainstream. i mean, my photos aren't very mainstream to begin with, so i really have no direction to go towards. lifestyle blogs would have bloggers posting about food or like their outfits of the day, and fashion blogs would have fashion critiques and runway previews and photo blogs are merely a spammage of photos from their travels or whatsoever. but meh, i really don't know what to blog about. i mean i want to do fashion photography, but i don't have enough connections yet to get me there, and i am a really boring person so if i start introducing lifestyle posts, everyone would probably be bored to death. so yea my posts these days are really random and just a disjunct combination of everything and anything. haha hopefully i find a direction one day, and hopefully i haven't been boring you guys out. till then, peace out~

could you paint some colour in my life.

underwater utopia

sometimes i feel like drowning myself and just forget the world;

dug up some old photos i shot last year and decided to re-edit them. many thanks go to my models cheryl and terry, it was a great experience shooting underwater. i love being underwater, because it's like a realm on its own, it's as if you enter another world, and all the sounds and sights above the water are being blocked out. 

been feeling particularly moody these few days, so these photos really speak to me. have you ever wanted to just run away to a secret utopia of yours and just be unconnected from the outside world. it's like your own narnia, your own fantasy, your own playground. it's really nice to have some alone time sometimes, to break free from the dreary and bustling world out there. hope everyone's had a great saturday, enjoy the weekends before we all head back to work and school again. bleh.