Sunday, May 30, 2010
Hello, Monday!
Say hello to a new media platform for young urban professionals that covers corporate culture, consumerism and lifestyle. The Monday blog is here. We are also in facebook. Do add us up :)
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Virulence
The amazing thing is, you allow such abuse. Friendship is another synonym for insanity. Or masochism.
In this light let me help a major bully of a friend who exercised blackmail, and when that didn't work, resorted to threats of physical harm just to come up with this and post it here:
Insanity is viral.Spread the word!
Friday, December 19, 2008
The Concealed Charms Of Humble Things
While shooting the video in the public market Missy went nuts and began chasing random kids selling stuff from crushed black pepper to crackers. She was merrily snapping pictures of vendors, beggars and kargadors with mad glee that I got infected. I borrowed her camera (technically it was Chan's camera but Missy was in charge of behind-the-scenes documentation) and decided to take snaps of curious objects I chanced upon the chaotic wet market.
No, I have no delusions of being Irving Penn. It was fun snapping pictures of stuff people were ignoring in various corners.
I posted more here.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
What You Won't See In Uno Magazine
KC has the scans from the magazine (I posted some teasers before) and I thought I'd post some of the images that didn't make it to the printed mag. (Also I desaturated the postings here)
Photography : ART ABRAHAM
Styling : KC LEYCO
Models : ISABEL DU @ Fabtrix, LANCE HOWARD @ Mercator
Make Up : DIANE DE CASTRO
Hair : RICKY DIOKNO @ KIEHL'S
Also helping us were Dana's Assistants : Chris And Jean
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Dreaming In Copper And Resin
Photography : Art Abraham / Art Jewelry Design : Ming Ong (Obra/Kathang Kamay) /Model : Farrah Ramos /Makeup : Janeth Tia / Hair : Cris Aloc of Hairshaft / Image Violation : Myself (note to self: leave post production to skilled experts)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
WM Wins 2!
World Mission Magazine won the prestigious Catholic Mass Media Awards the first time it entered the competition in 2007. (A month later we announced the win in the cover for the Nov-Dec issue. See above)
Just this evening WM Editor, Father Joe Rebelo sent me an SMS announcing that WM won Best Community Magazine and Best In Special Feature, beating the well-funded Philippine Daily Inquirer in the category.
This is an amazing accomplishment considering the magazine's nonexistent editorial budget. It relies on pro bono contributions from writers and photographers. For almost four years now, I volunteer on art-directing and co-designing it with Victor Garcia (yep, that's Victor's hands in the cover above, photographed by Marlon Lacanilao) and the collaboration gave us opportunities to exercise conceptual covers approach which will never see the light of day in a commercial, mainstream title. It is such a joy working closely with Father Joe and Father Dave Domingues, Brother Fabio and the very supportive Comboni Missionaries.
Congratulations to all the generous writers and photographers (yep, Art, that includes you) who keep on donating talent, effort and dedication to promote an independent, smart alternative voice in the sea of mediocrity crowding the newsstands!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Silverboys + Silvergirl
We scratched our heads and stared at each other. How do you visually reposition a mass brand into something that looked premium when everyone from Boronggan, Samar to Aparri to Jolo knows that in terms of price range you are dealing with something that is not exactly,uhh, Tiffany?! To top it all we will be working with mass darlings Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby and hiphop artist Jay R.
Regular mortals would have backed out from the project but we are deeply masochistic so we said Yes and sealed our doom.
No, not really.
On the contrary we had nifty time collaborating with Jason and his boss, tossing in ideas, narrowing the choices of character sketches, discarding story boards, and sorting out props to go with each layout. Also we had the most crazy fun dodging death by crossing the insane streets of Binondo during meetings. Clint, running out of time for costume pull out decided to take matters into his own hands and sew some stuff himself to be used for the shoot. Yes, he whined and moaned but saw to it that every single strand of silver chains snaking around Jay R's well-toned body and Kim's elegant neck are all seamlessly put together.
Art and Marlon also went overboard by creating more variations than what was agreed upon. All in all we had a terrific time working together except for that episode when the entire shoot was interrupted by a starlet who was shooting in the adjacent studio. She wandered in our sitting and yakked like a parrot on speed. No, I'm kidding about the parrot on speed bit, but you get the gist. :P
Since Art didn't give me the DVD containing the polished layouts I am posting here the rough iterations of Unisilver's new creatives now seen on billboards, bus wraps, in-store displays and print materials all over the country.
And no, JayR didn't catch pneumonia for being shirtless four hours straight.
Styling, props and costumes : Clint Catalan
Hair & Makeup : Benji of Hairshaft
Post production + Graphics : Marlon Lacanilao
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Worm Wants YOU
Simple.
Aspiring "Models" will be guaranteed fashion exposure via Worm's segment to be staged in Embassy Fly on 06 November 2008.
The four outstanding picks will be the centerpiece of a conceptual photo shoot for the WORMS campaign which will be distributed in print (magazines, dailies) and viral (blogs, online networking sites, forums etc). Think high-caliber photography for your model's folio/book. You will be given top-notch creatives and photography which you can use in whatever application you deem appropriate.
WORMS is looking for edgy 'character' faces (boring boy/girl-next-door faces will be ignored. kidding.) Multi-ethnic ones preferred.
Interested parties are encouraged to send head shots (or links to your sites) via Clint's sites here and here.
Thanks. see you at the studio!
How To Disrobe A Rock Star
Tattoo/Styling : Clint Catalan
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Lawnmowers
Lace up, Giddy up
Pony is going to be very active visually this coming few weeks. We collaborated with them for a portrait pictorial for the band, Hale. I'm posting here the raw stuff as teasers.
And here's a take from another shoot involving Jake C. I am sure his rabid fanbase will shred us apart for deglamorizing the Methatione hearthrob. Brace yourselves, Arthur, KC and Jean! I'll be in hiding starting today. Haha.
Styling : KC Leyco
Post production : Chris Azana
Hair & Makeup : To be credited later
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