Casual Tim: The Graphic Artist

I've been studying photography for some time now, taking some courses here and there...but hardly really applying it.  Last weekend me and my brother did a shoot with Tim, one of his friends. Luckily he agreed, he chose street art, and we found this perfect wall with graffiti.  He hasn't seen the photos yet, but I hope he'll like them...I imagine he must have certain standards when it comes to visual arts, since he's a visual artist.

Some teachers I've had in photography have often said that the human skin tone should remain as it is. Obviously I'm not following their rules, since my subject here looks rather glum and sickly in most photos. (haha) Do forgive me if you get annoyed with my apparent interest in bluish tint.  I have a growing fondness of the cold tone right now, which I'm sure will fade in time.

Sheer & Floral

Jane tries...sheer and floral:

In a country where jeans and shirts are staples of the masses and dresses are often reserved for Sundays or for girly-girls only, I dared to walk on the streets wearing this.  If you walk around wearing something like this in Greenbelt, you can often pass by unnoticed. But if you wear this around other more populated areas in the metro, you're bound to get looks that range from "okay..." to "she must be crazy" because it looks a lot like just lingerie.  I don't want to seem too vain and I definitely don't like having eyes on me because of what I'm wearing.  Only in a blue moon do I go as drag (haha) and as girly as this.

Photographed by John See

Tata!

-jane

Weekend Surprises

Just this Saturday, me and my friends went out... not really to celebrate the eve of my birthday but just to see each other.  We had dinner at Sakae Sushi, the sushi place with the conveyer belt, then watched the Jolie movie SALT after. 

The funny thing was my friends didn't give any hints that they remembered my birthday was the next day. That was fine with me, I wasn't really feeling celebratory.  But then they surprised me with this yummy cake after dinner. 

 I love my friends. We didn't get to eat it though because we were running late for the movie, so I had to bring it home. Now I can't really finish this whole on my own...digital cake anyone? :)

So yesterday, August 8, all I had in my plans was to have lunch with my brother and our friend Dennis at somewhere quiet, so we chose Nomnomnom, a great Italian resto near us which is totally a hole in the wall, since you'd have a hard time finding it if it was your first time. Aside from that, our only plan for the day was to attend a wedding of a family friend at Makati Shang in the evening and fill our gastronomic appetite there.

To my surprise, my brother had set up a surprise for me in the afternoon at Cafe Breton.  I thought all my sisters had different appointments for the day, so I really wasn't expecting to celebrate with any of them.  I was beginning to feel something was fishy when he insisted we had afternoon coffee and desserts at Cafe Breton, when I was hinting that I wanted gelato somewhere like Cara Mia for desserts instead.

Super love it... We're almost complete, except for Mum and Dad, who are both in Shanghai for the expo, and my sister Ross, who just gave birth.

I had yummy Adam and Eve, which is basically apple crepe with vanilla ice cream.
Now that I'm 21, I wonder what's next in store for me? ;)

Have a great week ahead everyone!

Cosmic Invader or just a Star Spangled Banner

I got this cool shirt from Hong Kong last month and decided to tech it up a bit.  It's a bit too all-American to me, honestly. 

Speaking of patriotism, everywhere I look is a poster or a billboard of our newly appointed president Noy Aquino. We tried avoiding the traffic at Roxas Boulevard yesterday but were unlucky because we had no idea LSGH had something special going on for the Death anniversary of Cory Aquino as well.  It felt like the traffic was trying to meet us everywhere we tried to go.

Back to the sweater, I really liked it when I saw it, even if it's not my country's flag.

 Have a great week ahead everyone! :)

Alessandra Ambrosio for Russh

I saw the Alessandra Ambrosio editorial for Russh and I really liked it. The story I'm getting is similar to the fate of Sisa, a famous character in Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere.  Except this one's a fashionista lost in the chaos of a big city.  She emanates a certain peace with beautiful airy garments in contrast with the dark and haunting surroundings. Photography by Will Davidson and styled by the beautiful Stevie Dance.

Love the Dion Lee dress, I'm mystified as to how one can wear it without getting tangled.

source: fashiongonerogue

Anagon's Collection

Last Saturday, we had a little photoshoot for the upcoming new releases from Anagon's Collection.  Here are some photos I took:

Our models CJ and Chesca... we've worked with CJ before when we got her as our model in a fashion show, while Chesca is Anagon's friend who's studying medicine to be a doctor someday.  They're both so easy to work with, which made the shoot a lot of fun. :)

And here is the designer herself... Ana Gonzales :)  What I like about her collection is that you're able to mix and match some of her accessories to make different looks, and the pieces are great especially if you're going for hippie/boheme. 

 If you like what you saw, check out her online shop here!  

Must-Have for this Rainy Season

(photos taken from different sources in the internet)

Does anyone know where one can get nice or decent rain boots in Manila? All I seem to see available are plastic firemen boots or botas.  It's been raining almost everyday, usually starting in the afternoon and lasting til early evening, and puddles have the tendency of rising to a very high level in the metro.  Anyone in their right mind wouldn't use suede or leather boots with this kinds of downpour.  The hunter boots are Jimmy Choo and the beige is Burberry...they're lalalove, but out of my budget.  I wonder where one can find treasures like these?

Til later,
Tata!