of rain and more rain

Maria Garcia, Sillykompeito

It’s already August, and the seasons has changed, so rapidly, that I could hardly keep up, it almost like felt like yesterday when I did the fundraising event for my mom, The Asylum: Lolita. I cannot help and overwhelmed on how thankful I am, and happy to the people who strongly participated in it. 

I still get that high when I look back and remember how this shoot went, despite 40 plus who confirmed on my invite, I still got a substantial number who came. 4 photographers came, and one who did not properly introduce himself, 7 cosplayers or rather I had 7 who came. We began past lunch time, I had to wait for the others if they were really coming, I got the pleasure of working with Maria Garcia, whom I got to know for dressing up as Cat Woman and Harely Quinn, and foremost became my second In-House model for the Asylum and it was an honor for me to work with Stylebible.PH and freelance Preview magazine photographer Stan Dela Cruz. In which he provided me so much learning, insights in the fashion photography industry, and what his life was like – getting to shoot for the love of it, and how also shares his distastes on some events. It was a learning experience for me and Maria, to learn from a master, or a patient teacher, on how he truly supports that Lolita is the next fashion thing or to look out for in this country. In a couple of hours I was joined by Amgine, June of PXL, Karen Kim and another photographer who is known as Stray Cat.  From Sailor moon Lolita to goth, to the sweet to the punk, it was fun and the sudden bad clouds pressured me to wrap things up quickly. The skies weren’t cooperative down the line, but I got a number of good photos taken from the pointers given by Stan, which really upgraded my skill set.

Nonetheless, I had fun having to see old friends again, and meet new ones, how my South Cosplayers supported me and joined in.

    

The House of Dolls: Rainy Season Edition

Come this August 15, I will apply of all what I have learned and apply to a fashion shoot, together in partnership with BGC MyCity.com, I would be hosting a rainy season fashion wear shoot. It something I am excited for since, this is where I feel more comfortable with in directing because I know what I want, or what looks I am going for. So far 30 have confirmed in attendance through my e-invitation, and I have to see who will really deliver on that day. I am looking forward the most is working with Maria Garcia again, and see what we photos we can come out with.

It has been busy day and week for me as I try fixing my South group, and balancing my work like to my personal life. I have been keeping myself preoccupied. I am also working on to saving money for the next three events I will be bringing myself too – and I hope I can finally bring this brand to a recognizable one, meaning to say that The Asylum shall be known and someday able to be take in more partnerships, more projects to cover and work on.

the game has changed

It's been two months since I last wrote something, and my sincerest apologies for not informing everyone of my whereabouts. It is one of those moments, where one's pure thoughts has become more quiet, where nothing comes out thus my creative or lust for writing just stopped.

Yuri Nanami, Sin City

With these two months I was able to reflect, and took time off, It was also on February I took time to do Sin City, A photo shoot meant for the All Star Traps of Cosplay, to those who are the uninitiated to this term, Traps are cross dressers, they are not gender benders, they are the transgender community of Cosplay. Traps came from the Star Wars verse "It's a Trap!", which lead to also the feeling your talking to a beautiful goddess but instead your talking to a dude.

I have nothing against the transgender community, I even wrote love advice in my other other blog, Black Out Love. Moving forward, what lead to a heavy preparation, that lead to lot's of last minute replacements, from 6 of whom I called for a casting call, I had to settle for two who showed up for the shoot, and a make-up artist who is fairly new to my wing. Nonetheless, it was a good shoot, it was something that I have to get used to, A creative nightmare - rust, I haven't done a fashion themed shoot since November. I was thankful with the models who showed up, luckily it was my Cosplay daughter Nickhers Concepcion, who is familiar on how I do things and a new comer to the fashion scene but eager to learn, Yuri Nanami. All have opposite styles and takes - One is sweet, and the other, the rebel. And this rebel nearly got me into trouble, because we got looks and stares from crowds  - dissing her, and tossing all sort of rudeness - thus I can say Bonifacio Global City is a homophobic crowd - in insulting way. Yuri, flung her middle finger to the jeers, but I had to keep my cool. Thankfully I had Angie, my other Cosplay daughter, was my backup photographer,  was also able to keep me sane, and I am pretty much  still in awe with her skills,  she took spectacular shots - impressive.

Thanks to Kex Puerto

It was a good February, that leads me to some of my shoots in K-Pub BBQ, just for an office gathering, it was Rewards and Recognition for our department, it's been a while for half a year I have been working for that Line of Business, I took a decent good number of shots by the street, with co-workers and the insides of the pub.

March was a tumbling month, of highs and lows, my depression sort of came back but took me a while to fight back and get back on my feet, I missed out by not attending the Tamashii Con, and TagCom, since I was up in Baguio with someone in doing a Fifty Shades of Gray themed shoot, - and yes it was a porn to remember. and I also was able to meet some cool photographers while doing some shots in Camp John Hay, and learned the growing Cosplay Baguio community, in which got me excited when I go up again. I managed to host a reunion on the last week of March, with former PinoyExchange members, people whom rocked the Internet in the early 2000's, it was my way to meet friends of way back when, people who I viewed, were the pioneers of Social media, it was there also I got to meet my online crush - sweetKay... Of the 12 who confirmed via Facebook, slid down to 3 came - crush was there and the other 2 with their respective wives,and children. We had dinner at Omakase in Ayala Triangle -  there it was a time for us to have Sushi and Tempura, and had lot's of catch up.

Me and sweetkay of Life is Kulayful,Post Pex Dinner

So... Good bye March! Good Evening April! There's a lot of things to look forward to lately, and just to announce - I think I may found my significant other - which I do hope leads to a promising future, the other side is that my work life is thrown back to the graveyard, Hello! The Working Dead. I also look forward to attending the up coming con before the end of April, and hope I can push my shoot titled Inked! before the motnh ends, a casual shoot with my inked or tattooed friends, and colleagues of mine at work place.

It's 6:28 PM, and I am close to dinner time, hope to write more soon, and honestly, it feels good to write again.