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Model Portfolio: Anthea

First time I took the EOS R for a spin. It was a barely a week when I got this cam, and much my chagrin, I felt like a newbie all over again. I was so used to working with a DSLR that I had formed habit around the physicality of the camera. Over the past few years, Canon was pretty consistent with their form factor so no matter how I changed bodies, it was easy to use.

The EOS R being mirrorless, had its own set of functions and behavior that incrementally took me by surprise. Like getting used to seeing the image live through the view finder because there was a mirror that flips back after you take a shot. With the R, there was a delay before you get to see the image. It never really occurred to me that the EVF is technically another screen, so previewing through the view finder was like waiting tor the same preview to appear on the back screen. How #titohits of me. Hahaha. I guess I just got used to holding a DSLR for so long.

Also, you have to be aware of the nuances of the sensor. The R is relatively warmer compared to the Mark 4 and Ds. I had to dial down the color temperature to somewhere at 5200K in the custom white balance as compared to 5400 with the rest.

Well, you can see the rest of the review here. Good thing I had Anthea (one of my classic go-to models) to work with and was game enough to be guinea pig for this shoot.

Noob use of the EOS R. Hahaha. I still have my old habits of shooting so there was some learning curve in using the camera.

Make-up: Pen De Leon
Styling / Model: Anthea Murfet

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Model Portfolio: Courtney (Bikini Team TV Asian Tour 2017) 2

As promised, more Courtney Newman from our Asian Tour 2017 shoot. One of my favorite sets we did for FHM. The back of Stilts Beach Resort is this dirt road leading to the last cottage. There were hardly any people there so it was the best time to pull off a shoot without any disturbances. The bikinis perfectly matched the backgrounds as well.

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Model Portfolio: Courtney (Bikini Team Tv Asian Tour 2017)

When it’s the summer, you can’t wait for the rains to arrive… now that they’re here.. we’re all wishing to be a bit more dry. There’s nothing as moderation with our weather. Since it’s now raining cats and dogs.. let us be reminded of how hot summmer can be. Had the awesome chance to work with Courtney Newman for the Bikini Team TV Asian tour 2017 in Calatagan. She just has that classic beauty queen look, which she is by the way.

More of Courtney in my next few posts.

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Check out my youtube channel for your regular glimpse behind the scenes! While you’re at it, drop buy the online store and get goodies from your favorite models!

For those interested in my commercial work, check out pointblankstudios.net and follow us at @pointblankmnl in IG.

DC Cafe Opening

A rather late post, but newsworthy either way. I was invited last week to the launch of DC Superheroes Cafe, the first DC-themed restaurant in the country. And this isn’t just some comic-book theme place… but a solid expression of geekdom from restaurateur Edric Chua. The guy is a die hard DC fan, and coming up with a business based on his passion is something any fanboy can dream of.

For those who are familiar with the CW DC shows, you would immediately see the homage in the place from CC Jitters to Big Belly Burger. It’s like stepping into set of Berlanti-verse.

We were served with a motley serving of their staples from the main courses and desserts. I had to give up after the 2nd helping. The food obviously takes inspiration from popular DC characters. A solid pun was Arthur Curry.. a salmon dish named after Aquaman. It was fish on a curry sauce. Hahaha.

I spent most of the time walking around and chatting up friends who graced the events as well from cosplayers to comic book artists.

As of writing, they are still in soft launch operations, and opens at 6PM until 10PM. From what Edric told me, they would begin lunch service next week. Make sure you reserve your table before stepping in. Give the queue, walk-ins might have a hard time getting seated. I so want that Superman backpack. Photo dump after this sentence.

DC Superheroes Cafe
4F Fashion Mall
SM Megamall
Ortigas Center

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Model Portfolio: Rhian

We know how hot summer got, now that the rainy season is supposed to be kicking, let us look back with a shoot we did with the lovely Rhian Ramos. Now this girl redefines hot. Rhian has always been one of my favorite muses to work with over the years.

I missed this one in front of the camera for such a long time. We used to shoot often and just for kicks back in the day, but work schedules and life happened. But after months (and years?) of planning, our schedules met again, and took this chance bring Rhi out at a friend’s place to shoot. The jukebox was my favorite set of the bunch, and you know me and nostalgia looking stuff. Hahaha. There was also a Vespa on the grounds, so made use of that as well.

We should be doing this more often just to stretch out the creatives juices.

Production Credits

Make-up / Hair: Sofia Day
Styling / Model: Rhian Ramos

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Cosplay Shoot: Yuna

The Final Fantasy series have been close to my heart since I’ve been its avid fan for years. Recreating the scenes within the game has been one of my career goals in shooting cosplay. Yuna was certainly no exception. Few things that hindered me from working on a Yuna shoot, was finding the right cosplayer to work with. For me, casting and personification are a few of the crucial factors. Yuna stayed in the back burner (or what I personally call, concept cellar) until I had the chance to work with Nana this year. We were able to bring her in along with Enji Night for Comic Con Asia, so before the con mayhem began we took some R&R and brought them to the beach for the day. We did some beach sets, but it was this cosplay I was aiming to pull off.

Though we did the main shoot in Batangas, getting the perfect afternoon shot was another matter. I had to rely on my bank of sunset shots taken in various beaches in the Philippines and blended them in to get the clouds and afternoon glow look. If you’d notice in the video, the sun was really high and we hardly had any decent clouds to work with. That’s the downside in doing things on-location.. you are subject to the weather. When it’s good, it’s good… when it’s off, well you have to make do with it.

The ripples and water effects we’ve already banked before hand, and the sending spirits were a combination of shooting baby powder shooting out from the nozzle of the bottle, and then manipulating them with PS’s puppet warp feature. The glowing heads of the spirits were bubbles blown out from a bubble maker. The glow effect is rather rudimentary when you place multiple layers on top of it and blurring them.

This was shot around 530PM, at the height of “magic” hour.. which is technically about 15 mins worth of that awesome sun.

If you wanna see how we lit this scene up, here’s my behind-the-scenes clip.

Production Credits

Make-up / Hair: I-ann Monzon
Styling / Costume / Model: Nana Kuronoma
Shoot Production: Carlo Ocampo
Digital Imaging: Ghani Madueno
Special Thanks: Phottix Philippines

Check out my youtube channel for your regular glimpse behind the scenes! While you’re at it, drop buy the online store and get goodies from your favorite models!

For those interested in my commercial work, check out pointblankstudios.net and follow us at @pointblankmnl in IG.