Dress for Less

"Work it! Work it! Yeah... look there. Touch your sleeve. Touch your glasses. Great!" - The Photographer and The Model.

This is my second time doing a photo shoot. We came up with the concept "Dress for Less" here in this modeling activity. Honestly, it's really freagin' hard to pose. My friend Kat modeled along with me for this shoot. Good thing she was here. Without her, I could have painted my face with only one emotion. In other words, I wouldn't have learned anything about facial expressions and poses.

Kat poses for her insights and ideas about "dressing for less". For all my girl readers out there, this one is for you.

                                                                                  

                    

          

                
          































Top: Purple Knitted Blouse from MAGS (SM CITY Davao) at PHP545.00(USD13.00)

Shorts: Used to be Jag PANTS --cut it up! Roughly around PHP800 - PHP900(USD20.00) before it became shorts.

Accessories:
BELT - Vintage Yacht (Online Retailer) - Pre-owned at PHP195.00(USD5.00)
Earrings - MTS at PHP25.00(USD0.50)
Bracelets - FREE! 
Shades - MTS at PHP100.00(USD2.25)

Shoes: Juan at Marikina Shoe Exchange (NCR - Manila), The real marikina shoe exchange! haha! its for PHP595.00(USD13.25)
*Note: USD1.00 = PHP45.00


Well, I was really thinking of clothes that I could wear for this shoot for the expense of only less. Upon arriving on the location, it was then I knew I realized that the clothes I brought were... a bit expensive. Now, I don't want to post the prices for my clothes except for the shoes. Girls, this one is for you. 

Shoes: pair of sneakers from K-Mart Australia - AUD14.00 or PHP500

*Note: AUD1.00 = PHP40.00 

Here are 2 photos of me and Kat. 

Photos by: Dennis Li

Modeling by Kat and Me

Shooting Myself

"Posing for a picture is damn hard..." - me


Photos by Ben Albenio



I thought about doing a photo shoot for myself for the past few weeks and decided to go on with it just a couple of days ago. It seemed a bit hard than I thought it wouldn't.

First, the location that we underwent was a disaster. It had only 1 corner that looked as a pretty good spot. It was closed, therefore it was hot. A corner where we hang our clothes... yes, the lines that you see are actually clotheslines that I managed to use as a material for the shoot.

Second, the wardrobe that I used no longer fits me. The jacket that I'm wearing barely fits and I can no longer close the buttons of the suit. Even the inner sleeves that I have bought a couple of months before barely fits. Its a disaster.

Lastly, my friend and I had a hard time defining myself on how to portray and pose for the scene. We thought of moods that I could show during the shoot but didn't go the way we wanted it to. So I said, might as well get on with it and did some poses for whatever way that I can. Seriously, we managed.


Photos by Ben Albenio

I thought of other photo shoots that might fit me. A sports photo shoot perhaps. Imagine me doing cardio workouts in the gym. Its like a candid moment wherein I portray myself as a determined athlete that needs to reshape himself and bring back the man inside of him drama.

Currently, we are planning to do a second try on it. It might still be a landscape photo shoot where in I still wear my "barely worn jacket" but with a different environment. Still have to find a good location though. Wish me luck!

-Post Script-

We used a 12mega-pixel digital camera. It sucked. I know.

My friend did all the magic using photoshop.

Hope we can find a professional shooting camera, or whatever they call it these days.