beauty shoot with Katie K.

A preview of a beauty shoot I did 2 weeks ago along side with some truly amazing and fun loving people. It was an interesting sunday as it all started off with lots of random chit-chatting and me forgetting the shooting time. I ended up being in the studio an hour earlier and started to call everyone expecting to hear a reason why they were late, eventually made a fool of myself. hah. Soon everyone was so busy there's not much time to rest, oh well, i did have some rest *was watching football while the models and makeup artists are doing their job* talking about being professional, lol. Overall, it's a day above average. Went to chinatown after that and even bumped into eva green!!, my friend *not gonna mention your name in case you are shy* got so excited he was jumping around *literally* while photographying her, cool eh.

There are more to come but at the moment, i have yet to retouch them.

*Photographer : Raymond Tan *Concept and art direction : Raymond Tan *Model : Jenny Kas *Makeup and wardrobe: Katie K. * Hair & Styling : Vincent Jansen *Location: London, UK. *special thanks to Manuel Fernandes

death at the museum

Halloween is here again !! Instead of getting pissed with the usual early 20's in the club, dressed to make a fool of myself, i spent the night at the museum. It's a very different way of celebrating it but at least it's more inspiring and healthier. Plus, i was able to meet up with the lovely Louise Gredinger and Kate Kuzminova !! nothing beats being called "you are a pain in the ass" by louise, hah. To be honest, i think halloween is just an excuse to get drunk, dress up and revealing one's alter ego. This actually reminds me of representation and identity. There's no ultimatum in what the world really is, so why bother trying to represent something or being represented? As I was walking around at this particular night, I bumped into a semi drunk chick dressed in black leather suits. She opened her mouth and started to reveal her pierced tongue. Seconds after, a stream of yellowish fluid rushed out from her tiny mouth. She puked in front of me while walking. I got so disgusted myself, I puked too. Such unpleasant scene. I wonder, did i puked because i got disgusted by her puking or i got disgusted by the thinking of why such a pretty girl would walked the street alone after intoxicating herself with liquor with the halloween as her permission to do that.

Time : 30th october 09, Place : V&A museum, London Occasion : A time when death visits the museum and learn to enjoy halloween with its own sinful creation, human.

i did dress up for the occasion : a dead korean celebrity, when he was younger of course, hah

the screening of "i" at the gallery, reminds me of avatar with a glance at lotr.

my favourite room, and maybe the scent hot chocolates makes this room even nicer. This ceiling is why i can stay there whole day writing my dissertation.

Featured : Helmut Newton

This month's featured photographer will be Mr. Helmut Newton. Due to his photographic reputation, I dont think he needs anymore introductions. His works speak for him and they are absolutely stunning and elegant. What i admire most about him is his daring approach to redefine fashion photoraphy with nudity as his main focus. So cool.

- one of his iconic photographs
- with madonna and yves saint laurent's

- truly mesmering.

nothing beats a mug full of chocolates

Yes. Nothing beats a mug full of chocolates. Absolutely nothing. That is exactly what I have in mind in front of Kenji-san's camera. Well people, as you can see, gloomy days are over. Summary of my life so far; comfy and neutral. I'm so comfortable with my surroundings lately, no more dramas, no more idiots running into my subtle mind, and hell lots of hot chocos. I begin to learn how to lie again and I like it.

Quote of the day : seeing comes before words. A child looks and recognizes before it can speak.

*Photographer : Kenji Hirasawa *Art Direction : Raymond Tan *Model : Raymond Tan*Location: Wapping, London, UK.

- dayout at woking, UK with canon 5D.

golden age , party time

George !! is an amazing human being. Love his charisma and confidence in being himself. These photographs reminds me of one saying; " consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past". In this case, George totally ditched the truthfulness of that phrase, lol. To be honest, the past is not meant to live in, it's a well of conclusions in which we draw to act. Let just do what we want, learn from mistakes and never look back. So, enough said.....enjoy these pictures.

- sometimes, one just cannot predict who will step into his/her life. A toast to those who are lucky and those who are not so lucky, cheers for staying alive and enjoy searching.

*Photographer : Raymond Tan *Makeup & wardrobe : George Alexander Thompson *Model : George Alexander Thompson *Location: SE17, London, UK.

here i go again : sleeping london

i finally found a silly way to burn my sleepless night ; walking through old places which i once walked with time when the rest of the city is asleep. It was quite scary to find out that the sky was never dark here. Norman bryson once said ' to deny something was made is to deny that it can be unmade'. This world is unchanging. The only thing that is changing is human and their desires. Walking through those lanes at such an odd hour made me realize that I had become 'bigger' and so different from the first time i passed through there. Experiences and failures, those are my only trusted mentors. And as for my trusted companion, will be the steady drizzles of london cold.

- autumn 2009, old street, 4.30 am, london

- right now the only voice in my head is me

when starwars meet slimy

i'm trying to keep myself extremely busy nowadays. Fortunately, i have few jobs coming and lots of uni's works to finish. I felt so out of breath at times but i do like that sensation, at least i felt that i used up all my time doing "something". It also leave me no time to have silly thoughts or missing anyone. Good things are meant to be shared. It's true, that is why i'm sharing part of my life here in this blog. *but in the creative direction*. It's such a shame that human brain is a very fragile one. No matter how hard you try to remember your past, sooner or later, everything will fade away. Emotions, moments, people and time will all fade slowly, unconsciously.

Creative process never fails to cheer me up. I'm glad to be given a job when a creative agency wants to shoot a scene for music video. It was really fun to be there and below are the behind-the-scene photographs while on set. Enjoy.

- on the set of "slayer" music video by the highly creative blinkproduction, autumn 2009, London

- thanks billy for the job

nothing serious

With summer officially over, everyone is rushing out for the last bit of sunshine, not to mention those in over-crowded parks. Was so envious of them everytime I passed by those areas. I wish i could do the same with "mars". I was quite occupied with works and functions lately. That left me only night time for myself. Not a bad thing sometimes as i find that night time is the most inspirational time for me throughout the day.

Got the chance to design the new interface for a mobile application. From drawing, to photography to filming and now designing. Art is so much fun.

- "project : discovery", september 2009

- happen to meet bill nighy, such a polite man

- nick knight at work, 2009, london fashion week