meet eunice.

A lot of my high school friends tend to help me with the promotional side of this blog in such a traditional mouth-to-mouth kind of way. Never thought that I would meet those third parties but Melia happened to invite one to Indonesia for the summer.

Eunice currently goes to Otis College of Art & Design in LA. She's very quiet, very minimalistic Coachella-chic in terms of style, and she's very blessed with an amazing pair of cheekbones, plus a great taste in choosing her tattoo (yes I'm shamelessly obsessed with it). The shoot went well, as relaxed as it could be. I gave the pictures to Melia straight away and asked her to layout them for me. This blog really needs a bit of revamping so I've been asking people to help me do that here and there.

There'll be more updates soon but for now, meet Eunice!

P.S. Try clicking the large pictures to see it in fit-into-screen slide mode.

featured: ITTIDM

Jasmine, a friend of mine since high school happened to be one of the 18-year-olds with a whole lot of followers on tumblr due to her snappy and hilarious take on things (click here for a taste of it). Yet even before the fame, I admired her for being so candid and outspoken. Back in 11th grade IB Art class, I've always thought about writing some of her funny catchphrases on paper so I could remember them. Nowadays I can easily read them on her newly-made blog, I Think Therefore It Doesn't Matter.

Despite the fact that it's new, the things she posted can keep you engaged because even when she rants, she did it so beautifully. Plus she's into art so I love her Web Finds section for featuring things that I am  very fond of.

Oh and I am very honored to mention that Jasmine has been and still is a big fan of this blog, so she wrote a feature on her blog about it!

I got butterflies and dragons in my stomach right now. Big thanks to Jasmine and let's all hope that the next time she gets a mention in this blog, she'll be more than just in the form of words ;)

featured: InStyle Indonesia

Did a quick shoot with an emerging Indonesian actor-on-stage Ruy Iskandar for this month's InStyle Indonesia. It was a great experience working with Ruy and Robyn, the assistant and stylist of the day. Roamed around the MET museum and Central Park for that whole afternoon with them, and ended the day at an oyster bar. It was a job that didn't really feel like one, which is good.

Thanks to Arifaldi and InStyle Indonesia for the opportunity. You guys are welcome to buy the magazine at your nearest bookstore if you want to know more about Ruy and his works in NYC!

featured: LocalBrand.co.id's 19th

Did a contribution for localbrand.co.id's e-magazine. It is such a pleasure for me to work with Dwimayu and her team to promote Indonesian fashion brands! The out-of-the-bubble experience gave me more than just a work experience, but also opens a path to knowing more people with varied creativity, ideas, and colors.

A great example would be the cover story below; Abigail the stylist created a concept of embracing the Mexican quirkiness of Frida Kahlo. It was challenging and different than what I usually do, but I was still able to work with her and Aldis (make up & hair) to smear the Kahlo-ness we had in mind all around the beautiful models, Tatyana and Iku.

If you're looking for an indoor flea market experience or in need of renewing your summer wardrobe, please come to their pre-event bazaar. It's going to be at the 8th floor of Senayan City starting July 4th until 6th. About 80-something local Indonesian brands are going to be there. Go to LocalFest.co.id for further info.

Click here to check the full June 2013 issue and their other editions too!

meet abby.

During October last year, I messaged a high school junior of mine and asked if she's interested for a test shoot. She said yes and we agreed to do it summer this year. Back then I was a bit clueless of the reason why I asked her.  The fondness was vague but I was already too determined. Not until yesterday that I finally understood; Abby Latip is my fifth muse. After a year of being museless, I was wrong for thinking that four's too many.

In front of the camera, Abby got this Kiko Mizuhara-esque features and a very youthful ambiance. Outside of it, I pretty much admire her for her works in graphic design and for her friendly and positive personality.

I'm beyond thankful of the creative prep team consisted of Connie and Natassia. They did their roles well from styling, make up and hair, to even holding up the background so it won't flew off.

So here you go. Muse number five!

midjune.

Three days ago I was a bit in disbelief for realizing that I only have half of this month left. Currently sleep deprived from all of the editing that I have to do (plus other things) but I am glad that jobs are starting to come along. Teaching yourself how to do all of this professionally takes balls, but I'm still sure that I am progressing forward and at the least, being productive.

Today I did a little favor for my junior back in high school, Jason. He loves fashion, he loves NYC, and so he was talking all sorts of things about visiting the city from where he'll be. We took the pictures nearby our lunch place and he looked really happy with the results.

Sometimes I can't really be fully conscious in accepting the fact that people are happy with the pictures I took. All of these pictures comes from my desperation of understanding and endless effort to be positive about it, while silently inside my head I could be found chanting the word 'thankful'. At first it was purely that, but nowadays I wanted to improve so much in digital retouch, and this is because I want to test myself on how far can I really master this blob of skill.

Aside from that, here's a little batch of yesterday's profile shoot with Jason.

a fine lunch.

Reiner is a friend of mine since grade 5, and his love of cooking amazes me to the point where I don't have to work much to produce an appetizing picture of what he presented. He made his food all from scratch and often invited a group of friends to his house so that we can have lunch and chill together.

This is just a few of what he made yesterday, but I really love the edamame paste that he used to garnish most of his dishes yesterday.

I'll make sure to announce to you all if he ever opens a restaurant in the future. But for now you can feast his creations with your eyes through clicking here to check Reiner's instagram.