Here are the shots from my last portfolio update. This entire shoot was dedicated strictly to head shots with a focus on high fashion make up. I worked alongside make up artist Kelley Kyle and model Katherine Reyes for this one. Everything went along smoothly minus the fact that Katherine showed up two hours late. It’s cool though, I’ll just show up late to the next shoot I have with her ^_-.

If anyone is interested in her work, you can contact Kelley at kelley.b.kyle [at] gmail [dot] com

Me and some friends were approached by a couple of guys the other day at Union Square Park for a picture. They were promoting Tagazine.com, an online fashion community. I haven’t had the opportunity to check them out in detail yet, but from what I can tell they seem to be heading towards the direction of Lookbook.nu, offering users the opportunity to promote their outfits and tag clothing.

Here’s a shot of Cherrelle, Me, Carlton, and Jessica. Picture taken by Tagazine’s photographer Leon Zhou.

Down here we have Guy, Stanley, Remy, and Carlton.

I used to hate Tumblr. Just last month I referred to it as a sorry excuse for uncreative and lazy bloggers. Over the past 2 weeks however, I’ve found myself roaming through several Tumblr pages and I’ve finally decided to cave in and make one for myself.

This is still going to be my primary blog. My Tumblr is just around for quick mobile blogging and iPhone photos. In fact, I made it specifically for iPhone photos.

So if you happen to have a Tumblr account, feel free to follow me at A Prudent Archer (named after the title of my personal Blogger account that I deleted two years ago)

I received so much attention over the pictures I recently posted of my redesigned room (check here) that I decided to do another bedroom piece. This time we’re going to take a look at two different bedrooms belonging to my friends Carlton and Remy.

For anyone thinking about putting their room together, take a look at Carlton’s design. Simple, elegant and modern. It’s actually very different from my room because of all the open space Carlton leaves available. I just threw all my furniture into the middle of my room. If you notice he doesn’t have a bed either, he sleeps on a leather futon. For those wondering where I got the insane idea to trade my bed for a leather futon, now you know.

Now let’s take a look at Remy’s room. This is just a big no, in so many ways.

For those wondering about my “possessed demon” photo, here’s a quick summary of how the shot was pulled off. Special thanks to Ngan for putting up with me! This was her first time meeting me and Sage, and I don’t think we scared her… yet!

I decided to have a birthday dinner at Soy & Sake Village, a vegan/vegetarian restaurant at the Village. I was so impressed with their food the first time I went there (keep in mind I’m not a vegetarian) that I’ve been wanting to take the guys out to experience it for themselves. It took a couple of months (I’ve been telling them about the restaurant since December), but hey, at least it finally happened.

Passing fire.

Middle finger up, fuck what they think.

I’ve been wanting to play poker for the past couple of weeks but can’t find anyone willing to play with me! Ugh! I need a poker buddy!!

So according to Facebook, March 23 was “Kiss an Asian Day.” So here’s a little Filipino and Chinese love.

Just another case of demonic possession.

Me and Mad Hatter took a trip to the bus stop today. We got a lot of strange stares. I guess no ones seen a Mad Hatter before *shrugs*

Another day, another impulse buy. I found a life sized cardboard cutout of the Mad Hatter at Blockbuster today and just had to buy it.

I think this was the finishing touch my room needed! After one year, operation “Renovate Bedroom” is finally complete!!

I feel like you could learn a lot about somebody just by shuffling through their bag or wallet; and that’s exactly why when I meet new girls I playfully ask them if I could go through their bag. For anybody reading this who’s familiar with my bag fetish, you can rest assured that I’m not just weird, I actually do have some odd reason behind my bag curiosity (but I’ll admit, I am slightly weird).

A Louis Vuitton Damier key and change holder, Louis Vuitton Monogram bifold, and my favorite… a cheap H&M shoulder bag. I don’t remember how much that bag cost, but I’m pretty certain with my employee discount at the time it was worth a little more than what I usually spend on lunch. I’m actually quite proud of that little steal haha.

I keep my keys and business cards in the key and change holder. As for my wallet, it’s ironically empty. I have 3 ID’s and 2 credit cards in there. No cash. I hardly ever carry cash.

My little man-purse only gets taken out when I have my laptop. I try not to carry it as much for the sake of convenience.

These are the goods! A Canon SD780 which is reserved strictly for HD video. There’s actually nothing on it right now except videos of drunk speeches from my friends, obviously I’m having a hell of a time with that thing ^_-. A TI-83 which I never use. I just leave it my bag on the off chance I ever find myself in the middle of an “Oh shit!” incident in class. USB cable, St. John’s laptop and mouse… all pretty much self explanatory. 4 unsharpened Ticonderoga pencils, the world’s best pencils. 2 credit cards cause I never carry cash, business cards, Advil, and a Zippo lighter. I have a Kensington mini battery in there too because the iPhone will never hold a fucking charge.

The New Jersey license is a fake ID I bought back in the Summer of 2008. The name says Adrian Baquiran and the birth date reads January 26, 1986. Adrian is the name I want to give to my first son and Baquiran is the last name of one of my Filipino friends. As for the birth date, when I was younger I used to sign up for online services like AOL and Yahoo! Mail with the same birth date – January 26, 1986.

My Zippo lighter! No fancy engravings here; I like to keep things clean and classic. You can see my Blistex blurred in the background in this photo. I carry that container around and use it at least 4 times a day because my lips constantly dry out, which I think might actually be related to my lip ring =\

I only write with Ticonderogas. I’m so serious, I hate pens.