BJ PASCUAL

FIRST LOOK AT DARYL CHANG'S NEW 'DO!

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:21:00 +0000

Preview's Fashion Editor, Daryl Chang, goes blonde!!!

SAY MO?!

Fall Out Boy (GARAGE Magazine August/September 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:02:00 +0000

Photographed by: BJ Pascual
Styled by: Rey Ilagan
Style Assistants: Adrianne Concepcion and Edlene Cabral
Grooming: Ruel Papa
Model: JC at Reco

Metro Celebrity Issue (GHEY EDITION)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000

A few days ago, Mike tagged me in this funny photo of his friends spoofing the August Cover of Metro:

I LOVE IT! THANKS GHEYS! HAHA!

Oh, and speaking of funny, this has got to be one of the best reaction videos I've ever seen! I'm sure you've seen it on facebook, youtube, or on TV! But I just thought I'd post it here for memory's sake!

I actually know the three gheys in front, Martin, Veejay, and Aleq! They're super funny in real life :) Thank you so much for making us happy amidst all the chaos that happened in the past few days!

MAD MEN (Metro Society August 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:32:00 +0000

Something a little bit different from what I usually do with the Metro Society Gang :)

Photographed by: BJ Pascual
Styled by: Rex Atienza
Grooming: Mickey See
Models: Ry Christopher and Peter Nordell

Ana Sideco TV!

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:48:00 +0000

Lookie! My friend Ana has an online show! She's so cute! Here's the first installment:

In the episode linked below, they play "google roulette" (lol) and she goes over her photos from this blog, including my shoes, haha!

Looking forward to more episodes! I miss you!

Garage Girl Fall/Winter 2010 (Cover and Editorial)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:51:00 +0000

Finally got to work with super cute Catriona once again :) Always a pleasure working with the Garage team—Rey, Adrianne, and Eds!

Three

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:22:00 +0000

Three of the covers I did came out this month! Yay!

L-R Garage Girl, Chalk & Metro August 2010

(L-R) Carmen Soo, Erich Gonzales, Maricar Reyes, Shaina Magdayao, Kristine Hermosa, Kim Chiu, Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban My first gatefold cover (also my first for the magazine). It was definitely overwhelming. Celebrities are so intimidating.

Be sure to check out the 15-page cover story inside

Seeing my name alongside Mark Nicdao, one of my photography heroes, was unbelievable! I cant bilibit!

One of the photos I took for the cover story. Trivia: The cover and cover story took 3 days to complete! We started shooting May 20.
There's also an iPad version!

I saw it in Cheska's iPad a few days ago and it's amazing! Lots of great features. I also found out it's actually the first of it's kind here in the country :)
Download it HERE. It's FREE!Spot me in the behind the scenes photos! Haha! I also did a Film Noir-inspired editorial in the issue:

That's all for now! :)

Something Super Cute...

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:42:00 +0000

...happening next week! I can't wait!

Photo: Bernice Tison

June 2010 Editorial Recap

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:43:00 +0000

I know it's already August, but I promise this will be the last of the June posts! Instead of posting all these editorials I thought I'd so something a little fun [and a LOT easier than scanning. Or waiting for the soft copies from editors, haha!]. Here they are, the June editorials in the tradition of The Happy Lab! Edrick, mahirap din pala! Haha!

Gender Bender (Metro Magazine)
Styled by Mela De Luna | Model Jessica @ IM | Makeup by Owen Sarmiento (MAC) | Hair by John Valle (L'Oreal Professionnel) | Fahion Assistant Rebekah De Jesus

Ageless Dressing (Metro Magazine)Styled by Angela Alarcon | Creative Direction by Trisha Cua-Juico | Model Natalia Contreras @ Star | Make-up and Hair by Lourd Ramos | Hair Assistance by JR Abellar of Emphasis Salon

Party Wildly (Cosmopolitan Magazine)Styled by Myrrh Lao To | Assisted by Dondee Sy and Arbie Ubaldo |Model Jasmine Maierhofer @ Mercator | Make-up by RB Chanco | Hair by Jeff Aromin
My first for Cosmo! Super fast shoot! Si Jasmine kasi double booking!!! Hahaha

Little Black Dress (Candy Magazine)Styled by Margaux Romero and Sidney Yap | Set Styling Tricia Alvarez Angluben
My first for Candy, too! Hirap mag ilaw ng set!

Call of Duty (Mega Magazine)
Styled by Debbie Lupango | Make-up by Lilian Yeung | Hair by Jay Wee | Model Melanie @ Cal Carries

Full Editorials Posted: Apocalypto (Preview Magazine) and Atom Araullo (Rogue Magazine)

This is missing 2 editorials I did for Plant, which I still haven't seen till now! Paging James Gabrillo! LOL. Oh, and also a fashion editorial in Meg.

Now, time to move on to August!!!

Apocalypto (PREVIEW Magazine June 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:42:00 +0000

This was shot for Preview's 15h Anniversary Issue (I'm majorly backlogged, I'm still blogging about June work haha!), which I was super happy and thankful to be a part of! More drama later. lol.

Anyway, it was my first time working with then relatively new model, Pauline. She instantly became a favorite. She's a natural. For real. And I've even used that word to describe anyone before. She just has FASHION written all over her.

Definitely one of my favorite editorials so far.

Photographer: BJ Pascual
Stylied by: Daryl Chang
Art Direction by: Vince Uy
Make-up by: Archie Tolentino of Maybelline New York
Hair by: Lance Vasquez
Nails by: Leonaliza B. Hernandez of Nail Spa
Model: Pauline Prieto
Stylist's Assistant: Mandi Garcia
Shoot Assistatnts: Carie Aguila, Glorilyn Salvatierra

Wow, it's only been 5 years since I bought my first issue of Preview, which was their 10th Anniversay Spectacular (I still have the copy with me, complete with the Swarovski crystals on the cover!). It was the thickest local magazine i've held back then. all 10 cover stars had their own full-blown editorial inside the magazine. Back then it was the most fantastic thing I've ever seen on this little side of the world. A lot can happen in 5 years pala. Now I'm actually shooting for them. Grabe. Thank you.

Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:30:00 +0000

I was at a shoot the other day and while I was waiting for the make-up/hair to finish, I saw an issue of British Vogue (May 2009) on the table. I flipped through it and found an interesting feature called "My Inspiration" wherein several personalities from the fashion industry such as Grace Coddington, Paolo Roversi, Sophia Kokosalaki, Alexander Wang, among others, talk about photos that inspired them. I thought I'd share mine, but before I do, here are a few images from the article, which are posted on the Vogue UK website:

Grace Coddington

Inspiration: Nena von Schlebrügge by Claude Virgin, 1959

"I remember flicking back through Vogue and seeing the Vogue Model contest and thinking, ‘This is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.’ I found out later it was Uma Thurman’s mother, Nena von Schleebrügge. It was that image that propelled me to enter the contest myself. I ended up winning. So it was through that picture that I started out as a model, and began my career in fashion.The picture by Vernier of me fishing [link] was my first shoot."

Kate Phelan, Vogue fashion director
Inspiration: Talisa Soto by Bruce Weber, 1982
“The shoot that inspired me most was one by Weber in Vogue, and the story was a reference to the American photographer Edward Weston. This image of Talisa Soto and a male model called Bruce, I think, sitting in a boat, shot in black and white, is one of my favourites from the shoot.”

Sophia Kokosalaki
Inspiration: Couture by Paolo Roversi, 1994
“When I first saw this, I thought, ‘I’m so going to London. Bye Greece!’ I still have the copy of Vogue in which the fashion story ran in my house in Athens. I just hadn’t seen this kind of editorial in Greek magazines, nor these kinds of clothes – it was a fantastical set of pictures. I think it was a quality of the lighting, a combination of the hair, the make-up, the styling and the environment that meant it was totally different to anything I’d seen before. I like dark, damaged romance; I’m not into pretty-pretty things, or pictures that draw too heavily on romance or history. But that shoot signified to me that fashion can make you dream; it can take you somewhere else. I liked the use of distressed materials, and in my first shows, I had a lot of tattered, destroyed and ripped tulle and organza. It wasn’t the same look as the shoot, but there was a similar feeling. Is the picture still as fantastic as it is in my imagination? I hope so.”

Hamish Bowles
Inspiration: Tree Allen by Barry Lategan, 1977
“There were so many Vogue sittings that fired my adolescent dreams of fashion. They evoked a world of impossible glamour, and of lives gloriously and richly led, peopled by magically dressed and impossibly beautiful women and dashing men. I ached to be a part of that world. There were some ravishing Barry Lategan portfolios that Grace Coddington produced, in particular one of lace and chiffon Bill Gibb dresses shot against an old-fashioned photographer’s portrait-studio backdrop of painted palms. It evoked the atmosphere of a New Orleans bordello. I chose to write about that sitting when I entered Vogue’s talent contest, aged 14 (I received a special mention). I cringe to think of that now, but I suppose that set me on the path.”

(SOURCE)

These are just a few, the Vogue UK website has 10, but there are so much more in the magazine. Anyway, I thought I'd share mine. I'll save my favorite Penn and Roversi photos for later, for now I'll share something a bit more personal:

These photos of my grandmother. I found these when I was about 10 years, I was in 5th grade, in an antique fold-out desk. I remember thinking they're the best photos of my Wowa I've ever seen. She looked so beautiful, and that I really loved her dress. I wondered why they weren't framed. I showed my grandma, and asked her if she was used to be an actress or a model. She said no she wasn't, and asked where I found those photos. She said she hates these photos, that's why they werre kept away. I thought that was stupid, cause these are gorgeous!

Years later, I was about 18, I ran out of birthday gift ideas, so I thought I'd make a pop art version of a photo of her (back then I was addicted to Andy Warhol), and suddenly remembered where these were kept. They were still there! I chose the one on the upper right. I didn't care if she didn't like the photos. She still hated the photos, but she was really happy with my gift.

These photos pop up in my mind every now and then. It's one of the first photos that I remember really really loving. It's a portrait, but upon rereading two paragraphs above it could very well be my first recollection of a fashion photograph.

What photo inspired you?

Atom Araullo (ROGUE Magazine June 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000

The moment I found out I was going to shoot for Rogue, I went nuts! I've been big fan of Rogue since the time I got my first issue, which was the Jasmine Maierhofer cover (December 2006/January 2007). Basta, I was suuuper excited!

Without further ado, here's the first assignment I shot for them, featuring journalist Atom Araullo. It's part feature, part fashion editorial. It's the first of that sort that I've done!

TRIVIA: (1) the instamatic Minolta camera (left) is mine, I got it from the Anonas ukay ukay, a about 3 years ago. (2) the vintage bicycle (right) is owned by fashion designer Ziggy Savella! It's the same one used in Garage Magazine's June/July 2010 Cover :)

Photographs by BJ Pascual
Styling by LA Consing Lopez
Art Direction by Miguel Lugtu
Grooming by Regie Escolin Soriano

Cutting up JUNE [2010 Issues]

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:41:00 +0000

June 2010 was such a good month for me. It was the first time I had 9 fashion editorials published, all at the same time, and I'm super super thankful to everyone who made it happen! I promise to upload these editorials in the following weeks. I really need to get a good scanner.

Anyway, these photos were taken last June (whoa, it's been 2 months! super late post! haha!), when I was cutting up the pages for my book.

Materials: Ruler, Cutter, Chopping board (in this case, Metro), and steady hands :)

Anne Curtis, I'm so sorry I had to use your face as a cutting board.

I hafto say, dismembering Preview's GLORIOUS June [15th Anniversary] issue was pretty hard, even though I know I have 7 other copies of it. Haha!

That's all :) Make sure to check back in the coming days, there will be more updates!

Sneak Peek at the studio!

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:04:00 +0000

After YEARS in the "making" (LOL), here's the first look at my studio designed by Cheska Nolasco! Just a few more finishing touches, and we're opening really really sooooooooooooon!!!

Reception Area, super sweet like me :p

Lounge area by the studio.

So much more to see! I'll upload more photos when we're all done! SOOO EXCITED!!!

Ziggy Savella Holiday 2010 Campaign + Lookbook

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:38:00 +0000

Here are the final photos from Ziggy Savella's Holiday 2010 Campaign (we call it "Holiday" cause we don't have Fall/Winter)! FYI this is the first shoot done in my studio :) Feel free to repost

Men's footwear by TRETORN! Their shoes are super nice na! Check their facebook page for more info.

Here's the LOOKBOOK! (Download JPEGS or PDF file) Zoom-in to view prices :)

ZIGGY SAVELLA Holiday 2010 Invites!

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:59:00 +0000

Billie Jean (PREVIEW Magazine April 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:30:00 +0000

My first ever fashion editorial for one of my favorite fashion magazines, Preview! I still remember how excited I was when they asked me to do an editorial for them, and how the night before the shoot I couldn't sleep cause I was so excited, and how despite the long day I was still all smiles throughout.

These are a bit low res cos I just scanned them but anyway, here they are: A little bit of Amy, a little bit hillbilly, and a whole lot of denim...

I was at the Preview office last week cause of a shoot, and Vince showed me the proofs of our next editorial, which is coming out next month as part of their Anniversary issue! I want to show you guys but sadly I can't just yet. I can't wait till June!

Cruise Control (Metro Society April 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:21:00 +0000

Here's one of the four editorials I did in Ilocos with Louis Vuitton's Resort 2010 collection.

It was extremely hot and windy, three hours of shooting felt like eight! It was so windy during the first few layouts that the models couldn't even stand for more than a few seconds without falling.

Nevertheless, I was really happy with the results :) I hafto say, dirtying up designer goods was priceless!

Chalk Magazine April 2010 Cover

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:34:00 +0000

April few by so quickly! I haven't posted any of my published work from April and March! I'll start posting them this week when I get the layouts from the magazines :)

Anyway, here's my first cover EVER! They had booked me for the shoot a month before, but they didn't tell me I was going to shoot the cover until two days before the shoot! Haha! Thanks Chalk! Always a pleasure working with you guys!

Chalk Magazine April 2010 Cover featuring actor Coco Martin

I also did the Boys of Summer feature plus the main fashion editorial (which will be a whole nother blog post)!

FYI my first shooting assignment was for Chalk! :)

Wallet Diet

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:00:00 +0000

I was in the car waiting for a friend who was taking forever, and I thought I'd do something with the free time (which has been scarce as of late) and decided to clean up my exploding wallet. Exploding not cause of money, but cause of all the crap that's been there since... I don't even know. But the past few days I haven't been able to put it in my pcoket, I always leave it in my bag. It can't even be folded flat!

Anyway, take a look at all the shit that's inside:

SERIOUSLY. Some reciepts are already unreadable, just all black.

I also found around 10 business cards (not pictured) from all over the world, and...

SIX Metro Cards! One isn't shown, it's stuck behind the plastic part of the wallet. LOL

And my school IDs from last summer...

Check out the ICP ID, some ink from the reciepts have been printed on the ID! Oh, don't forget my fug face on the Parsons ID. Long story!

Now it can be folded flat...

Ahhh... The memories. Now back to work.

Hi From Boracay!

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Hello! It's me and my favorite shirt... In a bathroom. Haha.

Asya Premier Suites is THE SHIT!!!! They gave me my own suite :) I feel like i'm on a holiday.

Crappy panoramic images...
Room (two beds, lol) | Bathroom (HUGE!) | View from the balcony (Ange and Trish got the villa with the best view! They're 2nd from the right)

Boracay Again + April Editorials + Cover

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:57:00 +0000

Second time in a month! LOL. This one's for another magazine. Leaving in a few minutes...

Be back Thursday!

I have a lot of editorials (Preview, Chalk, Garage and Metro Society) coming out this April, plus my first magazine cover!!! Oh, I also haven't posted the editorials that came out last month! I'll update you guys when I get the layouts! So excited!

My ~Chanel~ Loot

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:45:00 +0000

After a month I finally got my loot from Velvet for the Oscars Tribute Exhibit! Yaay!

"precious bronzing loose powder" and "cleansing oil gel - purity + anti pollution face and eyes" the words in the packaging made me chuckle idk why.

Thanks Velvet!

Thanks Izzy!

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:07:00 +0000

Wee, Izzy of TheDandyProject, mentioned me in an interview with I Like My Style :)

Thanks Izzy!

Ohhh and look what I found. A relic from 2008!!!

:D

Ciege Cagalawan Spring/Summer 2010 Look Book

noreply@blogger.com (BJ Pascual) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:11:00 +0000

Here it is!

DOWNLOAD PDF FILE (Recommended). DOWNLOAD JPEG FILES. Feel free to repost ;)

Oh, btw, I just created a Bloglovin account!