The Arena - Fashion TV

The Arena is a $3m club in Singapore that boasts excellent live music shows in the middle of Clarke Quay. They even have magic shows. Oh yes.
In July, they joined the ranks of forward-thinking venues and became a smoke-free club!
Featured above is their anniversary party segment I edited for Fashion TV (FTV.com)
For more info, check the press section of their site.

Cebu by weekend

On the weekends, there's and eclectic mix of outings in and around Cebu. There's always karaoke, then there are the resorts, the islands, the live music venues - new music and cover bands. There's the church of Santo Niño, "Tops" overlooking the city, and casinos with very odd beauty pageants. BUT, on the way to seeing the CPDRC inmates there were kids singing verbatim the lyrics to T-Pain's "Apple Bottom Jeans" song. Here Katie Moon caught me in action photographing those children.


Here are a few shots in and around Cebu:

Karaoke at it's worst/best, depending on your perspective.

The view atop "Tops"

Near the twin lakes National Park, Negros Oriental


Stay tuned for a blog on the CPDRC inmates!

Fashion TV and me

I'm shooting a few segments for Fashion TV here in Cebu. This is my first.
For the would-be model naysayers, I tell you it IS hard looking this good!
Seriously, the rocks they posed on were sharp and we had about 50+ onlookers, plus nearly halted traffic.

Partners in crime:
James Farrel & Viktoria Hedberg - models
photographed & edited (video) by Michal Garcia
video shot by Jewel Jalandoni
model direction by Stefanie Techmer, aka "Steluna"
assisted by Bryan Whitfield
James did most of the photo editing, thanks!

Here are three of the shots, in higher resolution:

minor setback

In case you were wondering, Imacs don't travel well to Asia. If I had to choose a scape goat, I'd pick Cathay Pacific. Their Hanoi office did nothing useful for me during my time there. Good thing I have an apple care protection plan...or do I? uh-oh. Thankfully, no data was lost and you'll be catching a few photos from New York as well as Renfrizzle and a few new press photos for Snarky's CD release at the end of this month as they kick off their tour. I'll also be updating you on happenings at the adventurous and pioneering Bigfoot Entertainment.

And in case I didn't mention it, Imacs don't travel well to Asia.