So I just got my hands on the final editorial spread for MEGA Man magazine (Philippines) featuring my photographer friend and resident photographer/judge on Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 1 Todd Anthony Tyler. Before he became a photographer he was actually a model for several years which I think has definitely influenced his work and shooting style. It was so fun to get to work w/ Todd on a shoot as it had been such a long time...although this one was slightly different as he was the model and not the photographer lol!
It was a little chaotic to get this whole thing even planned and executed as we had to get it done during Todd's last visit to Canada in Sept. which also happened to coincide w/ TIFF and NYCFW...yeah...not the easiest time to do an editorial or source wardrobe let me tell you! But it all came together in the end and I think it looks amazing and Todd totally captured that rugged, Canadian outdoors look we were going for...very different from the Philippines obviously...which was also another reason Todd wanted to shoot this in Canada.
Once Todd explained the concept to me and everything he was looking for I knew I had the perfect photographer for him. I'm so glad Zach Hertzman (who I've worked w/ on a number of occasions) was able to shoot this story b/c his style was exactly what Todd was going for and he's so great on-location and w/ natural light!
The location for the shoot was actually Todd's sisters farm and land (and we also did a mini detour to a horse farm at the end of the shoot)...what's funny is Todd was location scouting and asking his family before the shoot for ideas and no one thought to suggest the farm (which he had never seen prior) b/c they thought it was too run down or "not pretty" enough...it's funny how ppl not in fashion don't always understand how we actually WANT those run down, dirty locations b/c they have character lol!
As far as my part in this whole editorial is concerned...I'm not going to lie...it was pretty easy. It's male grooming and Todd has great skin so just cleaned it up a bit (covered some of those under eye circles) and styled the hair. The thing w/ a shoot like this is to not make him too "clean" or "pretty". I wanted him to look a bit rugged and dirty so I actually went to my friends at Blur Makeup Room and picked up some Reel Dirt to work on to his hands and face to give him that slightly dirty, rugged look.
So here's the editorial! I've also slipped in a couple behind the scenes shots from the day! I actually have a bunch of pics that didn't make it into the editorial...there are so many great pics from this shoot!
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It was a little chaotic to get this whole thing even planned and executed as we had to get it done during Todd's last visit to Canada in Sept. which also happened to coincide w/ TIFF and NYCFW...yeah...not the easiest time to do an editorial or source wardrobe let me tell you! But it all came together in the end and I think it looks amazing and Todd totally captured that rugged, Canadian outdoors look we were going for...very different from the Philippines obviously...which was also another reason Todd wanted to shoot this in Canada.
Once Todd explained the concept to me and everything he was looking for I knew I had the perfect photographer for him. I'm so glad Zach Hertzman (who I've worked w/ on a number of occasions) was able to shoot this story b/c his style was exactly what Todd was going for and he's so great on-location and w/ natural light!
The location for the shoot was actually Todd's sisters farm and land (and we also did a mini detour to a horse farm at the end of the shoot)...what's funny is Todd was location scouting and asking his family before the shoot for ideas and no one thought to suggest the farm (which he had never seen prior) b/c they thought it was too run down or "not pretty" enough...it's funny how ppl not in fashion don't always understand how we actually WANT those run down, dirty locations b/c they have character lol!
As far as my part in this whole editorial is concerned...I'm not going to lie...it was pretty easy. It's male grooming and Todd has great skin so just cleaned it up a bit (covered some of those under eye circles) and styled the hair. The thing w/ a shoot like this is to not make him too "clean" or "pretty". I wanted him to look a bit rugged and dirty so I actually went to my friends at Blur Makeup Room and picked up some Reel Dirt to work on to his hands and face to give him that slightly dirty, rugged look.
So here's the editorial! I've also slipped in a couple behind the scenes shots from the day! I actually have a bunch of pics that didn't make it into the editorial...there are so many great pics from this shoot!
His sister has mini horses...how cute are they! Btw I know you can't tell but it was COLD outside...esp. considering it was the middle of Sept!!!
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Zach doing his thing...Todd doing his
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Me literally "getting my hands dirty" w/ the Reel Dirt
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