Some photos from late March to mid-April. Let me tell you a thing - just recently, I deleted a ton of photos from my Instagram. Why? I took one look at my feed and thought, "why is my Instagram feed so ugly?" and felt like deleting almost everything. I don't know if this is just me being OC, but I didn't like that the quality of my Instagram photos weren't on par with all my other photos. I thought, "why did I even bother getting an iPhone 4S if I'm not going to take good photos with it anyway? What was the point of buying all these filters on VSCOCam if I'm not going to use them properly?" This is all quite silly, I know, to compare my iPhone photos with my dSLR ones, but that's just how my brain works sometimes..
So now, I've been trying to step up the quality of my Instagram photos. Snapshot photography is something I've been very interested recently as well. While I was reading about the topic online, I stumbled upon this quote by one of my favorite photographers, Ninagawa Mika: "I think photography captures a certain air or ephemeral quality that exists only in that time."
And it hit me. Wasn't that the reason why I was so fascinated with photography in the first place? Sure, fashion photography is great, but still, I want to be able to capture little moments, and the feelings within them. But at the same time, I want to be able to do it without compromising quality, yet without making them look artificial. This is a bit hard for me, since I feel that -capturing the moment- should be done with spontaneity, so wanting to take it -perfectly- kind of defeats the purpose of it all. Ah, well, I'm still learning, I guess. I'll work hard and try to find the perfect middle ground.
These were originally taken for FUKULOG, but since the site decided to suddenly disappear and change into WEAR.jp, they've been sitting in my folders for months. Since I lost all the photos on my FUKULOG page, I'm not sure if I can still take photos as a streetsnap photographer for WEAR. I think I'll continue taking photos of stylish people anyway, since it's quite fun! (I'll be leaving out taking outfit details though, since it's a bit of a hassle to explain this concept to some people.) I'll take it as a lesson in both photography and human interaction, haha. *socially awkward penguin* (〃艸〃)
Designs + styling | Ian Cartalaba
Photos | Kune Delgado
Back then, mori kei wasn't as well-known locally as other styles such as lolita and visual kei, so I was really happy to have found someone who was just as in love with it as I was. Fast forward to now - Ian's still very much into mori kei, and has recently started creating original mori kei pieces of his own. His first ever signature collection under Forestale, "Down the Rabbit Hole", is just too cute for words! What I love about the whole collection the most, is that everything was made from light fabrics - high quality cotton, eyelet and lace - which makes it perfect for Philippine weather. I also love that you can mix and match the pieces to create a lot of different looks. The second outfit is my fave - too cute for words! ♥
To see more the whole collection + more from Forestale, visit their Facebook Page. (They have a Storenvy, too!)
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