tear sheets: Ely Buendia's home for Dwell Asia

I lucked out and got to shoot one of my favorite musicians for my one of my favorite magazines.

Ely Buendia home for Dwell Asia September/October 2011 issue.

Story by Chinggay Labrador
Photography by Miguel Nacianceno

September tear sheets

I should have been uploading tear sheets years ago but I haven't. So I don't know how to do it right, and sorry for the scanning job. It occurred to me, after scanning these, that I should have just asked the art director for the digital files.

Yummy, September 2011.
Recipes and food styling by Jun Jun de Guzman.
Prop styling by Elaine Lim.

Real Living, September 2011.
Shoot direction by Issa Villar.
Words by Michaela Abrera.
Photography by Miguel Nacianceno.

I'm gonna toot my own horn.

It's not often they put a person on the covers of Real Living, but they did, and they got me to shoot it.

Also, Dwell, the only magazine I actually subscribe to, has an Asian edition that's premiering this month. And it's been extremely... mind boggling that I get to shoot a story for it, and have an image from that story make the cover. I'm really not into bucket lists, but if ever I had one, shooting for Dwell would be on it. Check that.

I like the blue versus orange thing going on on these covers. These issues are out in newsstands now.

Real Living cover styling by Dagny Madamba. Art directed by Joanne Enriquez-Bohol. Photography by Miguel Nacianceno.

Dwell cover art direction by Melinda Williams. Story by Chinggay Labrador. Photography by Miguel Nacianceno.

BTS

I was supposed to head out, listen to some bands play, but, good grief, it's a downpour out there. It makes me want to stay in (done!), catch up on sleep and some reading. Still haven't really recovered from my late flight back from Cebu last night (work that turned into a food trip), and my early appointment this morning.

You know how a lot of pros play it cool? I won't. I admit that I like behind-the-scenes shots from shoots. I want to see their set ups. I'm interested in the creative spaces people inhabit, how their studios or work desks look like. I like to have some insight, however imagined, into how other people work. I'm a geek like that. That's also why I'm a big fan of What The Jackanory's Inside the Photographer's Studio/Home series.

Anyway, Real Living, one of my solid editorial clients, started posting BTS of cover shoots on their blog. I shot the May cover (Sorry, shameless plug right there!) and the BTS photos can be found here. Final product below:

quick plug

Usually March is a month of low cash flow for editorial photographers. Magazines come out with a single issue for the months of January and February, and the checks come out in Feb. No checks for March, and you got to live off your other gigs. But that's cool this year. Because making the covers of two magazines I enjoy shooting for is worth it. Please check out the March issues of Real Living and Travelife at magazines stands near you!