THE ART OF SEXY LIGHTING

Hello guys!

when was the last time you had a lava-lamp sessions with yourself..?
accompanied with good music and good pillows..?

if you never had any lava-lamp in your room..
dude, come on.. you never had any lava-lamp..?? try one..!
you'll get addicted, i swear to you
=)

well anyway,
i'm craving for that kind of 'creactivity'..
(its my own word to explain activity that involves creativity..)

you know, like sitting on your closet.. meditating on the shower..
slowly sipping warm earlgrey..

and let your imagination flows..

maybe you will be humming for your next music score to produce,
maybe you move your fingers to imagine the shape of your next design,
or maybe you mumble about the words you're about to write for your speech tomorrow..

but for me, mostly i imagine lights..
how lights will shape into a sexily images..

like this :

one of my portfolio in 2011

its a small common lighting photography equipment called 'soft-box'..
and if you're willing to understand them.. you'll be surprised for the variation of lights they can shape..

So, yeap.. now you know whats in my mind everytime i do my creactivity..
a.k.a - bengong ber-rezeki..

and talking about that thingy (creactivity / bengong ber-rezeki)..
i want to share you guys about this one exhibition in Hayward Gallery, London

i will not say anything more,
coz i will start to imagine how nice if i can be there..
and doing my creactivity..

with all these sexy lightings

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Kadek Bondan Mahendra -2013
all pictures via -its nice that-

DISCOVER THE UNIVERSE WITHIN OUR BODY

Good day people,

after one silent day of 'Nyepi'..
all of the energy inside my body seemed to be fully charged..!!
super-ready for the upcoming projects!

as of it, i'd like to share you some very interesting pictures of 'Milky Way - Breath'

In Milky Way - Breath, artist Mihoko Ogaki takes the mystery of the night sky and combines it with sculptures of the human body.

The results are a bright starry sky..!

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Hoping that all our deeds will glow through the entire universe
=)


Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om..
(Peace among us..)




all photos courtesy of Mihoko Ogaki
via mymodernmet

kadek bondan mahendra - 2013

SNEAKPEEK FROM TIRTAMARTA PHOTOSHOOT

Hai Guys!

ever done any company profile projects before..?
well, if you have done any.. I'm sure you know how time-consumed it is..

knowing that obstacles,
I set a team of 3 persons for doing Tirtamarta annual Yearbook Class of 2010 :
Myself, my partner Faisal Waliy, and my new creative designer.. Kae Aliya,


I must say its a very exciting experience working with them..
Since I was their lecturer before, our communication runs very smooth during this project.
But still, one of our team was in a bit of awkwardness, having a real project with an ex-lecturer..
=)

the photoshoot was divided by 4 sessions,
the first 2 sessions was held in epicentrum riverside, and mega kuningan..

and here's some behind the shoots of the first 2 sessions :

Faisal Waliy is the one with DSLR, and Kae Aliya is the one who's staring at you! yes you! =)

Me with my beloved red-shoes - i just have something with red shoes =)

Kae said that she took a part of this mural, but the one that she paint was in the center, sadly.. it's cropped by the door

good thing of having 2 photographers in 1 photoshoot is, one can easily spot the errors that might missed from the view-finder

this young man with checkered shirt was the man of the show! he worked his ass off arranging the permit for photoshooting, which is not easy.. his name is Carlo

if Tim Burton has stripes socks, I have this believe in colorful things that I wear to bring good-luck

kadek bondan mahendra - 2013

PAUL SMITH A TO Z

Hey Guys!
Just wanna recommend you a book titled
"Paul Smith A to Z"

its a conversation between Paul Smith with Olivier Wicker,
about how Paul Smith summarize his life through alphabets..

it captured immediately my attention when i read the description at the back of the book which say,

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"Paul Smith finds inspiration everywhere : personal photographs, his relationships with musicians, scrawled messages on Post-it notes, fuzzy animals, and more."

"From A for Architecture to Z for Zebra, this alphabetical manual not only highlights the eclectic sources of inspiration behind his unforgettable designs, but also reveals the unique way in which he sees the world,"

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and the most importantly is..
its cost-friendly to my wallet =)

love it..!
buy it..!!

here's some pictures from the book,

i bought this book at Kinokuniya Pondok Indah Mall,
at first i was looking for some 50% off magazines they always put outside of their store..

but that time they didn't have any interesting, inspirational magazines on sale,
so i decided to browse for the books inside,
and voila..!!
i found this book,

oh and by the way, if any of you had ever read :
"Graphis PhotographyAnnual2009"

please let me know, is it worth to buy?
=)


kadek bondan mahendra - 2013

SEE THE MAGIC OF NAM

Hello people!

I almost skip this week blogpost, as I had new role in my workworld..
its kinda bizarre for a company who wants to hire you only for working 4 days in a month..
don't you think?

well, it's bizarre.. but surely its a good business for me! =)

and relating to this bizarre job,
I'd like to post some pictures from NAM

- a Tokyo based graphic/art collective founded by graphic designer Takayuki Nakazawa and photographer Hiroshi Manaka -

we can see magical collaboration from graphic design and photography there..!
and as for me, this really means something..

coz what I'm paid for.. with this bizarre workload =)
kinda involving me in both my photographic and design skill at once..

*oh and by the way, i found the link to this reference (NAM) when a friend of mine posted this in his Facebook's timeline

>> Onitsuka Tiger SS13 - Craft of Movement <<


Sooo, please keep sharing dear o'dear friends!
as Alexander Supertramp says

"Happiness is only real when shared"

all photos courtesy NAM (Takayuki Nakazawa & Hiroshi Manaka)

 

How much time do you think was spent for a single set-up like this??

kadek bondan mahendra 2013