Dowell and Anne Nuptial

It's my privilege to shoot a friend's wedding. I've known Dowell for years already and I just got surprised to learn he'll be getting married. I thought he won't be anymore. I was right after all, he's a chickboy. :-D Lucky girl is Anne. I just met her on the wedding day itself. Very "childish". I mean she's full of energy and smiles. Ryan, who accompanied me (very kind guy), and I enjoyed our bridal photoshoot that we already forgot all about the wedding ceremony. :-D

It's a great day as Ryan always mentioned. Indeed. We've learned a lot and we were able to maximize our love for this job. It was very tiring and terribly hot that time but it's all worth it. We were at the church balcony at the end of the day, enjoying the wind, congratulating ourselves for job well done, and enjoying being served with food and drinks and all. Unlimited. :-D There's so many visitors but the food keeps on coming. ;-D

Here are some snaps...









The chalice above is what they used in the wedding ceremony. It was a personalized item of Fr. Mon Torres. Very detailed design and it's darn heavy. I bet it's also very expensive. I think it's a combination of gold and platinum.

I didn't post photos of Dowell. He's very camera shy. :) But here's a bonus photo. ;-)



Nice for avatar, huh Rye? :)

I wish to share more but I haven't processed them yet. I have to finish three major backlogs first. Maybe I'll just update this again next time. :)

Random Shots

I drove to Fontana a while ago to meet my cousin and his family. While waiting for them, I took my time to relax at the clubhouse's lobby. I also looked around for any interesting subjects that a photographer can shoot. Nothing much, I told myself. It's just sala set, and big pillars. But that triggered me to take up a challenge. I was bringing my camera so I decided to play a game. Shoot whatever I can from where I'm sitting without lifting my butt. :) Good thing, a kid started to play and run back and forth. :)





I'm starting to like shooting kids portrait. They're so natural and innocent. :) I'm sure his parents will love these photos. :)

Then I just turned my head left and right and here's what I got.





Not bad at all huh. Moral lesson from the experience is you can produce great random images from wherever you are sitting or standing. :)

Time to reformat my memory cards. Wedding shoot tomorrow. :)

Avii turns 18 :)

I was browsing my files and I almost forgot about this cool event held last March 29. This debut celebration was somehow the hippest I've attended so far. The occasion was a very good mix of rave party and formal debut (complete with 18 roses and wishes). Venue was at the luxurious and cozy Mimosa Hilltop in Clarkfield, yet, they were able to pull off one great informal event.


Nope, she's not the debutant. She (or he) was one of the hosts for the event. :)


The debutant with some of her favorite friends.


I used to dance like this way back... NOT! :-D


Avii's transferring somewhere far so...


That's her mom. Lovely. :)


Avii was full of energy the whole night without losing her composure. :)


Dance performances were everywhere. Very talented young guys (Geez, I'm old?). :-D


And more dances... :)

Brent Matthew turns ONE

Another 1-yr-old for me. :) Proud parents Kots Bino and Yvette celebrated their eldest's 1st year last Sunday. :)

Megadike Mountains

The stretch of Megadike is Mik's most favorite place in Pampanga to shoot! There's simply so many interesting subjects and locations to shoot. If I'm to shoot for a car company, I'll do it here. If I'm to shoot outdoor glamour, I want to do it here as well. If I'm to shoot clouds, this is my favorite place. If I'm to shoot other nature's beauty, no doubt, this is the place. This is also a nice place to shoot Pampanga's country side. I've been inviting my friends to shoot here but time doesn't permit us for now. I can sense it'll be in the very near future. ;-)

I drove many times already over Megadike and I always appreciate the beauty I see around. And I keep on saying to myself "If only... if only... if only I have my camera with me...". :-D But I made sure to bring it a while ago to shoot something and I didn't go home empty-handed. ;-) I was driving from Clark after doing some chores and the first interesting subject I found are the mountains. I made a panorama but I don't know if you'll like it. Not much processing done but just to give you a glimpse of how it was. It was cold and the view was simply amazing. Nature at its best as always.


**Hmmm... flickr resized my panorama. It's nicer if you can see it upclose.

Then the clouds caught my attention. Whenever I drive over Megadike, clouds formation is oh-la-la most of the time. Rain or shine. Although you won't be able to appreciate clouds formation that much during lunchtime. Take your lunch instead. ;-)

Here's something that I might hang in my room soon. Have it enlarged and printed on metallic.



On my way south, lightnings were visible from afar. Unfortunately, I don't have a tripod and longer range lense with me so it was a wrap. So I'll add in my list above "If I'm to shoot lightnings, this is definitely the place". ;-)

Thanks for viewing. :)

Maix

Months ago, I was invited by a friend to shoot glamour. Not yet my field as of the moment but maybe very soon. ;-) She was doing a portfolio for a model named Maix or Mika and it was an honor to be there and given the opportunity. It was a great photoshoot since we don't have studio and lights but we just made good use of God-given light and a white room with ample windows. :) The results were not bad. My friend Elle, the one who invited me, is also the stylist. She's full of ideas waiting to explode and I can't wait for more photoshoot with her. :)







Glamour photoshoot is not that easy honestly. Shooting the model is just half of it and that alone is very hard already. I did a lot in the image above (Portrait101) but I know I still need to do some more. I think you'll see me do more works like this in near future. Love it! ;-)