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May 29, 2010
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Hear ye hear ye!
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This is our way of saying “Thank You” for all the support this wonderful yahoo group has given our neophyte team.
-Russell
August 2, 2010
Los Angeles Wedding: Dodi + Ann 6.13.2010
This was actually Russell’s wedding coverage. But since he has this bad reputation of being a bad blogger, I took the liberty of finishing this post. Guess it will take him a gazillion years in finishing just one post. LOL
Here is Ann and Dodi. Russell’s very first client in the US. Supposedly, Russell was just to shoot their engagement photo shoot session. But after the couple received the copy of e-session, they decided to get Russell to cover their wedding reception even after being informed that Russell got no assistant and no lighting equipment yet. The couple got married in a simple civil rites. Rites was done on a Friday so the couple figured it out that only a few will be able to join the reception if they will have it on that same day. That said, they decided to have their wedding reception on a Sunday where everyone is (probably) free. They had an intimate yet very memorable wedding reception.
Congratulations Dodi and Ann! Looking forward to your Philippine church wedding! 
July 29, 2010
The Very First: Winsley and Ann
Hotel Preparation: Diamond Hotel
Church: San Sebastian Church
Reception: City Best Seafood, Tomas Morato
Last year, the internal harddrive of my laptop got corrupted. I had to reformat/reinstall the operating system. All along, I thought that all files have been wiped out. But for some reason, Russell got a hold of few pictures from this wedding on our external hard drive. A few is still better than none. LOL This was actually my very first wedding coverage long before I posted a blog about free wedding photography services. Winsley and Ann’s wedding is a typical chinese wedding with roughly 500 guests. The first will always be the sweetest. Armed with only a Nikon d80 and a 50mm 1.4 lens, I debuted wedding photography. Here are few pictures to share.
July 11, 2010
July 3, 2010 : Michelle and Julius
Church: Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral
Reception: Oasis Manila
Hotel Preparation: Crowne Plaza
July 3, 2010 is probably one of the most memorable dates of my life. This is the day where I “officially” served as a back up photographer on a real wedding. Talk about first time. I also learned a lot of lesson from this event- from securing transportation mode, to having back up camera batteries/flash, to making sure that photographers should have baon for quick snacks. LOL (Edit: It was my fault actually. I didn’t get to eat a lot with the lunch that the couple provided. I had a late breakfast that’s why. But one photographer from Vignette told me a secret- to keep a sandwhich or skyflakes handy. Hehehe!) This was a very tiring day. I was just a back up photographer. Thus, I didn’t get the priority of having good angles. But I enjoyed every second of it. I was on a high. Really happy.
Now, let’s talk about the couple. Michelle and Julius is a very sweet and nice couple. All through out the day, they made me feel at ease. It’s their day. They should be treated special. But it went the other way around. Every now and then, Michelle a.k.a. Potsay would always check on me, asking me if I was ok. Julius, on the other hand, made me feel welcomed. Both of them have a very warm and nice family too. Potsay’s hair and make up was superb. For a minute, I thought that she had air brush make up, only to be informed few minutes later that she just had the traditional make up. She has a very good make up artist, I must say. She was really stunning on her wedding day. Browsing her prenup photos made me realize that she lost a lot of weight. She still owes me her secret. Hehehe! Julius was equally dashing on his Onesimus suit. Too bad though that I didn’t get ample time to shoot for Julius. I guess he can forgive me for spending too much time and attention on Michelle. Weddings are brides’ day anyway. LOL (I will make sure that on my future engagements, I will spend equal time with the groom!). Over all, they had a small yet very meaningful wedding. I saw lots of tears of joy and heard laughters from hotel all the way to reception. I love the make up,the accessories, the gowns, and the food was really superb too. I just love their wedding. I am very happy that I became a part of it!
That said, I hope you’ll enjoy the pictures that I took as much as I did. And oh, happy belated birthday to you Julius!
Super love the shoes!
Stunningly Beautiful Bride
Father of the Groom: What was he thinking?
The Matron of Honor a.k.a The Crying Lady Dentist: I wonder how it’s gonna be when it’s her turn.
Mother of the Groom to Bride: Thank you for loving my son whole-heartedly and for accepting him for what he is. I’ll pray hard that you won’t get tired of him. I am so thankful to the Lord that you became my daughter-in-law.
Happy Birthday Jul!
