Since my trip to Singapore was unexpected, I really did not have a plan to shoot engagements. But God is full of surprises and he made a way for me to shoot some dear friends. I love love shooting in here! So many places to shoot and you don’t need a permit like in Philippines. I definitely recommend and encourage my couples to have their shoot here. Here’s a preview of what’s to come…
Francis and Marie
They’re my friends in SFC and I’ll be shooting their wedding next year.
Stephen and Glyzel
Along with Joseph, they are the driving force of Purpose Driven SG.
I’ll be travelling to the U.S. this coming October to shoot a wedding and some engagement and family portrait sessions. I still have open slots available, send me an email for my remaining shoot scheds.
Purpose Driven Photographer Singapore is our first international workshop. Thanks to Carlo Palma, former Imagine Nation Groom who is based in Singapore, for making this possible. We’ve already started the first session last April 17 with our mentor, John Mateos Ong, teaching Basic Photography Principles. I’ll be teaching Studio Lighting and Posing for Portraits on May 8 and I’ll be in Singapore from May 7-11 . Also, I’ll be available to shoot prenups/engaments, portraits or anything you can imagine…Just shoot me an email.
After our Single’s for Christ Conference in Davao last Feb., some of us stayed to go sight seeing in Davao. One of the places we went to was Samal Island. Our newly engaged friends’ Tristan and Gen was with us so I took the opportunity of taking a quick engagement shoot. I had limited time to shoot since we dedicated the day to recreation (or more of sleeping I must say since most were really tired from the conference). What can you do in 30 minutes and with a 50mm lens? A lot if you already have a vision of what you want to shoot. As a photographer there are so many external factors that sometimes you cannot control and you need to do your best with the time and resources you are provided with at a certain situation. Here’s how you can make the most out of shooting in 3o minutes at the beach with one lens. Congratulations Tristan and Gen!
Its December and for wedding photographers it signifies the start of peak-wedding season. Our studio’s sched is crazy to say the least with lots of consecutive-days shooting. What a great way to start my December with an out-of-town shoot in Iloilo. I just arrived in our hotel, Iloilo Midtown Hotel, and we’ve been so blessed to be pampered by our couple. From constant email updates before our trip, being picked-up at the airport, scrumptous chinese food at the hotel for lunch and providing us with WIFI connection. We are really flattered how Meileen, our bride, went out of her way to really make our stay as comfortable as possible.
We were greeted by the bride herself – the hotel is owned by the bride by the way.We’re really excited to shoot their wedding tomorrow but before that I’d just like to share Sam and Meileen’s engagement shoot we did last July in Boracay. I wanted to share this sooner but Meileen asked me to hold this blog post so she can surprise her friends in Iloilo. We shot the two the day before our mentor’s wedding, John Mateos Ong, last July 2. Meileen’s make-up was done by fab make-up artist, Madge Lejano.
We went to Alta Vista Resort for our first set. I love the place as it offers a stylish location to shoot Sam and Meileen. We started by the pool area.
Then we moved to the function areas beside the pool.
Off to the beach, that why we’re in Boracay ey!
sunset shots to cap a lovely day of shooting a super nice couple!
Tomorrow’s gona be a blast as I’m shooting with Gracielle and Tiqui. Now time for a much needed power nap…
This has got to be one of my favorite Before I Do Sessions this year. From the ancestral home of Cyril and the clothes they planned and wore (along with my help)…everything gave out a retro vibe. In line with the whole theme, I decided to make the images look old school. Cyril and Ferdine were so game to try out anything which made this a one of kind groovy shoot!
A homage to Cyril’s grandparent’s. Did I mention this ancestral was periodic 60’s-70’s architecture that’s why I suggested to them that they wear clothes similar to that era.
We started a one of the 4 living room areas, this was one big house.
As we entered the house we were greeted by this cool fountain so we just had to shoot there.
A nice staircase to shoot…
Time to go outside the house which offered rich greenery and the afternoon golden sunlight…
I’ve been quite busy these past few days with shooting some cool engagements. Three more days to see what’s coming! know more about the Big 3 in Marriage! visit www.imaginenationphoto.com. You can also see days 4 and 5 on our site. In the meantime here are some previews of my recent shoots…
Ok I’ve been back from Bora for a few days now and I still need to post tons of photos from almost a week’s stay. I’m getting on it!
Here’s a cool teaser I’d like to share from last Thursday’s Before I Do shoot, Adam and Cresta are one groovy couple! Have another one later in Subic….
Photographs are meant to be shared and not kept…I know I’ve been a bad blogger lately and I felt guilty the other day when a friend of mine asked me how come I haven’t been posting more on my blog. Its not that I don’t have shoots, which, is in fact the opposite. No more excuses! Before I leave for Bora to attend to two very important weddings and do a quick prenup shoot for a couple we’ll be shooting this December, I’d just like to share a few of my favorite images from my recent shoots. I promise to share more when I get back. Time to get into vacation mode…off to the beach!
I made an unofficial save the date video from the snaps I took that day. I used Animoto and it whipped up something really cool…Jayjay’s still cooking up the real thing…for the meantime here’s my version
Oh by the way we’re offering the full Animoto version for free to make AVP’s to couple’s who will book as this weekend at the bridal fair in SMX at SM Mall of Asia…see you there!
