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Back in Singapore

September 8, 2010

I was not scheduled to go back to Singapore to teach Purpose Driven Photographer SG. However, Jay Jay got sick and was hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis and could not travel. So last Wednesday, we decided that I would replace him. It was a good thing my weekend was free. I believe there are no coincidences or that things happen by chance but God always plans things for a reason. I was talking to Jay Jay and told him maybe God wanted him to slow down and rest. Going back to Singapore has been full of blessings and wonderful surprises.

On the first day of my trip,  I bumped into to Francis, a friend from our SFC community, at the airport and surprisingly was on the same flight as mine. He was following Marie, his Fiance. It was his first time there so I brought him to Marie’s hotel and we had dinner at Suntec City.

Then comes PDP Workshop Day. I was going to teach composition and posing for portraits. This was the place I stayed at Tech Whye ave.


I was blessed with the kindness and hospitality of PDP SG Organizers. That’s Glyzel, Stephen and Ledda (front to back). Stephen and Glyzel are getting married on October and will be shot by our mentor, John Mateos Ong. Here we are waiting for our taxi.

After more than a half day of lecture. We all went to Esplanade area to practice shooting. We had model volunteers Kevin, Connie and Shanana. Here are some of my takes from the day.

Presenting the 2nd Batch of Purpose Driven Photgrpahers

After a hard day’s work. Some of our students/friends from the 1st batch took me out. Stephen, Connie, Lorraine and Raymond (her husband) took me to Lao Pa Sat for some authentic hawker food.

After dinner, we headed to Clark Quay to relax and unwind. The nice thing about Singapore is that you’re free to shoot anywhere and the place had so many nice spots to shoot, so we made the most of the evening and fired away.

Finally, I have a decent shot…

Thanks to Connie, Raymond and Lorraine!For a night around town.

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Last week, Heidi Valencia and I were interviewed at ANC’s Shop Talk show to talk about our life as a wedding photographer. I’m still waiting to get my personal copy from Shop Talk, but my mom was able to video the interview. I just need to resize the file so I can upload the video, so watch out for that. Thanks to Google Alerts, I discovered that they also featured the interview as an online article at abs-cbnnews.com. Follow this link

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Here’s something different. We are known for shooting weddings but as part of Imagine Nation’s vision to build lasting relationships with the couple’s we shoot that go beyond wedding day. We have come up with our Life Program, which, is about capturing important milestones in a couple’s married life. From pregnancy, baptism, birthdays and family portraits. We want to be there to creatively document through our cameras these important events.

We have teamed up with Cradle magazine, a new parenting magazine, to shoot their summer issue. I’ve been blessed to shoot the cover, main feature article and fashion pages for this issue. Also Hyds, Arlene and Noel shot for the other articles. Here are the shots we did for this issue.

My cover shot

Imagine Nation’s Life Program

The Contibutors…Also special mention to my good friend, Michelle De Guzman, who did all the illustrations for this issue, great work!

Here’s the main feature story I shot. Thanks to Shayla Hembrador-Sanchez and Paul Vargas for assisting me.

Also, I shot the kids fashion magazine. Thanks to Lianne Bacorro and Dennis Yu for assisting.

Then I shot the maternity fashion page too.

I you want to know more about our Life Program, just send me an email.

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Save the Date! Nes and Trina are getting hitched this coming July 4. They are our friends from our Singles for Christ (SFC) Community. Jasondeg and I sat down with them a few weeks ago to discuss their engagement and we came up to create something simple yet different. I’ll leave you wedding guests hangin’ and you just have to wait till their wedding reception in order to see what i mean…One cool thing about this is that almost all the major suppliers belong to our SFC community. Trina’s make-up was done by Mela Jimenez. Their wedding coordinators are Junie Romero (my lovely girlfriend btw) and Len Ocampo of Amaris events. Special thanks to Raphy Concepcion for coming along to help us out.

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Here’s my couple, Jerome and Dotty Cu, who I submitted and got featured on Martha Stewart Weddings’ recent March issue. They can be found on page 67 under the Photo 101 : Picture Perfect article.  Martha Stewart asked our studio if we wanted to submit pictures of real couples for this article a few months ago and submitted this picture below…I completely forgot about it. I did not even know that Martha used this picture but thanks to Dotty for the heads-up and congratulations! There’s just one problem, the magazine made an error and gave credit to another studio for my picture, we already brought it to their attention and hopefully they’ll be able to make the proper photo credit on the next issue.

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Milton and Des was referred by Melvin and Aileen, my couple I shot last December 2009. They got married last Feb. 27, a day before we left for our Cam Sur worskhop with Manny Librodo. Des was simply stunning that day and wearing a Veluz gown made her so gorgeous. Funny thing is that she kept telling me during the start to use flash, as she believed it that it would  hide her “imperfections.” However,  I always believe that every bride posses a certain “glow” especially during wedding day and it was up to the photographer to unveil that unexplainable glow  and Des had it.  She was a natural in posing for the camera and her playful personality brought a lot of  funny moments while we were shooting. Milton on the other was a cool sport and let us do our thing and be creative with our shots. The mood that day was fun and relaxed and we all had a blast shooting these two.


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Imagine Nation Photography’s Purpose Driven Photographer Workshop is a different kind of basic photography workshop. One get’s to learn from different photographers and  shoot after each session in order to apply what you learned. More importantly, we integrated the Purpose Driven Life Principles of Rick Warren which will help photographers discover their purpose and develop one’s character and attitude in order to succeed as a photographer.To learn more and please vist our site.

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Busy season is over but so many things keep coming up like writing articles, teaching photography and meeting couples for inquiries. However late this post maybe, I still believe its never too late to share great stories like this one.  GP is a modern day hero, he’s a helicopter pilot of the Philippine Air Force. Tanya is the daughter of General Jun Esperon, former Armed Forces Chief of Staff. There’s a lot of military history that runs between these two. I met them about two months before their wedding, which was kind of  late to book a photographer since their wedding was on December, super peak season by the way. Mayone Bakunawa, make-up artist extraordinaire, was instrumental in pointing them towards my way. She told GP and Tanya that we use the song ” I Can Only Imagine” for our on-site photo slideshows, a song they love and wanted to use for their wedding. True enough the song best describes their wedding day. A day filled with  anticipation, warmth  and love. I’ll let the images tell the story…

I love the details of their wedding – Custom Made M&M’s

The gowns…

GP’s Military Formals. Aside from their garden wedding ceremonies in Sofitel, I got extra excited when they told me it would be in Military tradition.

This is Mayone by the way being her silly self …I recommend you try her out for your bridal make-up.

A nice moment with Tanya and her sisters.

Tanya was a natural at striking a pose.

I light moment. I love making my brides laugh as it keeps them relaxed.

GP’s classmates from PMA getting ready for their wedding duties.

Mother and her daughter kiss before meeting GP…one of the most touching scene’s I have witnessed.

Happiness written all-over GP’s face and Tanya’s Dad watches her walk down the aisle.

Always a joy to experience witnessing a lovely couple set behind a beautiful sunset.

Time for some in-between portraits.

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Here’s my recent Web Ad campaign shoot for Greenwich Pizza. Take a closer look at Aldrich aka Mr. Emo, the 4th guy from the left, also belongs to our Batch 5 apprentices.

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Manny Librodo is one photographer we Filipinos can be proud of because he has achieved global recognition for his travel and glamour portraits. His masterful use of natural light and bright colors combined with his uncanny ability to bring out the spirit and emotions of his subjects have allowed to him to create amazingly unique and creative images. His works of art have brought numerous awards and recognition in various online photography competitions such as dpchallenge.com and betterphoto.com. Recently,  Scott Kelby, Photo guru and  NAAP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals in the U.S.) President , included Manny in his Top 5 photographers for his Best of 2009 awards list.

Imagine Nation Photography in partnership with Manny Librodo is sponsoring a different kind of Photography workshop that will help you explore and develop your creative side. Learn how Manny shoot’s his glamour portraits with the use of natural light and his philosophy on how he uses photoshop as a tool to enhance his images into memorable and striking masterpieces.

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To see more of his awesome works visit his site.

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