Archives for the ‘weddings’ Category

Nico & Sarah

By • Jul 14th, 2009 • Category: weddings

I covered a wedding reception recently – you read that right: a wedding reception. I totally missed the wedding itself. Mind you, I wasn’t hired to cover the wedding.  Heck, I wasn’t even there to cover their first reception.  Instead, they flew all the way from California to the Philippines to have a second reception [...]



Alex & Via

By • Dec 24th, 2008 • Category: weddings

I found myself in Tagaytay again recently – once again covering a wedding.  The bride & groom, Alex & Via, had already hired another team to cover the wedding, but decided to get me to give them a different set of images.  I let the other team take the lead – there were, after all, [...]



Jose & Tinette

By • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: weddings

A couple of weeks ago, I travelled to Tagaytay with fellow photographer Sly Samonte to cover the wedding of our friends Jose & Tinette. This wedding wasn’t like most other weddings here – it was a much simpler affair. It still isn’t the beach wedding I’ve been dreaming of covering, but it was still quite [...]



Dex & Iya

By • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: weddings

I mentioned in a recent post that I sometimes cover weddings. Since I usually shoot back-up, I don’t normally handle the formal portraits, the rings, and all those other things that are sure to make it into the album. However, I got the chance recently to play around, so to speak. I whipped out my [...]



Off-Camera Flash, On-Camera Style

By • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: weddings

Terry Uy, one of the best (in my opinion) photographers in the Philippines, sometimes asks me to shoot back-up for him. Yes, the fact that I know him (and he hires me) makes me just a little bit biased, but hey, his wedding folio should back up my claim. Heck, if you don’t like that, [...]