the traditional dragon dance gave an extra ordinary prologue to what is an already special day. come to think of it, it was actually my very first time to experience this infamous chinese tradition complete with firecrackers and whatnot and man did i love every second!
it’s the year of the dragon folks! enjoy!
destination wedding: san antonio de padua, silang cavite
reception: balai taal
photo: puy and chie talde
joel is one tough cookie. he boldly fought off the tears as his bride walked down the aisle, hugged his mom, kissed his bride’s parents and took the bride’s hand. no traces of breaking down. as apple gives the traditional kiss to the groom’s mother, out of nowhere, almost pushing her bride aside, joel locks his mom for another embrace and his emotions just got the best of him. with that, my sde is an instant box office hit regardless of the overused ben rector song.
wedding filmmaking is not just capturing images that look good on camera. it’s the art, actually, of when to start and stop recording; the anticipation of what’s going to happen next; and the ability to come up with a meaningful story from the ever changing unwritten real life screenplay. wedding filmmaking is no easy task and i’ve been around long enough to understand that if you expect something to happen, you’ll end up with the same movie every time.
destination wedding: madre de dios, tagaytay highlands
reception: midlands veranda
photo: nelwin uy
couture: marc rancy
my wife and i had a chance to catch a movie on valentine’s day and believe it or not it was our very first valentine’s date. the fifteen-minute-turned-hour-long drive to the mall reminded us instantly why we rather stayed home in the past. the worst traffic though, has no chance of stopping us from watching another rachel mcadams box office flick (we watched “the notebook” on our very first date.) except perhaps for the boyish charm both our groom raymond and channing tatum possesses, there’s no relevant connection this movie/v-day experience has with this next wedding video. it just so happens though that our couple, raymond and kristine, had one beautiful exchange of vows of their own. =)
the mailman is too lazy to drop by our place so my beautiful wife and my loving sister had to pick the package up from the post office themselves. apparently, my shih tzu is a lot more eager to open the package than i was. =)
destination wedding: sacred heart church, cebu city
preps: marco polo hotel
reception: casino espanol de cebu
photo: jon tolentino
after five years in the wedding filmmaking industry, we finally had the chance to document a wedding in cebu. it was actually our first time in one of our country’s most beautiful cities, and i’m glad we had enough time to roam around! =)
like we always do, we spent a lot of time eating/finding the best places to eat…from the infamous larsian to the finest lechon restaurant cnt.
the legendary sinulog festival was just around the corner but it was a wild coincidence that gen was sporting a fiesta-ready nail polish during the wedding day. =)
there was a little time pressure creating this video being it needed to be available during dinner time…but i had tougher times. =) shout out to the bride’s cousin, anika, for introducing our work to the couple.
the banderitas are set. there was this cebu idol singing contest goin on, the “i love cebu t-shirts” were selling like pancakes (come to think of it, i missed getting myself one…dang!), and the sto. nino festival is ready to roll. unfortunately for us, our schedule won’t allow us to stay. no worries, some ten years from now, i see myself dancing and rockin’ under the rain with the rest of the cebuanos.
