POSTED JULY 16th

We are now officially camwhores! And that’s just after two Veluz visits in two weeks. And we’re supposed to be more comfy behind the camera than in front of it, right? We’re videographers for crying out loud! But nah! With threads like these, who would be?!

You’ve seen the prototypes and now it’s time to show the final products. And since it’s not everyday one of us gets married, and with CJ looking at 2015 for his own wedding, please bear with us as we will be featuring mostly self-indulging posts from now until the end of this month. Regular programming resumes August.

And here are the latest pics, in black and white:

Here’s me, the bestest man, in my window shot. I need to get me some sleep! Haha

The next three pics will be all about CJ and his affair with the camera.

CJ’s window shot. Huggable!

George Clooney! ‘Nuff said!

CJ with the ever smiling Ms. V in the background.

Here’s the groom with me doing my windsor thingy. Ms. V is looking elsewhere while CJ do his own thingy.

And here we are, ready and rarin’ to go! Boy, we make this look good! Hahaha

Three cheers for Ms. V and her entire crew for doing, as expected, a tremendous job!

More about Jon and Maria’s wedding next time.

POSTED JULY 12th

In case you don’t already know, one of us is getting hitched in two weeks. Which means a visit to the shop (but she’s moving to a new one) ng pinakamagaling na modista sa ‘Pinas is in order! Hehehe

And here are the prototypes of what Veluz had in store for us:

The Best Man. And rightfully so. Breathe CJ, breathe!

The Bestest Man. Yup, it’s me and that’s my title. You can check the invites if you want.

The Groom. I was actually with him when he bought Maria’s rock. I think I’m gonna cry.

Thanks Ms. V!

More about the wedding soon.

Friday was Atty. Leah’s wedding/story. Saturday was “Runway Bride” Rhia’s moment. Sunday was all about our sweet, emotional bride Pia.

The wedding highlights:

1. Anxiety Alan. Alan made no attempt in hiding how nervous he was that day. He barely spoke but was able to sneak in his killer smile whenever needed.
2. Kyla the Surprise. Pia is a big Kyla fan, so Alan surprised Pia by bringing over the R&B Princess for a few songs.
3. Emotional Pia. Pia’s sis informed us of Pia’s I-cry-easily-tendency. And she wasn’t joking.
4. Pia the singer/composer. The on-site featured a sweet song written and performed by Pia. It was put into music by Ms. Trina Belamide.

Again, special thanks to Direk Dino Brocka for orchestrating/directing some of the shots for us.

Watch Alan and Pia’s wedding here.

Friday was Atty. Leah’s big day. Saturday was Rhia’s time to shine.

Rhia’s uncanny ability to work (read: project) in front of the camera makes her a wedding photographer’s dream come true. So we grabbed the chance and came up with something we felt was a “fashion on-site video”, special thanks to Paul Vincent, Ayvih and their team who all seemed to have been energized and enchanted by the majestic Church of St. Joseph (Bamboo Organ) in Las Pinas. These guys had a kick-a%# photo session! Check some of the pics here.

And of course, to Vince and Rhia, thanks guys for doing some adjustments just to have us on your wedding (and for announcing it at the reception - haha). You guys rock!

Watch Vince and Rhia’s wedding here.

Two lawyers take us on a ride on how they ended up married on the 4th of July … with finality! 

Thanks guys for the very fun shoot/San Beda tour (amazing church!) and the hearty meal and “kwentuhan” that came after.

Watch Stephen and Leah’s Fusion AVP here.

We closed 2008’s “wedding month” with this upbeat video made specially for our US-based couple PJ and Kristine.

PJ or Fil James is a police officer in the US. And he’s a “Purple Heart” awardee! WHOA!

Kristine is one cool and funny bride. And she was glowing the whole time.

They handed me the task of picking the song for their on-site with just a couple of conditions - it should be fast and jumpy, which upcoming artist Tristan Prettyman perfectly provided.

Here’s Fil James and Kristine’s “Love Love Love” Wedding Video.

The entire city stood still.
Manila Cathedral was running on generator juices.
There’s flood everywhere.
Pictorial outside was a no-no.
Yep, Frank was in town.
But there’s nothing his signal # 3 power can do to stop this couple and their guests from enjoying this very important event in Doc Apol and Cher’s life.

The song selection took place only after we arrived at the preparation. And an hour before Cher finally decided to use a song that she feels best describe the day … and her.

And we couldn’t agree more.

Cheers to Apol and Cher … the couple we’ll always remember as … “beautiful”.

Watch their wedding here.

Mike, the groom. A very funny guy, who together with his bestman, made the dress-up shoot wacky and revealing … almost! Haha Oh, and they’re both surprised that our version of McDonald’s serve fried chicken. Hehe

Lizah, the bride. Sweet and funny, Lizah loves the cameras and the cameras love her back. She’s gorgeous.

Landon, the kid. Mike and Lizah’s seven month old kid.
All he did was chew on those colorful teethers all day.
All we did was shoot him all day chewing those colorful teethers. Haha

Daddy Eliseo, Lizah’s dad.
He opened the vid up with a short message which we actually took in an ambulance right outside San Agustin church. His presence, despite the condition he’s in, made everyone realize how important the day was and that there’s no way he would miss his daughter’s big day.

Their song choice was Keith Urban’s “Making Memories Of Us”, and we feel extremely blessed to have witnessed (and covered) one of the many memories we’re sure they’ll be making together.

Watch their video here.

We normally spend Mondays chilling out after a weekend coverage. But this week, we happily spent ours witnessing, and covering (and most of the time just fooling around with Terry and Pat) Albert and Pia’s small but intimate Caleruega wedding on the day of their 7th year anniversary.

Checkout the vid’s intro and the groom’s walk and you’ll definitely agree with me that Albert will probably go down as our jolliest groom ever. He’ll make you smile.

Here’s “I’m Yours” - Albert and Pia’s wedding.

Meet Johnny and Susan. They’re on the quiet side, but both can strike a mean pose.

Meet the Shakers, Salt and Pepper. Seeing these two made me totally powerless that I just had to let them open this vid up.

With Paul Vincent, Ayvih and the rest of their team taking the photos, Mimi + Karl manning the Clique Booth and Jason shooting a wedding just across in Cycad (we’re at Coral, in Fernwood Gs), made this a very fun shoot, especially when you see every supplier you know perspiring quite profusely. Haha

Here’s the wedding of Johnny and Susan.