Life is a peach.: August 2010

Engaged: Pj + Abigail

My boss have been planning this engagement party for months for her eldest daughter. Plus she wanted to ensure that we are to attend the said party, she made (Cocoi and I) the official photographers for the event. :)

The party was held at the tent of the Waterfront Insular Hotel on a breezy Saturday night. Guests and family were dressed in white making it have a casual and laid back affair. The couple, (PJ and Abigail) are young doctors who were all smiles during the whole gathering. A bit camera shy but they did have lots of cherished moments for us to capture all night.

A sweet couple.
~bam

8/30/2010 10:38:00 PM
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Eric + Wilyn

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This time, I was not able to join Cocoi for Eric's wedding. This was supposed to be our second shoot in Tagum City. Cocoi went on single handedly took care of the bridal and groom shots and the ceremonies too. Not to mention he almost did not made it to the ceremony as there was a pile up (three trailers) at the Panacan area,it took almost two hours before the bus pass through the road congestion.

The ceremony was attended by family and close friends.

A tough job but he survived. :) Thank you eric and Wilyn :)
~bam

8/30/2010 05:19:00 PM
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Gie + Irish

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We stood as godparents to their daughter, Althea. So when they said they will b tying the knot in Tagum City...We said we will be there to witness their union.

Tagum was an hour drive from Davao City, but it was worth it. The church was so magnificent and the ceremony was so solemn. Cocoi was part of the entourage so I took charge with the shoot. Though the couple (Irish and Gie) hired a professional photographer, we still took shots of the ceremony taking mostly of the candid moments and other "kodak" moments while Cocoi took care of the reception set :)

The reception was at a local hotel, the food was tasty and the emcee was hilarious. Everything was wonderful.
~bam

8/30/2010 01:12:00 AM
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Jayson + Bhing

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This was truly a family affair.

The bride and groom choose to get dressed in the same house contradicting of an old wive's tale. The house belonged to the bride's uncle, when we got there the house was already buzzing with activities. Children running around while grown ups keep on chasing them to make them be at their best behavior.

There was a minor set back as the ceremony was plagued with power outage but the show did go on. It was a happy ever after indeed.

The festivites was held in Dencio's Hilltop and followed by a night cap at the bride's uncle's house.

It was truly a sweet and simple event. Cheers to you both!
~bam

8/29/2010 06:41:00 PM
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Fred + Sybil

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They were our 1st wedding set for the year, and our 1st church wedding coverage.

We arrived at the hotel just after lunch in time of the bride, the groom and the whole entourage just had lunch and was getting ready to get dressed for the main event. Sybil, the bride was on her usual perky self and was all over the place, she was clearly having fun :) The bride's hotel room was constantly pouring in with guests and well wishers.

We wasted no time and starting taking shots of the souvenirs and the stuff needed, I took care of the bride and her army while Cocoi got down with the boys. :)

The ceremony was held at the Redemptorist Church and reception followed at Dencio's Hilltop restaurant at Maa, Davao City.

It was a big event with tons of guest and good food. Cheers to Fred and Sybil. :)

8/29/2010 04:27:00 PM
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Hans+Mae

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This set started it all.

Hans was an old college friend and we recently got reacquainted in Grad School. He was intrigued by my shots I have posted in one of my social network accounts and asked me if I would be willing to take their pre-nuptials pictures in preparation for their big event. I was really hesitant, one thins is I don’ have a SLR camera and I only have a mangy 11 mega pixel point-and-shoot digital camera.

Yet he persisted. So I said yes.

I had to convince Cocoi to do the shoot with me and be my back-up photog, he gladly said OK. J

The results do reflect our baby steps and it definitely made a step-up for our love for photography.

~bam

8/16/2010 02:57:00 PM
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John & Bebs: Sand, Waves & Sea Wind minus the Sun

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John and Bebs are Cocoi's schoolmates and friends way back in grade school.

Good friends.

Bebs shared her thoughts and concepts for the shoot and chose the venue, the set was organized to begin with so it was a chicken feed :) plus it would be fun. So, we decided to meet after lunch since I still have my class (graduate school) in the morning (this is multitasking at its best). We took the scheduled ferry to the resort (Costa Marina), the day was cool but the sun was quite shy that day.

This would be a challenge.

We proceeded to start with the shoot, armed with a borrowed Nikon D60 with a Sigma zoom lens ( thanks to Ralna and Ralph) and the couple's cybershot digital camera, we dropped on our bellies and knees and threaded through the beach waves for the perfect shot even though it was a sunless afternoon.

After two outfit changes (for the couple) and a lost wedding ring (Cocoi's ring), we finally wrapped up the set.

Thank you so so much to Bebs and John for trusting us to capture their labing and "katorse" moments.

~bam