st. peter's parish - march 15, 2008
edsa shangri-la hotel
fernwood gardens

this last playback onsite video is (in my opinion) one of the best i ever had. if you're particular with the color quality and you've got an eye on cinematography, then i bet you're gonna like this. plus you'll get to see totally hotninang christine jacob singing with passion...yeah, like it was bulagaan all over again. :)

although the song may never be in my ipod playlist, the video still turned out to be great! see it for yourself.

the coconut palace - march 9, 2008
the manila hotel

there are these stories that are just truly unbelievable. it was during the seventies when kei and david firt hooked up, nothing serious, barely even friends, lucky to be called acquaintance...then, years passed...he was on the oher side of the world, she was in front of her computer then bam! friendster happened. the stories about "remember when" and "remember who" began and before they knew it, they're married!

...another part of this cool job i enjoy...that's how close i get with my clients (who become my friends along the way) during the biggest day of their lives. enjoy, as we did, david and kei's onsite video.

february 24, 2008 - santisimo rosario parish
manila pavillion
palacio de maynila

i got an sms from melody just before i tuck myself into sleep, about 2 am monday morning, telling me that she was so happy that they got our team for her wedding. i found myself smiling...until i realized that i just saw her down 2 full glasses of wine earlier that evening...hmmm, must've been the novelinos talking. :)

watch their onsite video, it's alcohol free...:)

february 6, 2008 - transfiguration chapel, calaruega
tagaytay country homes
splendido

a lot of my friends from dlsu were there but the time to share stories was not enought. it never is. it was the wedding day of my good buddy back in college. for the first time in two years, i got the change to cover a wedding of a friend and it was a long time coming...and the guessing game of "who's it gonna be?" is finally answered...engrs. ray and oda. :)

i was originally going for a barbie almabis but i had to change it an hour before the ceremony to a kitchie nadal because i felt the clips are gonna look better with the latter's song. plus, she's hotter too! :) either way, you gotta agree, opm rules. :)

my man erwin got me this clip i find really cool. it's right before the flower shower. it's a first person fish eye view of what's going on outside the church in 360 degrees. nice.

i was getting tired of seeing my friendster friends's "newly uploaded" photos in their wedding gown/tux and then asking myself "when the heck did she/he got married? and where the hell was i?"...now, i'm finally in one, a beautiful one may i add, and i got the onsite video to prove it. yeah!...and by the way, the new blog ain't up yet so don't bother checking it. (you'll know what i mean after you watch the video.)

january 8, 2008 - our lady of lourdes church
pura vida villas
splendido

it was a cold tagaytay morning but the warm welcome from jay and ghie made us feel instantly at home. it was a beautiful day.

working with leah taas has always been fun. man, she's got a lot of stories and she's gonna tell all of them...or at least she'll try...plus she's got candy for everyone. :)

watch the onsite video we made for this bubbly couple.

january 6, 2008 - fernwood

the first time i met hou and merry joy was on their wedding day...and after that night, sadly, i'm not gonna be seeing them again. they're back in malaysia for their third wedding (the first was in singapore.) all i can wish them is more weddings in more countries and hopefully, their marrying each other every time. :)

i finally had the pleasure to meet randall dagooc of mango red. wow! i just couldn't get over it, and ryan ain't even there yet. mango red , baby, mango red!!! they were redefining the word non-traditional right in front of me. they make dirt, trash bags, rust and other germ infested garbage worthy of existence.

oh yeah, i almost forgot the onsite video. check out the adorable groom (who can't speak tagalog) hou and the ever so gorgeous bride, merry joy in their fairytale wedding. :)

january 5, 2008 - saints peter and paul church
manila peninsula
6750

kin and joan will fly back to japan in a couple of days, i'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'd send me some super cool japanese gadget...or better yet, a hello kitty doll! :)

check out their onsite video.

december 28, 2007 - our lady of consolacion parish
aberdeen court
the grand terrace

a little 300 (the movie) look and some crazy colors, stuff you've never seen before :). here's botbot and tintin's onsite video.

happy new year everyone!!!

two more videos before christmas. up first, mr. and mrs. hernandez's 'long distance' love story.

this couple is really something. see, they shot their own clips, photographed themselves, interviewed themselves, even wrote their own story board (with drawings and stuff) and when i got everything, i had nothing else left to do. i'm not really sure if i deserve some credit from this one. :)


december 22, 2007 - malate church
the manila pavillion
clamshell 2 pta tent

let's see...hmmm...enough time to transfer to four different rooms for the bride's preps; enough time to wait for kix's and ging's pictorial at baywalk; enough time to re-edit a rendered video to add clips of the first dance...how fast can i edit, you ask? well, watch this video and see for yourself...'coz i just watched it one last time before uploading it and i asked myself, 'man, did i just do that?'

it's widescreen, it's eclectic, it'll blow you away and you're gonna have to, want to, need to watch it again. i know i do. :) ok, enough bragging for me, i hate it but i can't help it. my fiancee/blog editor will surely frown once she reads this one. :)

seriously though, they have got to make this song illegal.

december 11, 2007 - santuario de san antonio
manila peninsula
manila polo club

a couple of weeks ago, it's just another five star hotel...then, trillanes shows up and suddenly, it's the 47th question on my future 4th grader's history exams. i was actually looking for some bullet holes but i was disappointed. little did i know that the war begins as soon as i step into the prep room.

i literally got kicked, verbally abused and tissues (in packs) where thrown at me by no other than ebeth herself. for every comment i had, the perky bride's got five. here's where the she-hulk gets her energy.

but once cecilio abad's gown was on, ebeth suddenly realized that it was her wedding day and it was the most peaceful thirty seconds of the day (how i cherish that moment). :)

at the end of the night i remember asking dave if he's happy and he answered"oo naman!". of course he is, i know he is, he just got married to one beautiful woman! i mean that, with all my heart...and fingers crossed (got you again, mrs. cenido).

here's the onsite video. what do you know? i'm a little bit country!

december 8, 2007 - our lady of guadalupe chapel
terrazas de punta fuego

another beach wedding, our third for the year!!! man, the stiff neck from that long drive is still bothering me, but i'll live. :) had the pleasure of working with kenneth uy and ems van goth.

the bride gave a new meaning to the term 'non-traditional' (even her name is spelled differently). check out her champagne colored bridal gown and her bridesmaids' dresses and soon you're gonna get yourself murmuring to yourself -- cool!

here's the onsite video of this gorgeous couple.

i had my first experience of doing the onsite video in two consecutive days...and since it's gonna take a little while until the next same day edit/my next post, well,i kinda delayed uploading these videos a bit...also to let the previous videos sink in a little. :)

this avp's one's one of a kind. i remember celine asking me to come up with something different...so...we sat down for a meeting, scribbled some ideas, talked about martin nievera songs, exchanged non-avp related stories of our lives, and then we came up with a script. the actual shooting ain't as easy as we thought it would be but it was fun nonetheless.

inspired by the movie down with love (i had to see it for research), watch this video and see how danz and celine wait for ultimate "date" of their lives.

***check out"the making" of this video from celina's blog! (with photos.)




november 17, 2007 - chapel on the hill
canyon woods
balay indang

remember rob thomas? the voice behind hit songs 'push', 'unwell', 'bent'? last i heard, he's doing some solo act and he's got this new song you just might want to add into your ipod. as for me, i got nothing else to do but make an onsite video out of it. :)

going back to don bosco batulao where we held our high school retreat brought back some good memories. i saw no major changes though, except of course the chapel and the cool name that it has now.

the film look, the time lapse, the first kiss, my money shot (when i caught celine inside her bridal car praying) and all the clips in between; this video goes into my 'favorite wedding videos' list. see for yourself.