i just got an invitation for a birthday party, in mint condition, held seventeen years ago. i was blown away. if there was a contest for best mom, lenny, bea's mom, will win second place. next to my mom of course, but it would've been a very close call.

i wasn't there the first time but bea's 18th birthday bash is what i can only describe as "abso-bloody-lutely awe-sum!"



Watch this video in YouTube.

ok, this one's different. this is the reason there were no posts from the crazy month of june.

first week, nothing much except for a couple of prenuptial shoot. i also got my very first credit card. (crazy, i don't remember applying for one) since i never had one, what the heck i tried it out (got my second bill this month and it turned out that i have tried it out too many times). damn those stupid convenient plastic substitute for instant cash, you ain't gonna feel it's killing you 'til the bill arrives.

second week, thursday night. i was packing my bags when i received a phone call booking us for a wedding sunday afternoon at the mango farm in antipolo (first time there, thumbs up). problem was i was packing my bag for a wedding saturday afternoon in oriental mindoro (yup, another beach wedding baby!). but what the heck, we just have to wake up at four travel four hours back to manila, enough time to clean ourselves up, and go straight to the next event (exactly what happened).

a week after that, three thirty in the morning, chester, kix, edward and john (kix's assistant, he's "big time" now) were sleeping comfortably on their respective car seats on our way to bataan. the week after, we were back in manila shooting another wedding. how about that huh? (pretty exhausting telling the story)

anyway, here's a 1 minute trailer of our june weddings. i advise you to grab some popcorn for this one. :)



Watch this video in YouTube.

inspired by the motion picture, which was amazing by the way, and the television series of the same title, which totally kicks ass and a must see, "friday night lights." we have to buy ourselves the appropriate footwear for the shoot but trust me you don't wanna hear about it. i had some technical problems uploading this one, but no excuses, i apologize for the delay. here's the avp...and...uhm...extraordinary, that's the word.



Watch this video in YouTube.




WONDERFUL WORLD - 7.14.7 -- when asked if she was ok with non-traditional shots, claire simply answered "nakita mo ba yung gown ko?" the bride promises that the color has nothing to do with her being a lasallian. and the designer...dong himself.

also, i'm hoping that it was a temporary thing, the stairway leading to the balcony of the malate church is closed due to an unfortunate event. i thought some couple might want to know.

here's the onsite. i have to pull down the shoutbox so for those who are kind enough to give us some feedback, just click the comment link at the bottom. here it is. :)



Watch this video in YouTube.

now, this one, i like. my new favorite. thing is, i almost have nothing to do with it. since the prenuptial shoot, it was all chester. that cute little wave, i don't know how he came up with it, gorgeous. it was our first time at the dam and frankly i'm not a very big fan of the holding hands, pre-nup kissing-kissing stuff, and i know a lot of our clients are not into cheesy stuff, but this one, lo and behold, justice has been served.

i didn't have a hard time tweaking the colors, as i have said, chester has made an excellent job putting everything together. even the little poem at the beginning, nice. my contribution was...i can't even remember...ah, i was the one who pressed the 'play' button during the reception. now it's your turn to press it 'coz i really want you to see this.



Download file here.




when it pours, it's a little bit tougher making an onsite in the middle of a garden wedding. yeah, but when you hear the applause and you close your eyes and you truly listen, you forget that you're soaking wet, and the video, after all, turned out to be good.



Download file here.

i've always been amazed by fast-paced editing. i request, heck, i beg couples to give me at least two upbeat songs for their final video. i have watched dozens and dozens of wedding videos from everyone in the business and still, the ones that leave me in awe are those that rocks. you know what i mean --- rocksteddy's superhero, eraserheads/orange and lemons huwag kang matakot, and...and, this one i'm itching to do in an onsite video...barbie almabis' dahilan.

ironically, with all the introduction about opm rock n' roll , this latest video's doesn't have electric guitars, nothing even close, but it is overflowing with emotions...and frankly, i love it.




Download file here.

ah, brides these days, they'll bring out the best in you. during our first meeting, paloma wanted to see samples of our avps. so i showed her the one with the cartoon and she went "that's the one i want, do the exact same thing to my avp..." no problems there, until i showed her the other one...

so she got herself a korina sanchez impersonator, hired a suite at astoria plaza, wore her humongous diamond engagement ring...and then we shot the interview. darn, i hate it when it sounds like everything was that easy.



Download file here.






people were asking when is the next video coming out. i could've posted a couple of highlights last april but you know, there was the holy week and i went out of town and, uhm... female network. i got hooked reading the celebrity gabfest section, a lot of interesting stuff.

she's rock n' roll. i mean, who else would've wanted bittersweet symphony for her onsite? i love the studeybaker shot at the end, kinda like a mafia movie. and the wedding itself, kinda like a mafia movie wedding. and by the way, those are diamond earrings on allan kinda like a real mafioso. was that redundant?

If you're wondering where you saw paloma before, perhaps here. (I was kinda hoping i'd get a free trucker cap for advertising their site.)

it was very long day.(by the way, we consumed 7 mini dv tapes that day) i'm just glad i was home in time to see wendy of pinoy big brother get booted out. yeah baby, life is good.



Download file here.

oh, and by the way, the elections are coming up. i mean seriously, are you gonna vote the dude whose ad says "MARAMING BASKETBOLAN ANG NAPAGAWA NIYA..." now that's something to brag about.

now peejay here never shies away from the camera. either she's getting her hair done or waiting for her dad for a portrait pictorial, even during the solemn ceremony, she's busy giving the, you know, "peace" sign. and jon...well jon, i just have to check him out twice...what?...he's really cute. seriously though, this video could've been a lot better if i was able to download peejay's version of the song...yeah, she knows i'm kidding.

it was a very hot day, and it ain't just the couple...and the onsite...it was...uhm...chester and i in our really awesome brown polo barongs too. gotcha there, huh?



Download file here.

escorted by paranaque's biker's club association, in full black leather jackets, black boots, black ray ban shades and colorful bandanas riding their vintage harleys is quite impressive, i should say. in addition to that, at exactly two minutes and thirty five seconds, bespren tikboy, anjo yllana, will make a cameo appearance. and the kiss, don't get me started with the kiss. now i am telling you, this is the kiss that will revolutionize the nation, if not the whole world. see, i wrote kiss a total of four times, that's how good it is.

i tried mixing the infamous old school "push transition" with a little bit of playback's new school super video effect that we call "camera shake." hope this one will satisfy your appetite for playback videos, then again, it's "the cure" baby, what's not to like?



Download file here.