still she caught me by surprise when she graced the pages of FHM's september issue. i knew she's a model but seriously, FHM. nope, michelle madrigal ain't married yet, and i ain't talking 'bout her...but it would've been way lot cooler if i was, you think? nah! turn your copies to page ninety and bam, there she is, the perfect wife herself, paloma.
wow! she just blows you away. one day, she walks into your office, the next she's on fhm. and i'd be damned if she ain't got my ticket to the next fhm party. :)

i didn't even know until she told me about it. how sweet is she? check out her interview, i'm sure you'd want to know what she's said. grab your copies now before allan buys 'em all. :)

westgrove heights is one fine place to live in. the air is fresh, the grass is green, the sky is oh so blue. finally, i found a place away from the busy city life...i almost forgot that ayala's new 400 hectare subdivision was my office that sunday afternoon. (i would've said just part of the 400 hectare village but dave kinda drove into every street trying to figure out where the central park is located.)

it's our second time working with jayson arquiza of redefine weddings and it kinda makes it even harder to use our glidecam with him constantly teasing us how new and scratchless it is.:) luckily, dave voluntarily carried ebeth for a couple of minutes or so just to see its effect...and it is oh so smooth. (thanks to my sis for the neat gift...hmmm, fisheye and wide lenses and my birhtday and christmas...i'm just saying.)

their avp and onsite videos are coming soon. for the meantime, here's dave and ebeth's "save the date" video. just want to show you how cool the place is for a prenuptial shoot :)...and when i told you the sky was blue and the grass was green, it was an understatement.



footnote: i have added a couple of buttons: one for downloading the source video file for better quality and another for a youtube link.

i felt a gut wrenching pain. like i was kicked in the nuts, watching the smuggled ferrari getting crushed on television. damnit! now i'm depressed. one thing left to do...a tribute to all the innocent cars bulldozed for no reason.

watch as the day turns to dusk in this simple photo slideshow especially made for ron and michelle, who works for universal motors and volvo respectively.




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did you know that when a wedding is held in a garden or at the beach or anywhere outdoor, it most probably be a christian wedding. and we've been to a lot of christian weddings but we still felt that there was something different when one is held indoor. here's one solemn onsite.



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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!"



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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. :)



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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.



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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. :)



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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.



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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.



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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.




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