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  • Mantaring and Alaniz Family Shoot at El Nido, Palawan

    Mantaring and Alaniz Family Shoot at El Nido, Palawan

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    Jeff and I kicked off 2023 with the Mantaring and Alaniz families at Miniloc Island at El Nido Resorts, Palawan. We’ve shot Arthur and Tina’s engagement session in Tokyo and their wedding in El Nido. We also covered Gijo and Bea’s Manila wedding a few years back. Gijo and Tina are siblings, and Bea is…

  • Matt & Chesca’s Boracay Wedding

    Matt & Chesca’s Boracay Wedding

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    Of chance encounters. Matt and Chesca met at a music festival. Matt came up to her and asked if she could see from down there, Chesca being petite. She in fact couldn’t, and a quick hoist up Matt’s shoulders took care of that. Jeff and I have been talking about life paths this year. Albert…

  • Finding Center

    Finding Center

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    Last night, we decided to carve out time to date. Half an hour into our movie, I could hear Corwin coughing upstairs. It’s just his allergies/asthma, but considering the circumstances, it was causing me great distress. I ran back up three times to check up on him, and on the third time, Jeff followed me…

  • Gijo and Bea’s Wedding

    Gijo and Bea’s Wedding

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    Dear couples, of all the things you have to worry about on your wedding day, exchanging gifts shouldn’t be one of them. We get asked this often, if it’s necessary and what to give. It’s not! If you have to, a heartfelt handwritten letter is more than enough. I don’t know how this became a…

  • Alvin and Melissa’s Engagement Shoot — Basco, Batanes

    Alvin and Melissa’s Engagement Shoot — Basco, Batanes

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    There is a wildness to Batanes that grabs you at a visceral level. The utter remoteness of the island, the crunch of the earth and the mountains at your feet, the crashing waves and open sea. You are all at once reminded of the vastness of the universe and how our lives are merely tiny…

  • Jason and Koo’s Wedding

    Jason and Koo’s Wedding

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    This wedding was a dream to shoot. Designer Koo Gotauco created her own bridal robe and dresses, Jason’s tux, her parents and entourage’s suits and dresses. I have no idea how she managed to plan their wedding AND do all that, but she did so effortlessly. The details were divine, and really, Jason and Koo…

  • Mauricio and Irina’s Coron Wedding

    Mauricio and Irina’s Coron Wedding

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    8.18.18. Coron, Palawan. Jeff and I shot this wedding on our own, just the two of us, after having planned to go as a team of 4 for so long. I had to make a Same Day Edit slideshow, too, which means we would need to be at least a team of 3 to do…

  • Janah

    Janah

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    She was one of our very first brides back in 2009. Jeff and I were new then, completely unknown, and somehow, she stumbled upon our work and was drawn to it. We met over coffee and hit it off. She loved to travel, we liked the same kind of music, and she seemed like my…

  • Joey and Lavina’s Wedding

    Joey and Lavina’s Wedding

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    Stretching the summer feels just a wee bit longer with Joey and Lavina’s wedding from a couple of weeks ago. It was scorching hot that day, but you wouldn’t even think it by how happy and upbeat everyone was at this wedding. The mood was easy and lighthearted, and we got to have fun outdoors.…

  • Mark & Kristine’s Tagaytay Wedding

    Mark & Kristine’s Tagaytay Wedding

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    They exchanged their vows under a tree canopy, in a garden overlooking Taal lake. I’m completely in love with this scenario. Outdoor weddings are incredibly romantic. It can get pretty hot in the Philippines, sure, but when you see all that gorgeous light and lush greenery (or sea and sand), it’s all worth it. And…