Wedding Videography
Archive for January, 2008
Oyen|Grace… and The 2 1/2 Hour 150km Drive to the Reception
Jan 21st
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Everytime I mention to people that this wedding’s church ceremony will be held at the magnificent Monastery of the Transfiguration in Malaybalay, Bukidnon & the reception will be at Xavier Estates, Cagayan de Oro City (approximately 150km in distance), their immediate reaction would be, “What?! That’s insane.” “Well,” I said to them, “it’s gonna happen.” 
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And it did, all 15+ cars & vans carrying the couple, the guests, and the suppliers travelled in a convoy going back to Cagayan de Oro City, passing municipality after municipality, residents amused, and rain coming down hard. It just shows how determined the couple (and all of us) are in making their wedding one of a kind.
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The couple are both U.S. based and had little time to prepare for their wedding. Everything was “buzzer-beated”, including us, (again? ), booked less than a week before their big day. But the couple’s desire and hands-on attitude, plus getting very reliable suppliers in CDO, made this wedding really something special.
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Watch their onsite video below.
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Oyen & Grace
Pine Hill Hotel
Monastery of the Transfiguration
Malaybalay, Bukidnon
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Xavier Estates
Cagayan de Oro City
Pietro + Jannie… How To Be a Replacement Videographer
Jan 11th
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This wedding will go down in history as one of our most memorable. It’s not because it is a grand wedding… (sights of Tiffany & Co.’s, Prada’s) and also not because of the very bad weather. It’s memorable because it was not supposed to be our wedding.  Actually, they booked Lito Sy’s photo & video services, but due to a foggy airport, Lito Sy & his crew’s plane were diverted to Cebu & eventually went back to Manila.  Less than 6 hours before the wedding, we got a text from Armi, their coordinator from Professional Organizers that they’ll get us as replacement videographers.
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My first reaction was, “OMG! Can we do this?” Good thing we were already prepared for next day’s wedding and all our equipment was setup, batteries charged and all. Also we were in “shooting mood” that day because of our new, and now broken (on that day) glidecam. 
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So we shot their wedding with fellow local photographers here in CDO, and the outcome was a very lively and memorable event.Â
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But honestly, I’d prefer that next time I’ll be informed at least 24 hours man lang before the wedding.
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January 4, 2008
St. Augustine Cathedral
Pryce Plaza
Xavier Estates
Marriage Myths
Jan 10th
I just clicked on an interesting post from Today @ today.MSNBC.com about the most popular marriage myths. Here’s a portion of the full article.Â
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For most people, the picture of a perfect marriage is a white picket fence and eternal happiness. But just how to achieve that bliss is subject to wide debate: Do babies really bring you closer? Should you be concerned if you’re not having much sex? How much should you tell your spouse? Psychologist Dale Atkins, author of “Sanity Savers,†helps separate the marriage myths from reality.
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For the full article, clicke here.
Neil & Christy: Lovely
Jan 2nd
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Our last couple for 2007. We shot their prenup video 2 days before their wedding. In different locations pa.
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The wedding itself turned out great inspite of, again, the rain that briefly stopped (and transferred) their garden ceremony. It seems every wedding that we shoot, it rains!
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The song for the onsite that we used here was chosen by the bride’s sister. It’s a very popular song for wedding videos, and here’s our version of it.
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December 28, 2007
Mountain Suites
Harbor Lights
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2007 was a great year for us: we were able to shoot weddings in Davao & Manila; transferred our office in a prime location; and we got clients that we became friends of.Â
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Now that 2008 is here… I hope that we will continue to grow and give clients the best service that they deserve. Â
