I've probably shot a photosession in the most interesting places in the beautiful province of Bohol... twice in the man-made forest in Bilar, along Panglao beach, the Loboc museum, among the old houses in Baklayon - of course with the exception of the Chocolate Hills which I'm likely not even allowed to step onto. hahaha. While those seem a lot, there is this one elusive place that I've always been fascinated with but never had the chance to explore, the unusually vast mangrove field (if you even call that a field) along the highway. For the last few times I attempted, it was either raining, or I was out of time, or that area is knee-deep with sea water.

Well not this time. =) Mike and Leslie are my lucky charms. In the instant we went and stepped into the area, all we saw are amazing structures of plants and trees all surrounded by powder-white sand that even looked like snow =) It's an unbelievable site. If ever it gets more unbelievable than that it is because I'm actually doing an aftershoot of a gorgeous threesome Mike, Leslie, and nothing less but a Veluz wedding gown - how more stoked can one be? =)

Enjoy this super lovely aftershoot session with Mike and Leslie who made it so fun for me (see behind-the-scenes photos at the bottom) by being very spontaneous and being very easy to work with. =) The dinner that followed after this shoot was as fun. hahaha =)

Welcome to blowhole bay. It was love at first sight when I saw this place while scouting for a good location for our Hawaii aftershoot with Abe and Jane. My requirement is really something intense and awesome, and you don't get more intense when you see those powerful waves wallop the beautiful rocks in the area. It was mind-blowing (maybe that's why thay call it Blowhole? hahaha) and when I found out that most of its areas are accessible if your subjects are willing and are troopers, I knew it was it. =) 

Well I counldn't commend Jane and Abe enough for this shoot. Abe has been sick for a couple of days already but found enough energy to have the shoot AND still look good. They definitely made their Hawaii honeymoon and Metrophoto's first shoot there truly superawesome ;) 

Enjoy the photos =)

It's not easy to forget this shoot with John and Heidi. It was the tailend of such a hectic week for everyone. It's just the day after their wedding (which Mimi and Karl wonderfully covered) and it was my 7th shoot in 11 days which included a stint in Singapore. Orginally it was planned to be shot in Hacienda Isabella in Tagaytay, then to everyone's relief and luck, we shot in Thunderbird Resort in Rizal instead - thanks to Ernest for the wonderful idea. Not only did we save 4 hours of travel time, we were also treated such awesome sceneries - both nature at its full blossom and nature at its destruction. hahaha! In the end, it was the combination of the super lively and nice personality of the couple that made shooting a lot more fun and easy. =) Together with Steve and Madella of the make-up studio (and Ernest of course) we had the honor of trashing the gorgeous gown made by Veluz Reyes =) Enjoy the photos! See you guys in Chicago =) here are some behind-the-scenes photos =)

This is part two of our feature on Johnwin and Rachelle's wedding in Bohol. Remember that pleasurgasmic experience we had? Well, this is one of the reasons it was like that. Since we had to fly back first thing the next day after the wedding, and their super awesome e-session already finished, we decided to have a prepostnup instead. Yes, an aftershoot/trash the dress done before the wedding day. =) If of course meant that I had to be careful with Rachelle's lovely gown because she still has to wear it AND there was no cleaning services for such in Amorita. We went a couple of days early to have this shoot exactly on Rachelle's birthday so we had to make it extra special and nice for her. hahaha. We shot in Baclayon, Loboc, and Bilar - all under the glory of the Bohol monsoon. hahaha =) It was truly a great experience and we owe all of it to this supertrooper couple. Enjoy the photos. =) bigfoot? he's real. hahaha

Here's a sample of the amazing aftershoot we had in Hawaii last week of Abe and Jane. This was just days after their wedding in Downtown San Francisco =) In this shoot, Abe was not feeling too well but they are supertroopers and all they gave me were great moments after great moments. =) Watch out for the complete post including that of their wedding which I shot with the awesome Ed Pingol. =)