Shooting weddings internationally? I call that awesome. Shooting weddings of celebrities? I call that spectacular. Now what about shooting the wedding of Jimmy Alapag and LJ Moreno in Laguna Beach in California? Awesome-tacular? You bet! =) 

PBA all-star point guard Jimmy Alapag and actress LJ Moreno tied the knot at Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach south of Los Angeles. Families and friends (consist of cagers and celebrities) took part in the intimate but breathtaking ceremony that happened on top of the balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean. 

A lot of beautiful people graced the event which already had such gorgeous couple and location and it's just appropriate for me to churn out equally beautiful photographs. =) Enjoy LJ Moreno's Wedding.

Don't miss Jason Magbanua's heart-melting SDE of the wedding here.

LJ had stylish purple shoes with "I" and "do" emblems glued at the soles. =) Nothing beats the best weather in the best hotel and beach in the area.

LJ's six-year old brother wrote the note below. It's funny he seemed to know such things already. hahaha.

TFC correspondents were there to cover the wedding for The Buzz as requested by Boy Abunda. I saw myself in some of the clips in the show. Now I'm wishing I've nosed around more. hahaha.

Peachie is my new found friend. I know she's Ruffa Mae for most people but like what I've said, we're friends. So I call her Peachie. hahaha =)

My groom was strikingly handsome, he brought his A-game for the wedding of course - it's like a Game 7 Finals day for him. =)

What do you do when literally you have taken photos of men almost double your height? =)

Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! =)

If we weren't pressed for time, I wouldn't have stopped shooting LJ. She's beautiful in every angle.

LJ prepared for her vows. She told me Jimmy was really good with words and she wanted to make sure her vows will be as nice. Since at the photo below, Jimmy cried, I guess LJ nailed it! =)

Weeee!

I have tons of things I wanted to say about this e-session we had in Taiwan. I could start with how this entire trip was such a gastronomic ecstasy and how I am craving everyday for a chipai! hahaha or I could say how unbelievably diverse and beautiful Taiwan is which seemed to have inexhaustible spots to shoot. It also take me probably several paragraphs to describe how awesome Duke and Irene were in all of the session we did, not to mention those astonishing gowns that Irene wore.  

But let me cut everything short and just say that this is one of my most favorite e-session sets of all time. hahaha. So go on, enjoy the photos =)  

I always open my blog posts with my favorite portrait of the couple from the shoot and then I blurb about what I remember the most about the experience. Needless to say, today's post is different. This is I think the first time that I'm opening a post with a photo without my couple. hahaha. Of course this is not to take anything away from my super awesome couple - Curt and Shiela - it's more because it's the first time that my bride's shoes is almost as fab as my bride herself =) 

These incredibly chic Louboutins are just the start of the pretty things about this wedding. This being Curt and Shiela's renewal of vows (from their wedding 10 years back), their beautiful children are now witnesses to the event. What's most fun are the entertainment that Sheila prepared to surprise Curt during the party at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco - Fire dancing and Beat-boxing. 

Enjoy the photos, love them - especially those at the ceremony =)

I rarely get to go to Baguio to cover weddings but of the very few times I've done so, it has always been a wonderful and tranquil experience, something only such a place can provide. Of course I also never leave the city without both an awesome set of photos and a Starbukcs city mug. hahaha. 

The wedding of Marlon and Camille is all of those and more. =) It was a fabulous wedding with the hint of calmness that's inherent in the place. We enjoyed each and every moment of it plus of course the fact that I don't get to sweat as profusely as I normally do because of the nice weather. 

Enjoy the photos =)

It was exactly 1pm in Tagaytay. The sun was scorching and we're on a standstill for quite a while already in Amadeo road. There was a marathon happening in the main highway at that moment and all traffic were diverted to this narrow alternate route. 

I was inside Mervin Gobaco's vehicle, all cramped with 6 other people including Bea, one of my shooters. For a lack of better things to do, I got my phone and tweeted this exact phrase "stuck in a gridlock in tagaytay including bridal car. Ceremony at 1pm in lourdes. =(" 

So yes, the bridal car was behind us among with the other cars of the suppliers, we were late for the ceremony and there was nothing we can do. Well, I thought there was nothing we can do but Darlene had other plans. After getting a call from her coordinator that she will have to skip the bridal march if she arrive more than 30mins late, my awesome bride, stepped out of her car, and ran, oh yes she RAN carrying and dragging her fabulous Veluz gown with her! She passed by our car and we all looked at each other in disbelief. And after a few seconds of trying to make sense of what we saw, we were already running with Darlene - the whole mile stretch of the road where all the vehicles were stuck. 

It was like a scene from a movie, only this one is real. hahaha. after about 15 mins of running, we came at the intersection where everything was clogged-up and asked, actually forced, a tricycle to take all of us (all seven of us) to the church which was another mile away. 

At exactly 1:30pm we arrived at Lourdes Church in Tagaytay, where Gboy was waiting. We're all burned and beat-up but in such high spirits. We all couldn't believe what just happened. 

Darlene went on to have her bridal march - one of the most awesome I ever experienced as it seemed that she started her march when she decided to run - and everything else was perfect. =) 

This is a blog post you shouldn't miss to see =)

  And there goes my Bride =)

From a vintage Mustang to a yamaha! weehoo! =)

Sorry Manong, I didn't consider you as part of my budget. hahaha =)

Eddie Bruan was with us all the way, and was sitting at the back of the Tricycle beside me. He did an awesome job and looked 20 years younger as he seemed to ran faster than me. hahaha.