Set at The Manila Peninsula, this fourth edition of the hothouse workshop (codenamed hothouse cuatro) featured stunningly fabulous work of Jun Escario, Lourd Ramos, and Teddy Manuel all on our equally beautiful couple Leah and Earl. 

I will be in for the busiest stretch in the history of Metrophoto starting next week so please do expect the next hothouse (better and even more fabulous) to be launched sometime late April =) 

For those who missed it, here are some moments (and a lot of details) from hothouse cuatro! =)

It was my first time back in Cebu after 4 years - and my first time back as a photographer. =) unforgettably awesome! nothing beats a great company wherever you are on earth - aside from Robbie and Jackie, joining us in this shoot were Bob Nicolas, Emi Ayaga and Hilque Dario, who made sure that we have great styling AND that we see the best places Cebu had to offer. =) 

Enjoy the photos - up next is Robbie and Jackie's wedding photos =) yay! =)

Here's another of one of my favorite shoots in Singapore. How can I not love this session of Marvin and Jesy when we had the opportunity to shoot on top of the roof of Chimes right in front of Orchard Road. It was fun and intense and I wanna call out both of them for being brave enough (and criminal enough) to do something illegal. hahaha. Im kidding =) 

We finished off around the Fullerton area where the nightscape and the scenes were fantastic. Truly an awesome experience and even awesomER photos. hahaah! enjoy =)

It's always a great feeling being in Singapore, there is something in this city that just inherently inspires me as an artist and as a visitor. And while I can't exactly pinpoint what that is, what I'm sure is that this trip will yet again be over-the-top as we are rolling the first of our Yin-Yang experience series. 

Now as we get the Yin-Yang phenomenon going here in Singapore with Dino Lara and Madge Lejano (and Jason Magbanua), I thought it's the perfect time to showcase my e-sessions in Singapore from my last trip here a couple of months back. =) 

For this post, I'm sharing the photos of Bem and Ahn from Universal Studios in Singapore. 

Hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed shooting in the theme park sans the rides =)

If you read my post from yesterday, you now know how I love it when my couples make an effort to help make their photos extra special by choosing concepts or locations during their wedding that are beyond the usual - and yes, when I say usual that will be inside or in front of the church and then at their hotel. How many countless time have you seen those that you already seem to instantly guess where the photos are taken when you see it right?While im not against those, and I actually shoot those as well, I just think that my wedding couples deserve something better something more unique. =) 

For this post, I'm sharing with you Ronan and Pam's wedding. These two have been close to me personally despite us not shooting an e-session - we're just really super comfortable when we're together and I remember how much fun and light it was during Pam's make-up session during her wedding. :) 

If you can't figure out where we had our portrait shoot after the ceremony, maybe because only a select few actually get access to the Manila Peninsula presidential suite. So yeah, that's something awesome and I love them for that =) hahaha! 

Enjoy the photos =)

I know I'm behind posting weddings here in my blog when it's already September and I'm just posting one of my June weddings. So yes, this wedding was from a couple of months back but it's definitely one of my favorites. =) 

If Chok and Joe seem familiar to you, it's because they had a kick-ass engagement session inside NAIA Terminal 3 which I also featured a few months back. =) There we played with paper airplanes inside the airport and had one of the most unique shoots I've ever done. 

To make everything consistent, Chok and Joe reserved a special location for our portrait session on their wedding day. It was this huge hangar right inside the airport complex where we can even see NAIA T3 from far away. =) Now how can you not love couples who take the extra effort in making sure that they inject their own unique style to their wedding and their photosessions right? yes, you'll love them to bits! =) 

And yes, you'll love their photos to bits as well =) Enjoy =)

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Today, our adorable little Lana Oasis turns three. She fills our everyday with sweet kisses (and hugs like on the photo above), witty and cute questions, some sunshine and a lot of whining - irresistible ones. hahaha =) She also calls everyone Bolok when she tries to be funny or when she's trying to annoy someone - especially her Kuya Lance. hahaha! 

Happy Birthday Lana bolok! =) We love you so much =)

  hahaha! I like this one below. it's one of my fave bride poses that Lana surprisingly knows how to do. That's what she gets by sitting on daddy's lap while daddy is working =) 

Then she starts to get annoyed. hahaha. It's a classic face with a classic phrase "You're bad!, I don't like you!" hahaha. 

With her Kuya Lance =)

Let's start off with an exclusive ALL-ACCESS prep shoot at the Trader's Hotel in Manila. It was honestly the first time we shot in the hotel but it didn't disappoint at all. The rooms were of modern glam feel and we had access to any part of the hotel that we wanted to shoot at. You should really check out the cool portraits of Paulo that we shot at the top of the hotel and inside its facilities. 

And then how about a portrait shoot inside a huge carousel? I thought I had to go as far as Sta. Rosa Laguna just to get something this whimsically awesome. =) 

The event was capped with a full production set-up inside One Esplanade. With Paulo and Jhona being in the concert and production field, I felt that we were covering GMA's (or ABS-CBN's) 50th year celebration with all the lights and swooping equipment. =) 

So go ahead, enjoy the photos. I didn't purposely mention the fab Louboutins of Jhona, I thought we have too much awesomeness from one wedding already. =) hahaha.

In one of my tweets last month, I mentioned about an e-session in UP unlike any other. Well, here it is =) Shot inside Guerero Theater in Palma Hall, Paolo and Jhona were able to set-up something you would not imagine outside the campus - even outside the country. hahaha =)

Paolo and Jhona are college sweethearts from the UP theater college and there was nothing more fitting than having their awesome and high-tech e-session there. With both of them now into the business of producing and directing concerts, we thought we'd spice-up their old college theater and voila! =)

If you liked their set-up here, wait till you see what they did with their reception set-up. That's up next in the bloggity blog so stay tuned! =)

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 =)  

To even take this opportunity even further to the next level, famed wedding make-up artist and stylist Madge Lejano will be part of the team and will provide her own expertise to all the shoots. 

There is now more to look forward to in Singapore this September aside from the Formula 1 race =) hahaha. =) 

There will be 6 slots (3 left) available from September 14-16 at 55,000 each. And it will include a 30-page 10x10 album of the whole experience

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 =)

There are a lot of reasons this wedding of Christian and Erin is one of my most awaited ones. First off, these two had been very good friends of mine every since we met and they booked me last year, Christian calls me idol when I know that he idolizes Ernest more. hahaha. Second, it will be my first wedding with Madge and Jason since.... last March. Third, I wanted to see what Ernest had been promoting about the details he prepared for this wedding that I had to be reminded that it's something worth promoting. hahaha. And why he had to prepare so much for this wedding that he can't assist me in my Hothouse workshop the weekend before this wedding. Fourth, It's my first time working with Badang although people think we've known each other since our previous lifetimes. Fifth, I had a two-week break before my previous wedding and it's one of those times that I felt I hadn't shoot like forever. hahaha. 

It was a beautiful wedding needless to say, that is what happens when you put together crazy people, crazy awesome and outstanding people together =) enjoy the photos. =)

  How can it be more fun? L-R: Mada, Francis, Metroman, Badang, Christian, Erin, Ernest, Teta, Jason's, Madge's, Karl, Steve, and Teddy (aka Joel). hahaha. =) Our friends from Wedding Essentials, Kitten and Marbee, were there as well =) And of course, Badang again =) Who else would have made that super beautiful gown? =) If you're wondering, jason, Im trying to get a shot and you're in the way. =) This is my blog, so I get a solo outtake =) hehehe Wanna see more, as in MORE outtakes? =) Add me in facebook! hahaha =)