Santuario de San Jose and SMX Weddings | Mark and Kathleen

Wedding in the Philippines, more so here in Metro Manila, happen in the most expected places. When I say that, I mean it’s common knowledge where the best and most elegant venues are and those are primarily where the events are booked. I could also say that arguably there are less than ten churches and even fewer hotels/venues where one could hold a real classy wedding – compared to probably a more than a hundred in the Bay Area in the US alone. So it’s not like it’s anybody’s fault, that just is simply how everything is right now.

Now once in a while, couples who have the willingness and are sensible enough to be different, somehow pulls a rabbit out of a hat and surprise us with locations to shoot that are unlike anywhere we’ve shot before. Case is point is today’s wedding feature. I really thought it was brilliant of Mark and Kathleen to arrange everything for us to be able to shoot their portrait session right around the steel-laden globe monument in front of the SM Mall of Asia. For a country smothered with security guards everywhere that you need a permit to shoot almost anywhere, this sort of art piece have remained “untouched” . So yes, it was awesome.

Add to this lovely idea an equally lovely couple and you have a formula to conquer the world – one globe at a time. hehehe. Enjoy the photos :)

Supplier Line-up:
Make-up: Mayone Bakunanwa
Videography: Marvi de Guzman of Cinemaworks
Coordination: Christine Ong-te
Bridal Gown: Cecilio Abad
Groom’s Suit: Randy Ortiz
Emcee: RJ Ledesma