I’ve been shooting weddings for fifteen years now. And while we have achieved (and lost) many things, some accomplishments are right there at the top in making us happy and feel so much like a winner.  One of the best ones is when we get to shoot the weddings of all siblings in the family. The loyalty and contentment it symbolizes are incomparable. While this has happened quite a few times already, today’s feature is the first time that all the weddings in the family happened in the same city outside of Metro Manila. 

We traveled to Zamboanga again a few months back to shoot a wedding from the Devero Family; this time, it was the wedding of Clariz with Anjo.  It was only a little over a year when we were there to cover the wedding of Cyra, Clariz’s elder sister. While Cyra and Clariz are the only two siblings, shooting their weddings is really one for our books. Their preference for us smites us, and we love them back to bits. You see, weddings like this only get better as we get to shoot more from the same family. We become closer to everyone, and eventually, it’s like attending a reunion – a reunion that you are so excited to be a part of and to work on. 

I wish that Cyra and Clariz had another sibling because I don’t think I can wait for their kids to get married. But in all seriousness, things like these are triumphs of life for me. Different people achieve different things that make their lives even more meaningful – some get the job of their dreams, some enrich the lives of others, and I get to shoot the siblings’ weddings in one family.

Photo: Oly Ruiz
Metrophoto Team: Rae Cabradilla, Kerwin Atienza, Jo Mark Castillo
Make-up: Iven Honorio Sescon
Wedding Gown: Patricia Santos-Yao
Video: Cinesur Films
Planning: Robert Arsena