It's been a while since this wedding of James and Jaygee. Sometimes things just pile-up out of control that I miss to share most of my weddings in this blog. This wedding surely is one of those that tops my list of fav weddings that I almost missed to blog. =) 

James, Jaygee and me go way back. hahaha. Well, not really WAY WAY back, but we had some really unforgettably awesome time last year when I flew to Las Vegas to shoot their e-session on their bachelor/bachelorette party weekend. You know it's unnecessary for me to describe how much of a great time that was - James had my back there in all the "great places" we went to. hahaha =) 

So here are the photos from their equally wonderful wedding in Tagaytay early this year. I miss these guys =)

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It took a while before Jon and Mary were able to decide to book me for their wedding. But I guess, no other thing helped them but their gut-feel that it is what they really wanted - or that what was Jon told me. hahaha.

Set in the splendid venue of La Venta in Palos Verdes overlooking most of LA county, metrophoto witnessed and captured love, laughter, and the promise of forever. and as cheesy as that sounded and as much goosebumps as that gives me typing that, it's nothing to compared to the actual superb feeling of being in the wedding itself. Emotions filled the place throughout the event.

What made the whole experience more fun was that one of my best buddies Ollie and her fiance Cristina (who you probably know if you frequent this site), and a few of our friends were there too. Plus, I have the luxury of having Noel Damarinas of Our Digital Studio second-shooting for me. =) It's like I couldn't ask for anything more - well maybe a little more sun throughout that day but I'll take gloomy over rainy each and everytime =) 

Enjoy the photos and some cute behind-the-scene shots at the bottom of the post =)

  Here are some behind-the-scene photos of this intimately wonderful wedding =) Throughout the course of my grueling schedule in LA and San Diego, Noel here was the man of the hour/day/week! Thanks for all the help that made us take everything even a notch higher ;) Juju bear's mowdelling time =) Mary was great to work with too, such a trooper - willing to go through the shrubs for her beautiful portraits. This is me, all fascinated with the view of LA county from La Venta. I was looking where Kobe Bryant's house was. hahaha =) I sat and socialized the entire reception while I let Noel do all the work! hahaha. i'm kidding, of course, I actually let Noel eat. hahaha =) This is the metrophoto awesome-duosome group shot with jujubear and taw =)

Remember our all-star sneak peek from about a month ago that's with a couple from Greece and with two really awesome photographers with me? Well the photos are finally here.

From how intensely adorable these photographs look, it almost seemed that it was the perfect shoot - which is definitely not as we had to literally run and scramble a lot of the shots (those with natural light) because we barely had 15mins of usable daylight to shoot when we arrived at the venue.

Our 4pm shoot started at 5:40 because we decided last minute that we'll not shoot at the Vegas strip until the evening and instead shoot somewhere else in the afternoon. That somewhere was this really really beautiful place outside the city (let's just say somewhere where Celine Dion actually resides) that is a little too much 'outside the city' which ate a bit of our time. But cmon, if there was a time to salvage something out of a shoot, it is this one. I was indulged with a beautiful and super nice couple that makes my every shot a keeper, a really talented make-up artist who dolled-up Delia to extreme fab level, and of course, I had Dino Lara and Nelwin Uy (two of the best photographers in the Philippines) shoot with me and made everything look so seamless. =)

So in that 15 mins, all of us were ticking like clockwork - it seemed like we had done it hundreds of times together. Nelwin volunteered to take much of the detail shots, Dino and I alternately posed and shot the Adonis and Delia, who did a great job getting into the desired poses and emotions in no time - all while missy checked if we're all ok. hahaha =)

I have never shot so fast and yet so fun. hahaha. So enjoy the photos, it may be your only chance of witnessing something like this ever. =) 

* several of the shots are courtesy of Dino Lara and Nelwin Uy

  Enjoy also these behind-the-scene shots of this harassed, yet unbelievably fun shoot =)

There are destination weddings and then there are "reverse destination weddings" - something I just recently coined because of it's interesting set-up. The term sounds really intriguing and it might actually be useful, and it's exactly what happened to me in Mickey and Sheryll's wedding. 

Reverse destination wedding is when I'm out of the country for destination shoots for a certain period of time and then I had to fly back home (which is the Philippines of course) in the middle of it to cover a wedding and then fly back again to finish my schedule in that country. Pretty confusing when it's me that has to describe it, but I know you get it. hahaha =) 

So I was in Vegas for a conference and a shoot early March then I flew back to Manila for 3 days to cover Mickey and Sheryl's wedding and went back to Los Angeles to finish all my e-session schedule and cover Juju and Mary's wedding in Palos Verdes. =) Strange? hahaha. Pretty cool that that can even happen if you ask me =) It's like going home to just visit! =) Thanks to Mickey and Sheryll for the opportunity to cover their wonderful wedding and for coming with such a solid and super fun wedding crew (check out the behind-the-scenes shots at the bottom of the post). It made the 30-hour flights around the event more then worth it =)  

It was a wedding full of fun! =) Enjoy also these behind-the-scenes shots of the wonderful suppliers of Mickey and Sheryll =) Bong having the time of his life - I seriously forgot why. Veluz, getting ready oh yeah, this was why. =) hahaha. Jody with her gameface on Let's have some me-shots too of course. hahaha Bong, still laughing. hahaha