Since we’re still in the first part of January, I thought it’s not too late to post a year-ender blog. Our 2010 was filled with unforgettably wonderful experiences and couples that it would be impossible to pick favorites or even give out year-end awards.

By far, 2010 was our most travelled year and the destinations that we were able to go to were places we’d only dream of reaching. And to be able to shoot and meet the best and warmest people in these locations just seem surreal. So allow us to take you through our journeys of 2010 from India to Italy to cover destination weddings and Metrofying the world. It is scene-stealing wedding photography ANYWHERE ON EARTH! =)

Our first stop of 2010 was Macau for Miko and Pats wedding in Pousada de Sau Tiago and the Aftershoot of Tristan and Angelica in The Venetian.

After a week we headed off to Chennai in southern India for the wedding and aftershoot of Ashwin and Julie.

Then came my trip to Doha in Qatar for the e-session series of Boogie and Josh, we shot in an Arabian dessert golf course, inside the local market and in the sand dunes with a herd of camels.

In Vegas, I shot a session of Adonis and Delia. Adonis is a wedding photographer that is based in Greece and it was a great experience being able to shoot a fellow wedding photographer.

Then after a reverse destination wedding in Manila, I flew back to Los Angeles to shoot the wedding of Jon and Mary in Palos Verdes.

While in San Diego and LA I also shot the e-session of Marvin and Madel and the aftershoot of King and Donna in Big Bear Mountain.

Then off to the windy city I went for a series of awesome e-sessions.

Mike and Donna in the Millennium Park, Michigan Avenue and The Bean. This photo is one of my post popular photo in facebook in terms of number of comments.

Shawn and Pam had their shoot in the Buckingham Fountain, The Chicago Theater and in Chinatown.

Kim and John had their session on top of the then-Sears and now Willis Tower.

Singapore is one of my most favorite place to shoot at and early April of 2010, I had the chance to shoot several sessions there including the newly-opened Universal Studios in SIngapore.

April also marked our first local destination of 2010 which was the wedding of Marlon and Camille in Baguio

In May, we had our first trip to Taiwan where we shot the extensive and extravagant e-session series of Duke and Irene. We shot all over Taipei and nearby provinces in several days with Irene donning intricate gowns that she all rocked!

We also had the chance to fly to Batanes, which was one of the best places I’ve seen in my life! Here we shot Jonathan and Charmaine’s E-session

June we went to the US for the third time in 2010 to shoot the renewal of vows of Curt and Sheila in San Francisco.

We also went to Cebu for the e-session of Robbie and Jackie.

In August, we flew back to the US to shoot the wedding of Jimmy Alapag and LJ Moreno in Laguna Beach and the wedding of Marvin and Madel in Temacula.

We also had a couple of stellar e-sessions in LA, one in the LA Union Station with JJ and Tin and another in Sta. Monica Pier with Mark and Trisha

By September, we again went to Singapore this time with Dino Lara, Madge Lejano and Jason Magbanua for the Yin-Yang experience series.

October we flew to Koh Samui in Thailand for Kenny and Nikko’s wonderful e-session and wedding.

In between October and November metrophoto had its first destination trip to Europe. First stop was Athens, Greece where we shot Thanos and Katerina in Plaka and Monasteraki

Then I flew to Santorini for the Wedpro gathering and the aftershoot of Jaris and Evegenia.

Back in the Philippines, we were again in Cebu in November for the wedding of John and Shelly.

And then in Ilocos Norte for the e-session of Hanson and Aimee.

Before November ended, we went back to Europe, this time in Venice Italy for the destination wedding of Jun and Lei.

To cap off what has been an unbelievable year, December was featured with three more destinations for Metrophoto.

In Hongkong, we shot Jorel and Joyce’s e-session.

Then we went up Baguio again for Wayne and Karon’s lovely wedding.

Lastly, Boracay got in the list when we flew there to shoot Chris and Anne May’s e-session.

Wow, posting all of them seemed more than I actually thought they were. It was such a blessed year and we actually even missed a wedding in Jordan because we didn’t have time to process the visa anymore. Thanks for accompanying us again throughout our destinations last 2010, and we’ll reach far remote and awesomer places this year. =)

If you’ve seen Kenny and Nikko’s E-session photos from my last post, you are probably one of those that are keen on seeing the photos from their wedding in Koh Samui, yes, that one with the amazing elephant! how can you go wrong with an elephant as the bridal car (or for this instance bridal transportation – I was going to say bridal animal but it sounded a bit weird)? well, you don’t.

The photos from this intensely warm and amazingly gorgeous wedding in Thailand are finally here. I can’t be prouder to be Kenny and Nikko’s photographer of choice for their once-in-a-lifetime moment considering also that Kenny is a design guru and know a whole lot about these things that we do.

Kenny and Nikko’s story is heartwarming. They call each other “bear” and you’ll see this theme throughout the wedding. I’m sure you’ll be delighted to see their video love story here, made by Kenny’s own video outfit Rainbowfish.

I know you’d just skip whatever it is that I will write further because the photos are more enticing so I’ll just put my captions on the photos so that I can go along as you scroll down. Enjoy =)

The wedding was set in the charming and intricate Mercure Hotel along Maenam Beach in Koh Samui.

Here is our beautiful bride Nikko getting dolled-up by dolled-up men that you could mistake for real women =)




Nikko’s intricate traditional Thai gown that she wore after the beach ceremony.


The place was surrounded by lush gardens.


I wish I can have abs that’s close to Kenny’s hahaha.


Brotherly love. Tim fixes kenny.
Nikko’s Surprise



Metrophoto Men!







Kenny’s surprise =)






First look. We had Kenny walk to Nikko and surprise her with their cute Panda Bear stuffed hats.
It was a lovely treat to Nikko =)


And guess why everyone was stoked when they saw the couple arrive….
… because they arrived in style… in HUGE style.

The setting was amazing!

I had the stupid idea to get a kayak and shoot the ceremony scene from beyond the beach… ha! it’s a perspective unlike any other though.







after the ceremony they fed Apple – that’s the name of our cute elephant.
and then she was kind enough to let Kenny and Nikko have a shoot with her.







Quickly, the couple changed to their superfab traditional Thai outfits and had a traditional water ceremony.









we made sure we Metrofy Thailand! =) hahaha

While I like to consider myself really good in geography there are quite a few times that I totally think that it’s a false personal perception. hahaha. Like when I had no idea where Koh Samui was when Kenny and Nikko booked me for their wedding… hahaha but wherever that was, I thought that if it is somewhere I never heard of before, it’s should be nice.

Nice is a bit of an understatement. Samui is awesome in itself but when you are there to capture the wedding of one of the sweetest couples ever, you actually stop to take a deep breath and thank Him for such a blessing. =)

Day 2 of our stay in Samui is the e-session shoot of Kenny and Nikko. All of us were not really familiar with the island so we agreed before that we’ll take a guided tour and shoot whatever we see from there. Midway through it, we realized that we needed something more out of the ordinary but still very Thailand AND still somehow connected to Kenny and Nikko. Then I remembered these old but colorful Thai fishing boats while researching about Samui and we agreed to look for where they are docked. The idea seemed bizarre to our guide and she kept on discouraging us – which actually just made more want to see it. hahaha.

Of course in the end, we found them and shot in them. It was honestly more than the colors and textures that we got (there were the smell and the stares too) but it was completely rad! Something I think no one has done before and something I think that no one is crazy enough to do. hahaha.

Enjoy the photos and the boat sans the smell – up next is Kenny and Nikko’s Samui wedding =)

Koh Samui is an island off the coast of Thailand. It’s Phuket’s little sister and that place you saw in Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie, The Beach. Unlike Vegas, what happens in Samui, shouldn’t stay in Samui. So make sure you visit back to see the complete coverage of this incredibly wonderful wedding of Kenny and Nikko.