I’ve been looking ahead to this day when I’m going to feature this momentous – in fact unprecedented – wedding of Lyn and Thyne. I’ve been thinking of what else to say or how else to try to tell people that what they have here is different but it’s ok. I was bracing myself to reason out and fight for this post similar how Lyn and Thyne have been fighting for it and similar to how I sort of defended it in my last post on their e-sesion photos.

But you know, as I went through the photos while I prepared them for this post, I remember how I felt shooting it – I felt how special it was, I felt how happy I was for them, and I felt the celebration of love al throughout the day – all of these are no different from any other wedding I witnessed. I didn’t think the entire time that this is a lesbian wedding; that there are actually two women who are vowing to love each other forever. That made me realize all the more that, strip this of the issue of gender including all the prejudice that comes with it, this wedding is as normally wonderful as any other wedding. So I’m not anymore going to go through much tying justify it – because any union, clear it of the discrimination of gender, much like age and race is a love as pure as any love there is out there. Enjoy the photos.

Don’t miss their one-of-a-kind engagement photos as well.

Metrophoto as an entity is inspired by many things and by many people. These compelling elements are the foundation on why we exist. Greatness, longevity, a deep commitment to customer service, are some of the attributes that we see in other companies or people that keep us passionate in doing what we do. Aside from these, there is a an intrinsic motivation that is also driven by people who continue to write us off, people who discredit us, and people who await nothing but the moment we would stumble. But really, these are the very things that push us further and motivate us to do nothing else but prove them wrong.

In a very fascinating way, what I just mentioned is similar to what we’re posting about today. Lyn and Thyne is not your conventional couple, similar to others they are over much in love with each other, but unlike many others they are of the same sex. Yes they are lesbians. And even in this day and age, many still consider that taboo, ungodly, and shameful. It is this underlying struggle, that Lyn and Thyne have to continue to overcome, that allowed us to see pass what’s on the outside and completely embrace them for their commitment to one another. More than anything, it is the people who question them, look down on them, and dismiss them that made their bond stronger, and while there could be so many things that one can negatively see in the situation they’e in, we choose to look at the triumph of their love.

As a very apparent example of what I’m saying, I posted a photo as a teaser of Lyn and Thyne’s engagement session in Boracay a few days ago, and expectedly it was greeted both with positive and negative reactions. But like what I said, if you already knew how to win over such negativity, the only thing it can do to you is make you better. I just take pleasure on how Thyne puts it in her comment to all of them “Wow.. just as we expected… pero damn right.. we had so much fun on our wedding day!!! Thank you Lord, for giving us the best time on our BIG DAY!!! Thank you also for the nice comments and the negative ones… you are the reason why we are here…. :))) CHEERS!” I guess No one relishes it like they do.

Now, I know she mentioned wedding day, but first off let’s look at the photos from their preceding shoot done a day before the wedding in Boracay. And please do stay tuned for the feature of their most lovely wedding ceremony. Enjoy.

There are a lot of beautiful things to remember from the wedding of Kai and Grace and Metrophoto made sure that everything were stylishly kept safe in the wonderful photographs that we are about to share with you. But one thing that I really cannot forget is something that Grace told me and something that cannot really be understood by just looking at the photos.

Kai and Grace are both Taiwanese who grew-up in Canada. For their wedding, they wanted to go back and celebrate it in Asia. They checked and visited the more well-known and well-marketed resort islands of Phuket and Bali (among others) but it is with Boracay that they fell in love. It struck me well because, all biases aside, having been to most of the great beaches in the world, Boracay is still the best for me. And even though I have visited the place countless of times already, I always look forward to the next time I set foot on it again.

This wedding feature is very long overdue but I guess Kai and Grace made a great decision in choosing the location because it helped make all those moments seem more beautiful, more magical, more fun, and definitely timeless.

Enjoy the photos, you haven’t seen a Boracay wedding quite like it :)

It’s been a looong while since I last featured a Boracay wedding in my blog. For some reason, they get mixed-up during the busy season and the chance for a feature is lost faster than the sun sets in this breathtaking island. But that is about to change. Starting with the wedding today of Lowell and Mylene, I’ll be featuring some of our weddings from the island in next few weeks.

Boracay is my most favorite destination – both for pleasure and for work. But since the job that I do is something that I deeply adore, then it always just seem like a vacation. I have been to famous destinations like Hawaii, Koh Samui, Bali, Sanya, and even in Cabo, Mexico but nothing compares to the beauty of the Boracay beach and sunset. Others may have the better facilities and resorts and offerings but base it on pure-charm, Boracay is the clear runaway winner.

The more these stunning qualities are accentuated when you photograph a wedding filled with wonderful and beautiful people. Lowell and Mylene hail from Dumaguete and experienced some challenges a day before the wedding when Sendong caused a lot of flights to be delayed. It was uncertain if the priest, the wedding gown, and a lot of the guests were ever gonna make it because of the weather condition. But in the end everything worked out and the wedding was divine because if they had the wedding in Dumaguete as initially planned, it would have not happened because of the storm.

Enjoy :)

Supplier Line-up:
Videographer: Ghe Consolacion
Make-up: Mickey See
Gown: Cary Santiago
Coordination: Amanda Tirol

We’re almost a quarter behind in blogging and infrequent updates doesn’t help at all. Our apologies but please do check often, I’m feeling it that I’m getting my blogging juices flowing soon and hope we’ll be able to catch-up in no time.

For now, here are the e-session photos of Chris and Anne May in Boracay – one of the most awesome place on earth!