While I was out shooting in Santorini late last year, I made a comment saying that the place is inexhaustible. For a destination photographer like me, it was not only like a goose that lays golden eggs for beautiful photographs after beautiful photographs but it’s like a whole golden goose farm of endless money. It was the fountain of epicness!

And epic indeed was our shoot there. We had Jaris (pronounced as Ha-ris) and Evgenia (or Jenny to those who is having a hard time like me) for their Trash the Dress session and I don’t think we could have gotten better subjects. They are as awesome and the place and Jenny is probably one of the most gorgeous bride I had the chance to work with. I had everything served to me in a silver platter (more of white and blue actually) and I took every bit of advantage that I can.

I’m grateful to Wedpro for the invitation they gave to shoot and share ideas with them and I cannot wait for the next one.

Have a feast =)

I’m going to say it upfront. I’m sure some explanation is required when the title says Santorini in Greece and then you don’t see the breathtaking white and blue houses cascading toward the Mediterranean sea. So yes, these photos of Jaris and Evgenia are still in the awesome island of Santorini in Greece. But instead of what’s expected, we shot in areas that’s not as common as discovered during the scouting of the Wedpro team.

Rich red volcanic rocks define this shoot that we had right smack in the middle of noon for a whole different intense feel of the light (that’s evident in the high contrast feel of the photos). Sure enough our couple provided the justice needed to create something hot as the midday sun. hahaha.

Enjoy this photos of Santorini and later today we’ll post what y’all have been waiting for… those little white houses that make your jaws drop. =)

This is the second of my 2-part blog post on my trip to Athens a couple of months back. This one features the photos from my photoshoot with Thanos and Katerina in Plaka in Athens. Thanos is one of the popular modern wedding photographers in Greece and it is quite an honor to be shooting him and his wife for a session that they have been wanting to do for a long time already.

What’s strange is that while someone like me who’s from the far end of Asia, the idea of having the shoot in famous and obvious Greece like the Parthenon in Acropolis will be epic, for them it’s very anticlimactic. It’s like me asking and paying someone to shoot me and wife in Intramuros – so enough said. They were nice enough to agree to shoot in Plaka which is old town Athens and really just connected to Acropolis. =)

So enjoy the photos and watch out for the rest of our Europe series =)

It has taken quite a while especially for those who were eagerly awaiting, but now that things are starting to get less crazier in the Metrophoto office, we’re finally bringing you the first of our Europe series late last year.

As we’ve detailed in our 2010 year-end post, Metrophoto’s first stop in Europe was in Greece. I know that we could have gotten a more ‘mainstream’ Europe like Paris or London but I guess there is something exotically strange and unique about us that even fate went along and brought us somewhere more eastern and more historic.

Talking about history, there is no question that Greece came first with almost everything that has to do with civilization (except probably hollywood) and you could just imagine how overwhelming it is to think about shooting there. Of course I eventually found out that it was impossible to shoot a session in Acropolis and other historical sites in Athens – much to my dismay, although I had quite a great time shooting in old town Athens which they call Plaka.

So allow me to give you a two-part post on Athens. On this one I’ll put up some interesting street scenes in Plaka, Monastiraki, and Acropolis and then immediately after, I’ll posting my shoot with Thanos and Katerina in Athens as well. So I’d say enjoy both these posts and then watch out for the rest of my Europe series – Santorini and Venice =)