Jay and Meg's casual and chill engagement session in Vienna, Austria: destination pre-wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Innere Stadt, Kleines Cafe + Zollamtssteg bridge from the movie “Before Sunrise” and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. October 2013. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+, July 2020.

Influencer travel and lifestyle portraits. Place des Vosges and in an undisclosed residence in Paris, France. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M- March 2022.

Ah. Da Nang. Totally not the sleepy beach town that I expected it to be.

Think: Waikiki sans the surfing.
Barceloneta without the occasional nudity.

And so, there we were, less than 24 hours before their elopement at the InterContinental Da Nang: a chill, come as you are warm-up shoot that Wednesday afternoon, in a Japanese coffee shop slash Instagram trap serving cà phê đá, and, shortly after, to what was not even the tip of a needle in a 20-mile haystack that is My Khe. That’s a huge b— …errr.. beach. (Deuce Bigalow reference.)

25 cinematic travel couple photos from Chris & Brooke's DaNang Vietnam destination engagement session: pre-wedding couple photography x destination wedding photographer @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of IBASHO Coffee and Hostel and My Khe Beach, Da Nang, Vietnam. July 2019. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+, April 2022.

Ronald & Johanna’s wedding in Gamla Staden Malmö Sweden x destination wedding photographer @redsheepphotocinema. Shot on location: Elite Hotel Esplanade (Adlon) and C3 Church, Malmö, Sweden. July 2017. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, July 2020.

Los Angeles Engagement Photos: Peter & Alexis’ street style engagement shoot in Los Angeles, CA, USA x engagement session photographer @redsheepphotocinema. Shot and filmed on location: 1st Street Bridge, Downtown Los Angeles and Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA. Leica M. VSCO. Color remastered, June 2021.

Chillin’ with Peter and Alexis, in the eye of the storm that is the Los Angeles midweek rush hour. We were obviously oblivious to the chaos in the 101, as cool, calm and collected as we were in El Nido a few months earlier.

Next, Griffith, where it was anything but tranquil. Man I’ve never seen that place as packed! With a weekday crowd that seemed like the average weekend crowd on steroids, patience was indeed, a virtue. So there I was, armed with a little “すみません (sumimasen)” here and “lo siento” there so we could do our shots.

(Great seeing you guys again! That Ballast Point craft beer six-pack as a send-off gift was very much appreciated!)

50 cinematic photos from Mirek & Kristyna's exchange of vows ceremony and beach elopement in Palawan: destination wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of NoaNoa Private Island in Taytay, Palawan, Philippines. Pictures taken using my Leica M240 & Sony A7III and color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 160M. June 2019. Color remastered March 2022.

When your then boyfriend makes a song for you and eight years later, you use it for your wedding video. #relatable

On a serious note, this song, "The Island" by John Hardwick - the groom himself! - is simply beautiful and we're so honored to use it for our very first elopement film.

January 29, 2017. 7:20 AM. As I was waiting for the boat to take us to the island, I read an email from Angela that was sent the day before. The words “EXTREME rain tomorrow during our entire ceremony” leaped from the screen of my beloved P9. And all the weather apps in Androidom and iOSphere concurred: the chance of extreme rain was indeed high and very likely, borderline “a definite certainity”, right at the corner of “you’re damn right” avenue. But strangely, being a control freak and all, I felt this sense of calm that was totally the opposite of what was evoked by the dark, foreboding clouds that were already upon us. I mean, I’ve seen the good Lord calm waves, clear up skies, and grant us a Milky Way shot in what should have been an extremely cloudy, let alone starless night. [This one.] Hardcore Grace FTW. And even if it did rain, I was glad to know that John, Angela and I were all on the same page: we will shoot outdoors no matter what, and no amount of rain will drive us inside a conference room or a clubhouse. (You can still see the threat of extreme rain in most of the photos.)

Fun Fact: The photos in this portfolio blog entry are 95% organic. As always, I just tell my clients where to stand; the what’s, when’s, and how’s are kept as candid and organic as possible. 

Not-so-Fun Opinion: Like steak sauce or gravy to a 28-day Dry Aged Bone-in Rib Eye are intrusive instructions and contrived poses to what are otherwise genuinely spontaneous moments together. 

Wedding photos and highlights video of John and Angela's stormy beach elopement ceremony in El Nido. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography and videography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Pangulasian and Lagen Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, January 2017. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M and Luminoir 800M++ May 2020. 

Don & FT's Singapore wedding, right in the middle of Downtown Core: effortlessly chill, as hip as its Style Council soundtrack, artsy AF, with tons of feel good fun. And with that, a fun fact: Art Deco imagery in the wedding details and the reception setup were made (with love) by the groom himself! Gestalten coffee table book-worthy. And indeed, it was featured in Gestalten’s “You’re Invited”. Cool ‘eh.

Edited wedding highlights video of Don and FT’s wedding in Singapore. Wedding videography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of The Fullerton Hotel, Empress and Privé at the Asian Civilizations Museum, Downtown Core, Singapore. redsheep Cinema + M Weddings (Photo).

Pablo y Angela. Night photos of the Meguro River during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Tokyo: couple photography x @redsheepphotocinema. Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, April 2017. Color remastered December 2021.

I met Pablo y Angela on a plane going to Palawan. The three of us were row mates and we chatted while I was taking airplane window photos for my usual El Nido Instagram stories. A few weeks after, 3,401 km away to the northeast, at least 20°C degrees colder but amidst a fever pitch crowd, there we were again, trading powdery white sand for pinkish-white sakura 桜 - camera on my right and a can of Kirin on my left: a perfect way to end a sunrise engagement session (and a red-eye flight to top that) earlier that day.

Cinematic photos and video from Koke and Pam's chill and outdoorsy prenup photoshoot in Bonuan Beach. Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippines. Pre wedding and engagement photography in Southeast Asia x @redsheepphotocinema November 2015. Color remastered March 2022.

It was raining from 11:23PM to 2:40PM.

Raining hard. Really hard.

Though not as hard and torrential as Typhoon Hagibis that hit Tokyo a few days prior (and we were right in the middle of it), but definitely hard enough to push a Plan A, "garden wedding overlooking the Bohol Sea" setup, to a Plan B, "just inside a restaurant slash covered area" kind of thing.

But you wouldn’t know if I didn’t tell you.

You wouldn’t know, if not for some scenes in the wedding video and some obviously rainy photos below.

Because in the midst of a Plan B already in full swing* were Plan A-level smiles all over, from both team Alyce and team Dennis.

*Seriously, the folks at Amorita already relocated the entire ceremony setup.

Wedding photos and video from Dennis & Alyce's garden wedding ceremony overlooking the Bohol Sea, at Amorita Resort in Bohol, Philippines. Candid and reportage wedding photography & cinematography x destination wedding photographer & videographer @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of the Amorita Resort, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K + Sony A7III and Voigtlander primes. Color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 160M. October 2019. Color remastered April 2020.

イブキ と エミ with a little bit of Led Zep. 

Ibuki & Emi’s Singapore Engagement Session. Little India and Farrer Park over the MBS, Gardens by the Bay, Tiong Bahru and Haji Lane? That's Ibuki and Emi. They wanted to show a Singapore that's closer to their hearts, haze aside.

Little India is home to these fellow Michel Gondry fans, who also share the same disdain for pop music. Thanks for the Otoro & Uni treat guys!

Singapore couple photography: Ibuki & Emi’s pre-wedding photoshoot x @redsheepphotocinema. Shot & filmed on location: Little India, Singapore. Leica M + Sony + VSCO. Color remastered, July 2021.

Prologue
This set has a backstory that's rather interesting. These were all shot and filmed last September, during our then recently concluded filmmaking workshop in Verona, Italy. Just hours prior to this session, we didn’t have anyone to shoot. Our models - an Italian faux* couple [not "faux Italian couple"] - because of, errr… “reasons”, which I firmly believe were also - faux - made a last minute cancellation.

So there we were, "in fair Verona where we lay our scene", utterly clueless, but, by no means helpless...

Enter, stage left: Andrea & Anastasia

*Looking back, I'm thankful that we didn't have those models - good-looking as they were - for the afternoon session. They weren't a real couple in the first place and that would have defeated the purpose of the workshop. Buzzwords: organic, authentic. There’s little added value in shooting subjects who are already comfortable in front of the camera.

Act One
And so, after my early afternoon Keynote on filmmaking, we went out for two things: to look for a couple to shoot*, and to have a very late working lunch; prosciutto e funghi pizza, tiramisu and espresso would have been a worthy consolation if we didn’t find anyone. The thing is, I couldn’t ask just any couple if they were willing to be an integral part of our workshop. Heck, we were in “fair Verona” and more than great Italian food, there's never a shortage of lovers (star-crossed or not). More than finding a real couple, and more than finding a willing couple at that, there was something else that I was looking for - not the physical appearance or the way the dress; they had to share this "very particular vibe” which I really can’t describe with words, verbose as I am as you might have noticed already. It was up to the good Lord to lead us to the right place, at the right time, to a willing couple that shared the vibe that I was looking for. Note that it was almost three in the afternoon and my appetite was leading me elsewhere.

[ Enter, upstage right: Nicolas and Joanne. ]

Long story short, I approached Nicolas and Joanne as they were about to leave the restaurant. (Coperto!) I told them about our predicament with our “no show” models*. And, just like that, and in a very enthusiastic tone even, Joanne said “Yes!”. I promised to keep the shoot as fast as possible; it was perfectly understandable that they wanted to see Verona as well and I couldn’t take more than 30 minutes of their time. The interesting thing is, they’re from Vienna! I was there two weeks earlier so I had something to break the ice with, like my adventures with sachertorte and käsekrainer (Nicolas & Joanne! Danke schön for saying “Yes!”).

There. 30 minutes, all-in: 15 minutes walking time, 15 minutes actual filming time, one cinematographer, one camera, no changing of lenses, no storyboards. And once again, the good Lord provided. Just in the time of nick… or just in the nick of time, rather, and for the nth time. And, thirty-minutes and a glass of eiscafe (iced coffee) later, He will usher in another couple for us to shoot.

Act Two
"I guess we have time for one more." And so, after a glass of iced coffee, a "no" from the couple seated next to us, and 30 minutes later, we went around again to look for another pair to shoot. [ Enter: Andrea & Anastasia ] We spotted them about 20 yards from us, in one of Verona's narrow alleyways. 'figured that they were locals, so I let Valentina do the talking this time. I didn't want to sound like Aldo Raine pulling off a "Gorlami" in front of them. After listening to Valentina's pitch in Italiano (I could infer terms like "workshop" and "filmmaker" because of hand gestures.) they said "Yes", not "Sì"; their english was spot on! And, guess what. They [also] visited Vienna a month ago. No BS. Easy icebreaker again. This time, we talked about how Italian coffee (the original espresso, of course!) is way better than Viennese coffee. I believe in Divine orchestration - "qarah" - not coincidence. And, seeing how things turned out, I'm glad that our models did that last minute cancellation. Our good Lord to the rescue. For the nth time.

redsheepphotocinema wedding filmmaking workshop and mentorship program + engagement photos Verona, Italy. October 2017. Leica M. Sony A7R II. VSCO.

“Hey Lynette, aren’t we taking [table-to-table] group photos?”

”It’s not that kind of wedding.” *smiles politely*

And “not that kind of wedding” is definitely my kind of wedding. *smiles exactly the same way*

36 cinematic photos from Boon and Lynette's wedding in Singapore: wedding photography & videography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of The St. Regis in Singapore. May 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, June 2020. "Don’t Hesitate" performed by Heather Lee licensed through The Music Bed // Streaming, Internal & External Uses // Single Use | Perpetual © 2018 Heather Lee Music themusicbed.com. Color remastered, April 2022.

That was a rush. So much in 48 hours, I can still remember it one year after:

I took the early morning flight back to Manila from El Nido, the day after an unforgettable April Fool’s day wedding there. (Well, the wedding was real and very much heartfelt. Nothing about it was a joke.) I only had a few hours at home for a shower nap — I mean, power nap — and to charge my lenses, clean my batteries - ha! see what I mean! - and double-check my already pre-packed gear before my late evening flight to Tokyo. 

Enter, April 3: our shoot starts 2 hours before sunrise. I’ve always wanted an “empty street night city shoot” for quite some time now, and because of schedule constraints, by hook or by crook, I had to start shooting just a few hours after our plane landed. By 2:30AM, we were on our way to downtown Tokyo. After what was a lame excuse for a good night’s sleep  - a blasphemous abomination of your usual 8 to 10 - I found myself shooting Che & Dezzy in the empty alleyways of Shinjuku, then, straight to Meguro River for sakura sans tourists shots, followed by a quick mid-morning break (I was too excited to sleep!) then off to Shibuya then Roppongi for the late night part of the shoot. The Vimeo video player is set to repeat indefinitely. The first frame of this short film is the same as the last - beginning from the end - blurring the line between early morning and utter evening darkness. Is it 4:00AM? 11:30PM? Shortly before sunrise or way after sunset? That’s how I felt that day. Welcome to urban oblivion. 

Che & Dezzy’s engagement session slash save the date film has been out for months now, but it took me a while to come up with this - the Director’s Cut. I really want to take it slow, sure and steady whenever I do pet projects. (i.e., Director’s Cut versions of films that you see here). Passion projects are more of "when I want to/how I want to", and not even a hint of "have to", even if it takes a full year. It also took me some time to come up with the right musical score. I wanted to stay away from the convenient trap of an uberurban Tokyo feel, analog synths, appregiators, drum machines and all. This musical score, an almost blatant Birdman rip-off entitled “Avian XX or The Underrated Trait of Stupidity” (OK, OK, music inspired by…), is actually the 5th version, the one that I’m finally happy with.
 

Che and Dezzy's street-style travel couple engagement session in Tokyo: prenup photography and videography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of the sidestreets of Kabukichō (歌舞伎町) in Shinjuku, Shibuya and Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160, June 2020. Original score (c) 2018 redsheepphotocinemusic. #福岡 #結婚式 #前撮り #東京写真部 #結婚式準備 #ポートレイト #ウェディングフォトグラファー #ウェディングフォト #結婚式写真 #結婚式カメラマン #持ち込みカメラマン #外人風ヘアメイク #ロケーションフォト #ビーチウェディング

From +62 to +63. Think about it: Paula's got Bali, Lombok, Komodo and Raja Ampat - all these - at her very doorstep. Yet here we are, 2,386 km and one time zone away to the North East, doing a travel and lifestyle portrait shoot, because El Nido (her one and only stop in the Philippines BTW) is so damn worth the trip.

25 cinematic travel portraits from a fashion and travel influencer's photo shoot in El Nido. Lifestyle and portrait photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Miniloc Island Resort (El Nido Resorts) and Big Lagoon in Miniloc Island, Lagen Island sandbar, Pinagbuyutan Island and Paradise Beach, Cadlao Island, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. March 2019. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+ March 2022.

San Diego California Wedding Photos: Jamal & Teresina’s L'Auberge Del Mar oceanside wedding in San Diego, Southern California, USA x destination wedding photographer @redsheepphotocinema (Guj Tungpalan & AC Lemi) Shot and filmed on location: L'Auberge Del Mar and the University Club atop Symphony Towers. San Diego, CA. Leica M. Sony A7SII. VSCO.

The challenge that I face whenever I shoot in Paris is this: just how do you photograph two people in love in le overly photographed La Ville Lumière? Where do you draw the line between being too touristy, and being too snobbishly local that Paris becomes a tad too unrecognizable already? (Like something from a Pinterest Board called “10 Parisian Streets that only locals know about”.) 

Ron & Abby's destination engagement session: prenup photography x @redsheepphotocinema. Shot and filmed on location: Paris, France. September 2017. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+, July 2020.

“A Day in the Life of…”: Quark Henares & Bianca Yuzon’s prenup video + 21 moody and cinematic urban engagement photos, featuring location photos of Antidote Rooftop bar at I’M Hotel, Agimat, 20:20 Bar, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Silverlens Art Gallery, and Poblacion in Makati City and Manila House Private Club and Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Metro Manila, Philippines. Color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 160F. February 2019. Color remastered March 2022.

Ken & Giselle's engagement session featuring Karl, San Francisco's fog personified. #KarlTheFog

Sneak Peek. Full blog entry to follow on how to get there. Because if your main purpose is just to take photos and hiking is just a means and not the end itself, there is an easier way. When you’re going uphill, “just 500 meters” according to Google Maps can feel like forever.

Couple photos from Janry and Rica's adventure engagement session trek up to Lion Rock Peak. Prenup photography x destination engagement photographer @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of Central, Kennedy Town and Lion Rock Peak in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Pictures taken using a Leica M240 & Sony A7III. Color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, our signature proprietary look. November 2018. Color remastered June 2020.

Felix & Jasmine's engagement session in New York City. Shot on location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, DUMBO, Grand Central Station and Central Park.

25 moody and cinematic urban portraits of Daria (@kachynskaya): a fashion model's headshot and portrait photoshoot in Singapore. Travel, lifestyle and portrait photography x @redsheepphotocinema in Downtown Core, Singapore. May 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+ March 2022.

San Sebastian, Spain Engagement Session
Sherwin & Valerie's engagement (prenup) photos. Shot on location: San Sebastian/Donostia, Basque Country, Spain.

Singapore wedding photos & same day edit video: Shawn & Serene’s Singapore wedding x @redsheepphotocinema. Shot and filmed on location: Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator, The Fullerton Hotel, The Colonial @ Scotts. Color remastered 2018.

Shawn and Serene. Aside from the fact that their wedding date is a numeric palindrome - that’s 07102017 - and that the music in their wedding film was done by a local band, here’s one more thing that made this wedding noteworthy: there’s this air of excitement, joy and “first-time” anticipation as if they didn’t already have their wedding solemnization a couple of months ago! 

Oh will you look at that.

Two city engagement shoot scenarios at polar ends of my bucket list: a sidewalk with a chock-fuller than usual flow of pedestrians (apparently all of them just came out of The Theater at Ace Hotel where an afternoon matinee just concluded), and, just one block away, a totally empty street in Downtown Los Angeles. Three streets actually: W 9th, S Spring and S Main Street. But no POTUS this time - just a routine road re-blocking project from the local department of public works and the city government of Los Angeles.*

So those two instances above, plus the unfairly beautiful Southern California sunlight, plus Dom & Reg, delightfully animated an all, ever-comfortable with each other, totally nullifying the "we're not comfortable in front of the camera" disclaimer that they said earlier.

Ah. Favor. Another one of those "strength in weakness" moments. I was limping like Keyser Söze (don't ask why). And touchdown in LAX was less than 24 hours ago. Totally needed all the Help that I can get.

Engagement photos from Dom & Reg's candid, casual and chill city engagement session in Downtown Los Angeles. Pre wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of S Broadway and the 1st Street Viaduct, DTLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Color graded with redsheep Chromavibe 160M+. November 2019. Color remastered July 2020.

*It’s been two years since that similar instance in New York City. President Trump was in the same hotel as we were, and voilà - Madison Avenue, totally empty, thanks to the United States Secret Service and the NYPD.

Photos and highlights video from Dom & Reg's wedding at The Fig House in Los Angeles. Wedding photography and videography with original music x @redsheepphotocinema. Los Angeles, Southern California, USA. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavictrix 400M+. November 2020.

Hello again, New York. It's been two years.

9:40AM ET DUMBO
Resisted the urge not to fall into that Insta-trap. (Crazy. 6:20AM and Washington St. corner Water St. was already swarming with people!)

10:53AM ET Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Was able to tick-off an item in my bucket list of shots. It's quite specific actually: "Shoot a couple in Brooklyn Heights Promenade using a telephoto lens." Because years ago, I made a rookie mistake of using a wide angle lens. It wasn't as ooomph-y as I wanted it to be.

12:20PM ET SoHo
Spring Street, Crosby Street and Broadway in particular. Saturdays NYC was closed for renovation so we had to improvise: shop window reflections, lamp post shadows and shoulder-level autumn foliage to the rescue. And yes, a bokeh-ed Broadway for that unmistakable Big Apple vibe.

2:35PM NoMadStumptown Coffee at Ace Hotel. Matcha for Ingrid, latte for Manuel, and one cortado for me.

How could we not use Ace Hotel's retro-yet-still-functional old school photo booth!

Next: walk a few blocks down to...

3:17PM ET Madison Square Park
Did you see my IG story? Guess I'll be having Shake Shack after all. *smiley* [ Thank you Manuel & Ingrid! ]

4:22PM ET Central ParkDon't let the time stamp fool you. Behold: The November sunset was just a few moments away. We had to make the most out of the light that we have. Although admittedly, I'm a blue hour person. *wink*

6:32PM ET Times SquareLast stop. Check out Photo #20. See the billboard "Playing with Fire" where John Leguizamo and Keegan-Michael Key are dressed as firemen? Such a waste of white, empty space above the movie title.

2-week US tour, done.

Engagement photos from Manuel & Ingrid's engagement session in New York City. Couple photography x engagement photographer @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, SoHo, NoMad, Central Park and Times Square. Color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 400M+. October 2019.

Shawn & Serene's solemnization in Singapore: Rites of Marriage and pre-wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of Keong Saik Road (Potato Head Folk, early in the morning), the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Michelin-starred The Song of India, 33 Scotts Road, Singapore. January 2017. Color remastered April 2020. Leica M + redsheep Chromavibe 160M+.

...and, just like that, the world was never the same.

These photos were taken a little over a week before the Manila/El Nido/Coron/Puerto Princesa community quarantines took place. (Damn you COVID-19!).

Las Cabanas was still busy when we did our sunset session there with Piotr and Anna. Its west-facing beach bars were still packed, and I was happy to bump into the entire entourage of Ryan and ZJ - still stoked from their El Nido Resorts wedding in Miniloc that we filmed just two days prior. (Their six-minuted same day edit wedding video? Killed it.)

Four days later, I returned to that same spot: the crowds have noticeably dwindled down to less than half, something you wouldn't normally see during the summer months in the Philippines. I've been shooting in El Nido almost weekly during peak season for the past three years. The sparsity was quite unreal.

Looking back, I took things for granted, thinking that I'll be back there anyway next week. And the week after that. Now, I honestly don't know when this will end, and when things will get back to normal. All our March and April shoots in El Nido have been postponed indefinitely.

In the twinkling of an eye, everything - changed. But I still consider myself blessed (without the hashtag) that I was able to do these shoots in El Nido.

Yes, I'm a road warrior, but I'm so happy to be HOME right now.

Part One of Two. Travel couple adventure photos from Piotr & Anna's El Nido Yachting Club island hopping tour. Lifestyle photography x @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of Star Beach, Tapiutan Island; Hidden Beach, Matinloc Island; Bacuit Bay; Small Lagoon, Miniloc Island; Pinagbuyutan Island; Las Cabanas Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Color graded using our signature proprietary grade, redsheep Chromavibe 400M+. March 2020.

Kinderdijk Engagement Session | 10.2013
Jackie x Marcel’s engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken at Kinderdijk and downtown Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Holland).

Our first wedding in Singapore since the pandemic. That’s two years. “Good to be back” is such an understatement. And golden hour at 1-Atico is really something. Thank you, WenJun & Jacq. (And Wenxin/The Wedding Stylist, of course!)



WenJun & Jacqueline’s wedding in Singapore, filmed on location: The St. Regis + 1-Atico, Singapore, December 2022. Reportage city weddings x redsheep. Filmed using a Sony A7SIII (S-LOG), SLR Magic MicroPrimes, Tiffen Black Pro Mist filters. DaVinci Resolve 18. December 2022.

Singapore Wedding | 07.2013
Adam Stamenkovic x Emily Loke’s garden wedding cum Serbian Archery Ceremony, filmed on location: Raffles Hotel, Singapore.

The Serbian archery ceremony: the Ting Hun, Chinese tea ceremony and Pamamanhikan on steroids. You'll need a quiver of thirteen arrows, a bow - anything between Legolas' and Hawkeye's will do - an apple, a 1:1 list of zany consequences for every missed shot, lots of love and determination. (In the most dogmatic form of this Serbian tradition, a miss means the wedding is off.)

Adam, a NY wedding photographer based in Singapore - gifted with a keen eyesight, was able to hit the apple in just a few tries. One day after, Adam his bride and Emily, (founder of Paper Tiger Press, Singapore's first letterpress studio) tied the knot at the iconic Raffles Hotel.

Editor's Song Choice: "Let Us Love (Instrumental)" by Need to Breathe from the album Outsiders (c) 2009 Atlantic Records Licensed through The Music Bed (License Type: Wedding & Portrait Photography & Videography // Streaming, Internal & External Uses // Single Use | Perpetual) themusicbed.com

The Royal Pita Maha, Ubud, Bali Destination Wedding | 05.2015
Remember the Wilson Phillips scene from the movie "Bridesmaids"? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOK7ijzywgs) This real world/real wedding counterpart is inspired by it: driven by love, friendship [and stage fright], and not a bit hampered by that long flight from Cali to Bali.

Sneak Peek Post! Mike & Liz's Ubud, Bali Destination Wedding Video by redsheep. Filmed on location: Royal Pita Maha, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

Engagement Session & Pre-wedding Shoot: Tanah Lot, Bali.

Photo & Video: redsheep Photo & Cinema
Coordinator: Botanica Weddings (Bali)
Guest performance by Wilson Phillips, from Cali all the way to Bali.

Instagram Hashtags: #lnmbalinski #botanicaweddings #letsgotowherever

Bali Destination Wedding | 05.2011
Carl Tancaktiong x Maggie Kwei’s Bali destination wedding Same Day Edit video, filmed on location: Puri Wulandari Boutique Resort & Spa (Preparations and Ceremony) + Amandari (Reception) + Panchoran Retreat (Rehearsal Dinner).

"Disarm" by Ben Rector from the album "Twenty Tomorrow" (c) 2011 Ben Rector Music Licensed through The Music Bed (License Type: Wedding & Portrait Photography & Videography // Streaming, Internal & External Uses // Single Use | Perpetual) http://themusicbed.com

Act One:
🎶 ...I will be king / And you / you will be queen... / 🎶

Act Two:
🎶 Though nothing / will drive them away / We can be heroes / just for one day 🎶

#DavidBowie, "Heroes"

Editor's note: Luis & Steph are bona fide Bowie fans, not stowaways aboard the David Bowie #hypetrain. Got a flat tire? 🎶 Ch-ch-ch-ch-change it. 🎶 #lxshk

Hong Kong wedding videography: Luis & Steph's Hong Kong engagement session & destination wedding video x @redsheepphotocinema. The Pottinger, Central & The Verandah, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong.

Coordinator: Nicole Froelich / BespokenFor Weddings, Hong Kong

Max, Kat, the El Nido sunset, jaw-dropping as always, and a healthy dose of Seattle weather. Which, in hindsight, worked to our advantage:

1. The cold blue atmospheric ambience juxtaposed well with Kat's warm yellow dress;

2. Gloomy weather scared half-hearted tourists away - perfect for shooting inside the Big Lagoon, which was surprisingly empty during midday primetime;

3. Seattle-like lighting and weather conditions that a couple from the Pacific Northwest would feel very much at home to; Max & Kat were as close and as cozy as possible.

4. Stormy weather sunsets are more interesting, don't you think? Just as long as the clouds don't cover the sun entirely. And the blue hour that comes after? Blue-aqua-orange-red-pink hour rather.

Oh, and yes, Skipper Charters. I gotta give it to these guys. I've done "quite a number" of shoots in El Nido (*faux cough sounds like *thirty* *forty* *) and surprisingly, I had two "oh good Lord, how great and marvelous are your woks" moments during this shoot alone: Skipper Charter's private beach with a jetty made of bamboo (so indigenously picturesque!), and a secret cove that's reminiscent of Danny Boyle's "The Beach". But I can't tell you where that one is. If I did, I would *ends abruptly*

25 moody and cinematic photos from Max & Kat's Tour A adventure session in El Nido with Skipper Charters (@skippercharters): pre-wedding and engagement photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Pinagbuyutan Island, Big Lagoon in Miniloc Island, Three Coconuts (@three.coconuts.elnido) Private Island, Star Beach in Tapiutan Island, Maremegmeg Beach Bar and Las Cabanas, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, Color remastered, March 2022.

Eleonora's extended summer this year: from the Philippines' oh so fine beaches this month to Milan Fashion Week in September.

25 cinematic portraits from a fashion model's photoshoot in El Nido. Travel, lifestyle and portrait photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Pasadigan Cove and Cadlao Lagoon in Cadlao Island, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. March 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+ March 2022.

When Joyce (@thedelightfulmissjoyce) contacted me about the prospect of doing a debutante shoot for Maia, her cousin, I was hesitant. (I just Googled “hesitant thesaurus” right now. I’m looking for something with a stronger connotation. Oh well, "hesitant" would do.) Debutante portraits - isn’t that shooting young ladies about to turn 18, long gown and all, with a princess-like demeanor? Nothing wrong with it, except that I’m not good at it. Honestly. Seriously. (Shhhh… but I’m really not good at making people pose editorial style. Don’t tell anyone. *chuckles* Kidding. It’s no secret.) So there, I was already preparing my list of 20++ photographers that they can consider - colleagues and industry friends who I’m sure can and will do a better job than me in doing shoots like this. But when I met Maia for the first time, I learned that her favorite post from my site was my Street Photography Gallery of Stockholm and Copenhagen, and that she would like to do something similar for her pre-debut Portrait Session. “Oh, cool. She knows what she wants, she knows what our brand stands for, and she knows what she’s getting into. Street is the shiz.”, I figured. 

So there, what happened next, in two cites almost 3,000 kilometers apart, was one of the most enjoyable shoots that I’ve ever done in my career. MAnila:MAia and TOrres:TOkyo was just a coincidence. Or perhaps, having subtle undertones of destiny, that this shoot was meant to be.

25 cinematic debutante portraits: Maia Torres’ travel and lifestyle photoshoot x @redsheepphotocinema. Yardstick Coffee and Legazpi Sunday Market, Makati City, Philippines and Shibuya and Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. April 2016. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M+ March 2022.

Yes. That’s it. *pause for effect*
Breathe in.
Take it all in.
Because fifteen minutes from now, it will all change:

from calm to chaos;
from the chirping of birds - the creaking of cicadas, to the whirring of motorboats;
from the three of us sharing pleasantries, to that rowdy group tour’s quasi obscenities.

Fourteen minutes and forty seconds to go, before this tranquil silence fades away.

What just might be the best reason to stay in Miniloc - that two-hour window of the Big Lagoon’s pristine beauty - would have to wait another day.

fin.

I got a little poetic there. And this Big Lagoon thing is just one set in Peter and Alexis’ adventure engagement session in El Nido, Palawan. Sharing with you guys our 2-day itinerary.

Day One: On an indigenous outrigger boat or a bangka.
Picturesque, but going from one place to another takes 40 minutes.

3:00PM Lagen Island Sandbar
4:30PM Pinagbuyutan Island. There are no more tourists by this time, but you only have a 30-minute window for shooting because the island is east-facing.
5:30PM Bacuit Bay sunset cruise
7:30PM Starry night shoot at Miniloc Island Resort

Day Two: On a kayak. And a speedboat.
Everything is just 10 minutes away.

7:00AM Kayak from Miniloc Island Resort to the Big Lagoon. There in 10 minutes. Figuratively a stone’s throw away. Literally five stone’s throws away if you have a decathlete’s right arm.

9:00AM The tourists slowly trickle in. Time to go back to Miniloc.
4:00PM Cadlao Island
5:00PM Ipil Beach until evening

It’s quite funny that in one of her emails, Alexis was worried that they wouldn’t have enough free time to enjoy El Nido because we were shooting for two days. The thing is, redsheep shoots are free time to actually enjoy El Nido. *smiley with a wink*

Peter & Alexis' private island hopping tour and adventure engagement session x El Nido Resorts. Pre wedding and engagement photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Pinagbuyutan Island, Big Lagoon in Miniloc Island, Miniloc Island Resort, Ipil Beach 2 and Paradise Beach in Cadlao Island, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. April 2018. Color remastered August 2021.

Eric & Sabrina's private island hopping tour and adventure engagement session x El Nido Resorts. Pre wedding and couple photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Cadlao Island, Lagen Island Sandbar and Ipil Beach 2 in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. December 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, July 2020.

If you’re a Malmöit (cool demonym huh?), you would have enjoyed that weekend: clear skies, bright sunny and all; not the other kind of Scandinavian “summer" - rainy, gloomy and grey - which was exactly the case a few days earlier. Just in time for their wedding the next day.

36 cinematic city couple photos from Ronald & Johanna's engagement session in Gamla Staden: pre-wedding photography in Scandinavia x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of Gamla Staden, Malmö, Scania, Sweden. Color remastered, April 2022.

Wedding photos Jamie & Natasha's beach elopement ceremony in El Nido Resorts, Palawan, Philippines. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Miniloc Island and Cadlao Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, April 2019. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, May 2020.

Serendipitous. [ser-uh n-dip-i-tuh s] adj.
4. Sitting beside a total stranger on a plane, who happens to be going to the same summer music festival that you're going to. And as it turns out, that someone also likes the same music - and tons of other stuff - that you also like. To add to that, both of you have been living in the same city (London), and were born in the same country (Latvia). Janis & Zane's story. Total strangers. Sitting beside each other. On a plane. Going to the same summer music festival. Oh, did I say that already? #truestorybro

Janis & Zane's (LHR > MNL/ENI) chill and utterly candid day-before-the-wedding beach engagement session in Nacpan Beach and Twin Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Pre wedding travel couple photography x @redsheepphotocinema September 2016. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, July 2020.

Considering an elopement in Pangulasian? Here's a tip: get Villa #28.

It arguably has the best view of the resort's beachfront, and it even has its own swimming pool - perfect for that pre-dressing up downtime-chilltime that's distinctive of an elopement - and an infinity pool at that, one having a perfect view of Pangulasian's sandy cove and Bacuit Bay's outlying islands.

Oh, and one more thing: that evening was LIT! Not that kind of "LIT". The other kind of "LIT" - literally LIT (i.e., "well lit", not "this party is lit, fam!"). Thanks to a bright full moon that we saw rising from the east almost simultaneously as the sun was setting! So surreal!

Wedding photos Aaron and Gaby's beach elopement ceremony in El Nido. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Pangulasian and Miniloc Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, April 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M and Luminoir 800M++ May 2020.

A Cariocan couple. Speaking fluent Mandarin. (And Portuguese, obviously.) Eloped on an island resort in the Philippines. All these, wrapped in 30 seconds of an Icelandic post-rock tune.

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The Perks of an Elopement Entry No. 24a & 24b.

a. The level of stress is basically nil, and it goes without saying what the level of chill is.

b. The level of intimacy, of course. But then again, there's the obvious drawback of not having your loved ones around. (And Henrique took care of that with a surprise video that he made.)

Wedding photos and teaser video of Henrique and Evelynel's beach elopement ceremony in Apulit Island. Organic and chill elopement wedding photography @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Apulit Island in Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, February 2016. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, June 2020.

Dylan and Ivy. Just Dylan and Ivy.

Our first elopement remastered with our 2020 color grade. El Nido, Palawan. Way back 2015, before we happily embraced the authentic/organic/photojournalistic/adventure, ummm, errr - “movement”. And so, it comes with this inevitable disclaimer: we don’t make (ie, command or instruct) our couples look at the camera anymore (except during formal portraits and headshots).

Wedding photos and highlights video of Dylan and Ivy's sunny beach elopement ceremony in El Nido. Light and airy elopement wedding photography and videography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Pangulasian and Miniloc Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, April 2015. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, June 2020.

"...just to clarify: you don't want me to shoot you guys while you're getting ready? What about the rings and your gown?"

"Nah. It's just a dress anyway. Just shoot us candidly as we go hiking before the ceremony. It's one of the things that we really enjoy doing!"

...and so, we hiked all the way up to Pangulasian Island's view deck an hour or so before the ceremony - 40 minutes in total including a 5-minute 'cameras and smartphones down, I want to take this all in' moment - trading the usual pre-wedding 'getting ready' stuff (including the first look!) for something that's more worthwhile and meaningful for Chris and Icelle.

Wedding photos Chris and Icelle's beach elopement ceremony on a rainy day in El Nido. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Pangulasian and Cove 2 in Lagen Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, January 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M and Luminoir 800M++ June 2020.

An intimate beach wedding in El Nido Palawan. Margo & Jo’s wedding photos and video: destination wedding photography & videography x @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of Lagen Island Resort and Lagen Cove 2, El Nido Resorts, Palawan, Philippines. Color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 400M+. April 2020.

Full circle: Miniloc, Apulit, Pangulasian, and finally... Lagen Island, El Nido Resorts.

So it's Lagen for the sunset and the sandbar. 

Miniloc for the local feel and the proximity to the Big Lagoon (think: kayaking to the Big Lagoon before the tourists arrive). 

Pangulasian if you want both a sunrise and sunset, and…

Apulit for a Rio-ish cliff vista, milky way shots and for black-tip reef sharks just below your water cottage. (Amazing actually. They're harmless. Definitely not like watching an episode of #damnnatureyouscary on BET.)

Watch out for redsheep's Guide to Getting Married in El Nido. Coming soon. "Soon", meaning, when I have the extra time to actually do it. *chuckles*

Wedding photos Kevin and Anna's beach elopement ceremony in El Nido. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Lagen and Big Lagoon Beach in Miniloc Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, April 2016. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M and Luminoir 800M++ May 2020.

Nedal is a fellow street photographer, which goes without saying that she wanted a full-on, 100% photojournalistic, street photography shoot for her elopement in Apulit. [Absolutely no posing, I swear!!!]

Interestingly enough, Struan and Nedal met in a street protest in Sydney, so while doing the shoot, we had an intellectual exchange that revolved around varying political worldviews: from the Apartheid, to Australia Day-Invasion Day and how the Aboriginals are the most marginalized ethnic group in the world (and how the world isn't aware of it!), not to mention the ever-controversial plight of Palestinians in Israel (or Palestine, depending on which side of the fence you're on). (For the record, I'm pro-Israel - my Lord and Savior was a Jewish carpenter - but it would do everyone a favor if we just sat down and listened to each other. Respect.) Excuse me while I play my Rage Against the Machine Spotify playlist and detune my guitar to Drop D.

Reportage and candid wedding photos of Struan and Nedal's beach elopement ceremony in Apulit Island. Chill and unposed elopement wedding photography @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Apulit Island, in Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, April 2017. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M, May 2020.

LAX > MNL/ENI, followed by their two-week adventure "tour des îles" from Cebu, Bohol, Siargao and finally, one night in Manila for a cup of damn good third wave coffee and a visit to one of Conde Nast Traveler’s best restaurants in the world (that Yardstick + Your Local combo) -- before flying back home. (The French Press coffee in El Nido town didn't disappoint either!)

50 cinematic wedding photos from Matt and Elizabeth's beach elopement ceremony in El Nido. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Lagen Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, November 2016. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M and Luminoir 800M++ April 2022.

Chill & candid photos and an express edit wedding video from Freddy & Jillian’s wedding in Singapore. Documentary wedding photography & videography x @redsheepphotocinema. Shot & filmed on location: PARKROYAL COLLECTION, Marina Bay, Singapore, January 2023.

Kilkenny Ireland destination wedding video: Daniel & Sheila’s destination wedding in Ireland x @redsheepphotocinema. Filmed on location: Mount Juliet Estate and St. Colmcille’s Church, Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland. Aspect Photography x redsheep Cinema.

A pint of Guinness in an Irish Pub right at the heart of Inistioge Village. This, just minutes before the ceremony in a medieval-looking church across the street. Add to that a bridal prep sequence inside a 250-year-old Gregorian manor house. This is as Irish as it gets. But wait, there’s more… Ireland's warm evening light, and the much warmer company of their closest friends and family. All these, plus an intimate wedding reception at a Michelin Star restaurant. #weddinggoals, ladies and gentlemen, wedding goals.

This could have been the spot. But the ring wasn't ready yet. And so, Qi Xiang and I waited for another opportune time. Fast-forward 17 days later and 2,044 km away: Singapore's Seletar Reservoir*. It may not have a horizon that's as breathtaking as El Nido's, but damn, the sunset that day was nothing short of glorious. Congrats Qi Xiang and Shirley!

A marriage proposal wrapped inside a pre-wedding photo shoot. Lower Seletar Reservoir, Singapore. August 2018. Couple photography in Southeast Asia x redsheep. Edited using redsheep Chromavictrix 160M. November 2020.

*sans its iconic tree (intentionally) *smirk*

Here's a feel-good wedding that we shot alongside Bloc Memoire: a very intimate solemnization in Hiza & Raquel's pad a stone's throw away from Orchard Road, followed by a wholesomely crazy dinner party at The White Rabbit. That's 300++ visible instances of smiles. Give or take a few. Oh, and yes, those caricature wedding favors were nothing short of amazing.

San Francisco Wedding Video: Matthew & Marissa’s Downtown San Francisco wedding x @redsheepphotocinema. Filmed on location: Old St. Mary's Cathedral & The Four Seasons Hotel, Downtown San Francisco, California, USA.

Smacked right in the middle of NBA Finals Fever is the celebration of Matthew & Marissa's love... something equally contagious, hot and intense if you ask me. (Go Warriors!)

I haven't seen anything like it. And I'm not talking about Seiya & Zynn's traditional Japanese wedding ceremony at Kushida Shrine - visually appealing kimonos, utmost silence and all. Or how the food was prepared in such an artisanal way, with all the intricacy and none of the Andersonity of the sushi scene from Isle of Dogs. It wasn't that super amusing voice-controlled sumo game during the after-party even. I'm talking about 02:28. And I was at a loss on how to articulately and artistically describe it, I defaulted to something as straightforward as a situational meme: When your husband is a hairstylist and he gives you an entirely new haircut for your second look at the reception.

Seiya & Zynn. Traditional Japanese wedding in Fukuoka, Japan. Filmed on location: 櫛田神社 Kushida Shrine, 日本の料理屋 Imuri and ルーリー Luree, 福岡市 Fukuoka, Japan.

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John & Fiona’s casual, chill and feel-at-home pre wedding shoot, Eunos, Singapore, October 2017. Engagement photography x @redsheepphotocinema, Leica M. Color remastered, December 2021.

All these Hong Kong foodie bucket list staples, in under three hours:

Mak's Noodles 麥奀雲吞麵世家
The Coffee Academics' Causeway Bay Flagship
Yat Lok Restaurant 樂燒鵝
Tai Cheong Bakery 泰昌餅家
CRAFTISSIMO (Hong Kong's Only Dedicated Craft Beer Shop)

*pause for a 2-hour shower break - you know how hot and icky Hong Kong summers can get*

Mammy Pancake 媽咪雞蛋仔
Four Seasons Claypot Rice 四季煲仔飯

Finally, Kubrick/Yau Ma Tei for an early evening session.

That's eat-and-run-and-gun at its finest -- the adrenaline rush easily overpowering what could have been a severe case of food coma -- an engagement session drowning in quasi-epicurean oblivion.

Couple photos from Marvin & Des' food trip engagement session in Hong Kong. Pre-wedding photography x engagement photographer @redsheepphotocinema. Featuring location photos of Causeway Bay, Wan Chai, Central and Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. Pictures taken using a Leica M240 & Sony A7III. Color graded using redsheep Chromavibe 160M. July 2019.

Graz Engagement Session | 10.2013
Justin x Jhoanne Castelo’s couple shoot (postnup) photos were taken at Schloßberg and downtown Graz, Austria.

Mario & Kris' Napa Valley Destination Wedding. Villagio Inn & Spa, Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA. 

Coordinator: Cole Drake Events
Makeup: Pia Reyes
Hair: Jay Wee
Florist: Vanda Floral Design
Photo & Video: redsheep

Chicago Engagement Session | 10.2012
Richard x Norris’ engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken in Chicago, Il.

San Francisco Engagement Session | 05.2014
Barry Bagaman x Julianne Abelgas’ engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken at Alamo Square and Crissy Field, San Francisco, California.

Hong Kong Destination Wedding | 06.2013
Jeff x Joyce’s Hong Kong destination wedding photos and Same Day Edit video, filmed on location: Island Shangri-La, Admiralty, Hong Kong.

Photo & Video: redsheep
Gown: Vera Wang
Floral & Decorations: My Elegant Wedding, Hong Kong 
Music: Orfeo Strings (Hong Kong): 3pc Jazz Band & Harp & Violin Duet 
Make Up & Hair for May 10th: Can You Studio by Tik Tik Wong (Hong Kong)
Make-Up & Hair for May 11th: Suki Make Up by Suki Lam (Hong Kong)

Editor's Song Choice: "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat" by A New Normal (c) 2012 Licensed through The Music Bed (License Type: Wedding & Portrait Photography & Videography // Streaming, Internal & External Uses // Single Use | Perpetual) themusicbed.com

“Connection” | A Save the Date Short Film | 07.2014
Dominic Hernandez x Katrina Chua’s wedding save the date film featuring an ensemble cast: Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby, Gerald Anderson, Jake Cuenca, Bea Alonzo, Shaina Magdayao, Dimples Romana and Moi Bien. Filmed on location: Prost, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Why did Katrina choose Dom over Piolo, Sam, Gerald and Jake? And why did Dom choose Katrina over Bea, Shaina, Dimples and Moi? “Connection”, a save the date film for Dom & Katrina's wedding.

con·nec·tion / kəˈnekSHən / noun.
1. a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.
2. the theme of Dom & Katrina's Save the Date film for their wedding on December 20, 2014 at Shangri-La Mactan Resort in Cebu.
3. beats the hell out of good looks, wealth, tenure, achievement, talent, et al. as depicted in this short film.

steadicam/dolly operator/key grip MIKE MERCADO
"b" camera operator RYAN PALADA
gaffer/production sound mixer ELAIN OJEDA-SUBIDO
director/DoP/story/film editor/colorist GUJ TUNGPALAN

"TONIGHT"
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El Nido Engagement Session | 10.2012
Matteo x Maja’s engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken in El Nido and San Fernando, Palawan, Philippines.

Paris, France Engagement Session | 07.2015
Sherwin & Valerie's engagement (prenup) photos. Shoot locations: 3rd arrondissement, Musée du Louvre, Place des Vosges, Trocadéro Gardens and Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, France.

Roaring Twenties Engagement Session | 04.2013
Kirby x Camille’s 1920s (Roaring Twenties) Rabbithole Creatives-styled engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken at the Manila Central Post Office, Manila, Philippines.

Bay Area Wedding | 07.2012
Dominic Lejano x Caroline Capulong’s wedding photos and Same Day Edit video. Filmed on location: Christ the King Church, Pleasanton and Hiddenbrooke Golf Club, Vallejo, Bay Area, California.

"Take Me Into the Beautiful" by Cloverton from the album "Cloverton" (c) 2008 Cloverton Licensed through The Music Bed (License Type: Wedding & Portrait Photography & Videography // Streaming, Internal & External Uses // Single Use | Perpetual) themusicbed.com

San Francisco Engagement Session | 07.2012
Dominic Lejano x Caroline Capulong’s engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken at Napa Valley and Battery Spencer, Sausalito, California. 

San Diego Engagement Session | 05.2014
Bong & Sheryll Go’s "engagement session" or couple shoot (postnup) photos were taken at Coronado Island, San Diego, Southern California, USA.

El Nido Destination Wedding | 03.25.2013
Dawid Steenkamp & Karolina Pelc's destination wedding photos and highlights video. Filmed on location: San Fernando, Nacpan Beach & El Nido, Palawan, Philippines.

San Francisco Wedding | 05.2014
Barry Bagaman x Julianne Abelgas’ San Francisco wedding video. Filmed on location: Mill Valley Inn and St. Cecilia’s Church, San Francisco, California.

With smiles as warm as the California sun and an entourage that's ready to party, Barry and Julianne's wedding was such a joy to film. Move over "Say 'Cheese'", it's "Say 'Hennessy'" for these guys!

Photo: Artpix Portrait Studio
Video (and the additional photos below): redsheep Cinema
Coordinator: Cierra Lockwood of Dreams on a Dime Events & Wedding
Makeup: Kat Paule
Florist: Natalini Flowers
Catering: Four Seasons Catering

Singapore Destination Wedding | 10.2013
Beven x Jennie’s Singapore destination wedding photos and highlights video. Filmed on location: Marina Bay Sands and the Boathouse & [prelude], Singapore. Their pre-wedding / engagement photos were taken at Haji Lane, the Marina Bay Sands Boardwalk, and the Barrage Cove, Singapore.

Bohol Engagement Session | 02.2013
Dawid Steenkamp x Karolina Pelc’s engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken at Alona Beach & Bohol Beach Club in Bohol, Philippines.

Bali Engagement Session | 05.2013
Beven x Jennie’s Bali engagement session (prenup or pre-wedding) photos were taken at Campuhan Ridge Walk in Ubud and Batuan Temple, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia.