Finally, natapos din. This was actually one of our most awaited events apart from the wedding itself, and so far, we are just sooo glad we definitely made the right choice picking Redefine Weddings. Kuya Jayson (and his wingman, Kuya Jun) just blew us out of the water with their creativity, technique, and their tropa approach. And best of all, the shots… Asteeeeeeg! \m/
Cel and I, along with my bro VJ took off early from Pasay to QC to see Iko (our beautician) and have Cel’s hair and makeup done. Iko did a really astounding job! nagmukha talagang artista si Cel!
It took quite a while and we arrived at the La Mesa Ecopark at around 9am. Redefine got there first and were waiting for us. Upon our arrival, Kuya Jayson swiftly assisted us in getting approval from the Ecopark management to shoot our prenups there. The sun was blazing hot and for a while, I got worried that hard light would drown our photos. Hirap pang ngumiti! But kuya jayson had other things in mind. He had his technique, his new poses for us were awesome, and the results were unbelievable and we were just getting started!
Medyo naubusan kaming lahat ng lakas after the sun-dehydrating poses (which were all worth it naman) so we wasted no time grabbing some iced tea! gumuhit talaga sa lalamunan!
we drove to UP from ecopark for lunch at chocolate kiss. Nahirapan kaming ubusin yung large servings kasi talagang sinaktan na namin yung bottomless iced tea sa sobrang pagod at uhaw. the sun really took a lot out of our energy so after lunch, we retreated a bit and took time out. idlip muna kami while iko worked on cel’s re-makeup and new hairstyle for the next part of the shoot.
No, we didnt go to the oble. (may bayad na raw dun at mahal) but it worked good for us though. a few days ago, we got a bit frustrated being unable to make reservations at intramuros because of an ongoing event there. we really wanted the old stone walls, but kuya jayson turned us to the red brick walls of the UP film center… and again.. the poses… nyahaha! asteeeeg! yung jumpshots namin dun na rin, and we also made use of the rusty gates behind the UP theater as background.. nagsimula na rin umambon by then which worried me again pero God is good talaga, hindi naman tumuloy.
We took more shots along the acad oval and then walked towards the trees near the entrance to the ampitheater. things were really looking good and we could have taken more at that area but we had a sunset to catch at baywalk to we hopped into our vehicles and hit the road towards baywalk.
buti na lang and traffic was pretty good, iko retouched cel’s make up while i drove. we got there just in time to set up and find a good spot. pagod na talaga kami dito but we really didn’t mind. minsan lang magprenups! and we’re glad we managed to wield good shots. the toughest part were the slow shutter shots though. while cel and i were holding each other close looking at each other or even kissing FOR A STEADY 5 SECONDS, we literally caused traffic along roxas blvd as vehicles would slow down to watch us. some would even honk their horns at us, or tease us pero di na lang talaga namin pinakialaman. what do they care anyway? the difficult thing was as vehicles slowed down, we couldn’t get the streak of light we wanted for our background. we’d wait for the vehicles behind us to go by fast but they won’t go fast. they slow down and watch!
we called it a day after the slow shutter poses. everybody REALLY needed a well-deserved rest.
Big shout to all those who made this possible:
Kuya Jayson and Kuya Jun of Redefine Weddings for the ASTEEEG shots. Highly recommended hands down.
Jo Anne for booking a sked that matches ours and confirming our sked.
Our prayers for Zeb’s recovery.
VJ and Gaile for the assistance, buhat, and being backup photogs hehehehe!
Iko for making Cel truly a knockout! super ganda talaga!
Cel, luv u! Ü
our parents din of course.
God, thanks po talaga!
Where are the photos then? you may ask. stay tuned. we’ll put SOME of them here and we’ll post a link to Redefine’s blog when they become available.
Soon!
