Aquim: 1st birthday party

July 20, 2008
Big Red Barn

I met up with the birthday family just a couple of weeks before the party, but we hit it off right away. Aquim is such a sweet little kid. I loved photographing him during his birthday. His mom and dad (Jolen and Jason) are fun to work with as well. We were able to take great photos before the party started and then after every one had gone home. It didn't hurt that there were nice spots around the venue, either.

Oh, and the party was so much fun. Everybody seemed to have a great time!

Check out some of my favorite images from the event...

These notepad giveaways were so cute!


Aquim's safari-inspired cake.


Some details of the venue set-up.




We took some family photos before the program started. I loved the bright colors around the area.

A few shots from the party.






One of the last shots before heading home.


Please visit the gallery HERE for more photos from Aquim's party!

Kathryn Anne: Baptism

July 12, 2008
Santuario de San Antonio
Somethin' Fishy

This has been a very very busy month for me so I haven't been able to update this blog as often as I would like to. August is almost over, however, and on one hand I'm really happy because I survived it in one piece. On the other hand, I just realized I haven't even posted most of my events for July! So, before my backlog of entries piles up even more, I will try to post as much as I can this week...starting with Kathryn Anne's baptism last July 12th. Here are some of my favorite shots from that event.

The day didn't start out very well for me. Faye wanted me to take some family photos in their home before proceeding to the church for the baptismal ceremony. However, we got stuck in a terrible traffic jam just a few blocks away from the house. We had no choice but to head on to the church first and just do the pictorial after the reception.

As soon as we got to the baptistry, my luck started to turn. There was no baptism before us, so I had a lot of time to shoot the details right there.





Some photos during the baptism.

After the ceremony, we drove all the way to Eastwood for the reception. Right in front of the room was this lovely cupcake ensemble.

Check out the pretty details on the cupcakes.


Kathryn with some of the kids (2nd from right is her Kuya Gelo).


After the reception, we went back to the family home to finally shoot some family photos. They had this beautiful Egyptian mural right on their living room wall.

I love this photo of Kathryn and her Kuya.


My favorite photo of Kathryn.


Finally, a couple of family photos.

Please check out more photos HERE!

Sofia Antoinette: Portrait session

I photographed the beautiful baptismal celebration for Sofia yesterday. However, since I won't be able to blog about it for at least a couple more weeks, let me share with you the pre-event pictorial we did a few weeks ago instead.

Early morning on the day of the pictorial, Yang (Sofia's mom) texted me asking how the weather was in Q.C. They wanted an outdoor shoot, so it was very important that we had good weather. Unfortunately, it had been raining the previous night so we were worried that we would get rained out. Nevertheless, we still decided to push through with the shoot. Luckily, even though it wasn't exactly a bright day, the rain didn't fall while we were shooting...and we still got really great shots!

We did the photo shoot at the UP Campus. I've done dozens of pictorials there, but with the bad weather, I was forced to seek out alternative spots. I found this lovely red door hidden on one of the buildings. And it had great natural light.:) Here are Sofia with Mommy Yang and Daddy Kiko. (Yes, even during kiddie portrait sessions, I still include the parents in a few of the shots.)




We then moved to one of the benches around the Sunken Garden so Sofia could get her solo shots.


Isn't she pretty?

One of my favorites.:D


A bit of texture.


Another one of my favorites for the day.




My real favorite.