THE FIRST CANON 5D WEDDING

This was meant to be.

Sometime back in January, I answered an overseas call from the U.S. It was an inquiry for wedding hair and makeup rates for an upcoming wedding in Aquatico resort in Batangas. Despite her American twang, I was quite sure that the caller was Filipino. Email addresses were exchanged and soon after, Irene (the bride) booked me for the said wedding. 3 weeks go by and I get a text message from one of the mangoRED boys claiming to be part of an upcoming all-star “dream-team” wedding alongside Jason Magbanua & Threelogy in Batangas. The message seemed cryptic but after much sleuthing, I managed to put the pieces together. The wedding party arrived in Manila and preparations were in full swing. I didn’t even have to prod to confirm that the Dino Lara was their photographer of choice. Not only Dino, Jason, mangoRed and Threelogy were going to be part of this, throw in Bob Nicolas and the Mayad Studios Team as well. This was going to be “kick-ass” as Mr. Lara would tell David (the groom) later on.

Madge and I were in disbelief as we sat in the car en route to the venue and were making like a bunch of giddy teen-aged girls. In between high-fives, we couldn’t believe how everything was coming together and most importantly, we didn’t expect to be part of something this big. Goes to show that we are simply where we are supposed to be and extremely blessed to be given the opportunity to work with the wedding industry’s greats. I kept telling Madge how I lucked out on this one, and I found out that Irene got my name from a good friend in Malaysia who in turn got my name from Ruffa Gutierrez. This is a case where random is not as random as it seems. We’re all connected in some way, reducing the world to less degrees of separation.

This feat could not have been pulled off without our day coordinator, Chinkie Uy-Agregado. Hats off to her for winging this, to think she had NO prior knowledge or involvement in the wedding itself. This may not happen again so thanks to Irene & David for hiring us.

We are more than glad and grateful to be of service.

Xeng & Madge

An all 5D Wedding Video Shoot and Same Day Edit: Irene and David from Jason Magbanua on Vimeo.

Photo & Video:

Dino Lara

Bob Nicolas

Jason Magbanua

mangoRED

Mayad Studios

Threelogy