We have the wedding photos! Thanks, Pat Mateo! They’re awesome. We’ll post them as soon as we can! We got 3 cds, with a total of about 8GB of photos.

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Now that the wedding is done, photos of the amazing event have been flooding cyberspace. Check out the photos from Oneal’s camera, taken by the Managing Editor of Playboy Philippines, Misha Lecaros:

Ceremony
Pictorials
Reception
Cake and Cupcakes

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Imperial Palace Suites, at the corner of Timog and Tomas Morato

Since both our families live so far away from the wedding venue, we need a hotel nearby for our preps. There we can all get ready, get made-up, leave our other things, and probably stay for the night before and/or after the wedding.

Since the wedding is in Fernwood, we need a hotel in Quezon City. We were originally considering Sulo Hotel, but naturally we wanted other options too. So today, we checked out rooms and rates at Hotel Rembrandt, the Imperial Palace Suites, and the new Torre Venezia. The only problem with this area, Timog and Tomas Morato, is that you have to cross EDSA to get to Fernwood. But it looks like there are SM Advantage Card perks for the Imperial Palace Suites and Hotel Rembrant! That’s certainly a plus. Stay tuned for our reviews!

We’re also going to visit Sulo Hotel, since we heard it’s been renovated. We’d also like to see PCED, Balay Kalinaw and the University Hotel in UP Diliman. Those hotels would definitely be closer to Fernwood.

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We finally have a photographer! A few weeks ago, we were finally able to confirm our booking with Pat Mateo.

Pat was recommended by Oneal’s cousin, Carlos, and that’s already a point in his favor. We met with him at Eastwood, and we like his style, his photos, and his personality. We were really comfortable with him, and without our prompting, he said that he doesn’t like to get in the way of the festivities. He shoots what he sees, and doesn’t like to orchestrate the shots. We really like that.

We asked for service only, no album, no prenup AVP or shoot, just Pat and a back-up photographer. So he gave us a discount, and we got ourselves a photographer. Hooray!

Now we need videographers!

– rej

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Alas, alas, woe to us. We still haven’t booked a photographer.

We’ve been turned down by three photographers now. Carlos, Oneal’s cousin, won’t be in the country. Studio A by Ghie Javelosa is already booked on that day, and it’s such a shame, because I really liked their photography. I saw the photos of the Fernwood wedding they covered, and it made me cry!

Next, I asked my college blockmate, Lisa, who now covers weddings with her husband Jeff Llarena. Alas, they’re also already booked! Hopefully, though, I can recommend them to another friend who’s getting married in a few years.

Today we’re meeting up with Pat Mateo, who was recommended to us by Carlos. Next week we hope to meet Kerwin Yu, who was referred to us by my friend, Mikah.

Here’s hoping! *cross fingers*

– rej

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Today’s task: find a studio for the photo and video coverage!

With the caterer settled, the photo and video coverage is the next big hurdle.  We actually had a nice idea for the photo coverage of the wedding. We have a lot of friends who take great photos, and we intend to ask all of them to bring their cameras and take pictures during the wedding. Then before they leave, we’ll make sure to copy their pictures. From this pool of photos from our guests, we’ll make the wedding album.

Still, we need 2 professional photographers, and 2 camera men. We need the photographers primarily for the preps and the ceremony, since it’ll be hard for the guests to take pictures of the ceremony. Plus they can take care of  all the usual shots: with the family, with the entourage, etc., etc.

Then the video coverage is necessary, because while a lot of our friends take great still photos, great camerawork is a little more difficult.

Another thing: we don’t want the supplier to provide us with their edited wedding video, or the wedding album, bound and layouted by them. We want them to just do the coverage, and give us the RAW shots and raw footage afterwards. Then Jovan will help us edit and layout the photos, and we’ll print and bind the album ourselves. Dexter will edit the wedding video.

We had originally wanted to ask Oneal’s cousin, Carlos Hubilla, to cover the wedding. He was so excited when he heard about it, and would have been so willing to do it. He had friends who could do the video coverage too. Alas, he may be out of the country then, so we’re still not sure about that. So we went through the many fliers we’ve gathered from the bridal fairs.

I found a studio that offers a package with what we need:  2 professional photographers, and 2 camera men, for the budget we have in mind. I emailed them, and hopefully they’ll lower the price when they find out we don’t need the album and the edited video.

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