18th Birthday - Niqui Leong

Niqui is the eldest daughter of Ali and Nanique (pastoral leaders in Ligaya Ng Panginoon Community), and I got this *gig* after Nanique saw family photos I posted in my personal blog.  Her request  -- nice photos of the debut, which turned out to be an easy task when your debutante is a gorgeous as Niqui is.

Though she didn't prefer the usual preps shots, good thing she graciously agreed for these poses.

Pwedeng pang-billboard sa EDSA di ba? J

or sa C-5.  J

 

The party is Luau-inspired and bronze color-themed, which Ali, in his message to Niqui, explained is the color you get when you spend time sunbathing.  His prayer is that Niqui will also get "bronzed" in her spiritual life, immersing herself in the grace of our Lord.  Many Amens to that.

The yummy bronze-colored cake.

 

Here's mom Nanique making sure things are in order - always having a personal touch, down to lighting Niqui's cake.

More photos of our beautiful debutante.

Ali & Nanique, all smiles after sharing their message for Niqui.

Some of Niqui's friends who attended the celebration.

Cosette, Niqui's little sister.

 

First dance with Ali (and there's Cosette wanting to dance as well). 

With family friends.

We’re back !

It’s been a long time since our last post after having had upload problems, but we’re back !  Finally. :)

So here we are posting a few photos of a recent event to check if the problems have been resolved.  If you are reading this, then all is well.   Yehey !

We covered a birthday celebration at a Makati hotel recently and here are some familiar faces we managed to shoot.

 

Watch out for our next posts…

For some reasons, we couldn't post photos in our blog. Still trying to figure out the problem. Will post more of our events as soon as the problem is fixed. Thanks for your patience.

1st Birthday - Anthony Gabriel Bernardo

Here we are still trying to catch up in our blog postings - just a couple more events from 2008 and then we're done.  Patience.  Patience.  Patience.  Thanks y' all.

For 2009, we'll post the more recent events and catch up on earlier ones.  Here's a follow up on the pre-birthday pictorial of Gab where he was giggling the entire time.

Here he is still at it.

Good morning, err, good evening, Gab.  Time to prepare for the Oscars J

This clapper says it all for party theme.

Getting ready.

The red carpet entrance (or more like to the side of it) J.

On to the paparazzi wall. 

Gab is turning one, take 1! Lights.  Camera...

Action.

 

With his leading ladies.

Delighted [fans ;-) and] friends.

 

Highlights of the glamorous night.

  

Daddy giving the acceptance speech (Gab still can't talk much-  hahahaha) and expressing gratitude for a well-attended celebration.  

More paparazzi photos here J

Pre-Event Pictorial - Gab

 

Cuteness to the superlative degree :)

Here are photos that can be used for a diaper ad.

True enough, Kath (Gab's mom) mentioned that Gab was featured in a baby magazine.  We told her he could easily make it to being a cover model.

Gab made it very easy for us to do this shoot. He was always smiling from ear to ear.  It might have helped that we entertained him with his favorite toys but, it was really a smooth pictorial from start to finish as he is such a happy kiddo.   

 

One last giggle...

Interview Shoot - Richard Gutierrez

This was an interview shoot and I had the not-so-common chance to come up close and personal with one of the most popular actors of this generation.  Like any would-be star-struck fan I looked forward to this shoot...if only for bragging rights.  J

Conflicting schedules made us run, almost literally, to another location to get this done.  We barged into Cafe Juanita in Bo. Kapitolyo, Pasig and the S Magazine Editorial Team carried out the interview.

Richard Gutierrez shared about the privilege of being the lead star of Zorro, the GMA-7 television series, his stay in Bagac, Bataan where the series was shot, and answered some questions about his career plans, the challenges of being one of the top young actors in the Philippines today, and some trivial information about himself.    

His parents' advice in terms of handling fame and success? - Don't let it get to your head.

Is he as handsome as fans think he is?  But, of course.  It's an almost perfect mix of Mr. Eddie Gutierrez's & Ms. Annabelle Rama's features.  When your subject looks THIS good - how can a photographer make a mistake?

 

We took a shot of Richard with mom, Ms. Annabelle Rama, and niece Venice, daughter of Ms. Ruffa Gutierrez, before the interview shoot ended.  Photos like this make you realize that good looks can really be inherited.