Baptism - Kyle Gabriel Sevilla

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Sounds familiar?

Sesame Street, Disney and Barney are usually fave kiddie party themes. Kyle’s baptism had a unique one – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This is not exactly kid-stuff, narrating profound lessons about life and human nature but it was nice to see such a different theme (this book is one of my favorite reads).

Kyle’s mother Pia is based overseas, and booking for this event was done through Kathleen Dela Merced of Hi5 Parties.

Talk about client confidence (something we really appreciate about Pia). She was trying to book our services for Kyle’s 1st birthday celebration although at that time she hasn't seen all the photos from the baptism as they were due to be sent by a cousin together with the video. But here we are, communicating via email about the possibility of booking our services in December.

We sent her some straight-from-the-cam photos just so she’d have a glimpse of the kind of shots taken. About a week after, she was already talking about completing her suppliers for Kyle’s birthday. Now, that’s planning ahead :)

Some photos taken at the church.

The ever creative Kathleen transformed the venue - The Filipinas Heritage Library - into the mysterious world of The Little Prince. 

 

 

Yummy desserts.

Here's another baby who could easily make it to a baby magazine cover :-)

Kyle's killer smile :-)

With Mommy Pia.

Kyle's baptismal attire and shoes for the reception.

Random candids.

View all of Kyle's baptismal photos here. 

Child Dedication - Juan Angelo De Guzman

Chiz and Toni (Juan’s parents) were our first lawyer-clients, which made this engagement a little more interesting. Images of a 100-page Agreement (ok, we’re exaggerating), bonds, suits and case jurisdiction would have lingered had it not turned out that they were genuinely concerned about getting good service and conveying their expectations. Fair enough. 

A little review of our brief contract, one meeting, a few emails and text messages hence and we were off to cover this event.  

At the party, Toni told us it wasn’t difficult to make Juan smile - all it took was a beautiful woman in sight and there he goes with a hearty giggle (wonder which side of the family he picked this up from? Hehe). Since the beauties were aplenty that afternoon, we were able to take photos like these:

Decor setup by Jacque Tan of Party Boosters. 

 

Jacque saw these towel lollipops scattered on the table so she gladly arranged them. 

Some shots of the meaningful dedication ceremony...

...and the reception that followed...

  

...and more smiles.

By the way, guess what Juan's current favorite song is?

3-in-JUAN-plus-one :-D  

Some family photos and a few details. 

 

Check out the rest of Juan's dedication photos here. 

Photo Session - Glide Benneth Manook

This was an instant photo session. I got an assignment for S Magazine for an inteview shoot with Ryan Agoncillo in Bgy. Tañong, Marikina. The barangay hall was adjacent to the police station where Ryan & Juday were having a location shoot for their sitcom "George & Cecil".

I left my empty camera bag with one of the barangay hall staff and took off to do the inteview shoot. When it was time to pack and go, there was this little girl who was with her mom and she was very pretty.

I took the chance to do an instant photo session. She was running around the room and somehow I was able to convince her to give me a few poses.  

 

Cuteness. Don't you think? :-) 

1st Birthday - Denise Arteta

Denise's mom, Des, is a good friend from work and engaged us for this birthday event. Denise turned one on Maundy Thursday - and since they couldn't celebrate then, Easter Sunday na lang. :-)  

Denise made this photo shoot very easy. Des must have practiced her waaaay before the event. ;-) Despite the hot and humid weather,  Denise would always smile, and giggle, even when guests played with her.

 

It was a colorful Strawberry Shortcake-themed party (not too obvious noh?...hehe).

 

 

The kids enjoyed themselves - and so did the adults. There were games and prizes and a buffet selection of dishes.

There was entertainment too. It was our first time to see a female host/ magician/ ventriloquist at work :)

 

With Kuya Louie.

Mother & daughter portraits.

 

More photos from Denise's party here.

Interview Shoot - Lorna Tolentino

Flawless? Definitely.

This was our first time to do an interview shoot. What a privilege it was to be with Ms. Lorna Tolentino.

Susan De Guzman, Managing Editor of S Magazine, gave instructions to just capture LT's reactions to the questions. She made it easy for us to do that.

Here she was with her many expressions.

Recalling moments with Rudy Fernandez when he was still alive.

Her advice to women to stay beautiful despite life's challenges -- "Be strong spiritually, have a positive outlook, be happy."