Hi guys! I found out after checking my site meter that there were still some of you who visit this site. Kindly bookmark my new blog site as I transferred my hosting to my very own joeyreyna.com… My new Come Blog With Me site is here. I’m trying always to update as soon as I can on my new blog site which is www.joeyreyna.com/blog.Tara na!… Balhin na!!!  

I’ve been longing to post this engagement session I had last month. These two lovely couple was all excited about the shoot… They decided to have their engagement session in two locations. We headed first to Marjorie’s Garden at Sta. Rita, Samar and proceeded to Raphael Farms. On our way to Raphael Farms, we asked permission from the Police who was manning the Samar side check-point of San Juanico Bridge if we can stop by the bridge and have some photos taken… and everything went smoothly.

Vincent introduced me to Nicelle on the time were about to leave for Marjorie’s Garden. Nicelle just arrived from the U.S. two days before our engagement shoot and they immediately worked on their civil wedding that happened on the morning of our shoot. Vincent and Nicelle were just so comfortable with each other… I had a blast capturing their moments together as both of them were just enjoying the entire shoot.

Here are a few favorites…

Vincent + Nicelle

They’re so in love…

Can’t resist!

I love the facade of the coffee shop at Marjorie’s Garden… It’s like your in the Caribbean… As if I’ve been there… Probably that’s what you get for too much TiVo.

Forget the bridge… Just focus on the two… nakakakilig!

They’re both game…

We need to wait for the bridge to be free from any moving objects before we can have this shot…

On their way to the restaurant of Raphael Farms.

Raphael Farms is an engagement session haven.

I just love to capture real smiles, real moments and real people.

We had some night shots at the farm.

I guess Vincent and Nicelle forgot our presence at this moment…

On the Tree House. The moon just added drama to the lovely night.

My way of incorporating the facade of the restaurant in the shoot.

I just took a few photos before we proceeded to the parking lot.

To all the family, relatives and friends of Vincent and Nicelle, if you wish to check out more photos of their engagement session as well as their wedding pictures, kindly contact them and ask for the password of their gallery. You can access their gallery at www.joeyreyna.com and hit the client section.

By the way, I need your help guys… There are friends who regularly checks my blog and informed me that the photos posted here are cut at the right side especially the horizontal/s? I need to know co’z if I check my blog using my PC the photos are ok but if I’m using my mac its cut. Please help… I need your comments. Thanks!

I know I suck lately in my blog life… It’s just that I’m blessed with some projects that I need to work on it. Hopefully, with a new staff on my team it will help me lessen my workload.

Anyways, I have to post this cool wedding of Jones and Tintin that’s been always in my to do list but never had the chance to post here.

Here are some of my fave’s…

I was surprised as soon as we arrive at the bride’s preparation room when I saw my flyer on the table…. How cool is that?

I love south sea pearls… It’s so clean and elegant.

Here’s Jones preparing his barong.

Some relaxed portraits of the groom.

Jones is from Zamboanga City.

I just love this shot… very mysterious.

The garter.

Tintin… isn’t she gorgeous?

A moment of silence.

Going down…

The walk.

Church decoration by Cecille Badato.

One of the flower girls…

The recessional.

Some few intimate moments…

Actually Tintin here is already tired… All she wanted was to take a nap.:)

We wanted to include the colorful carousel at the background.

We were glad that the management allowed us to use their carousel for some pictures.

This is one of my coolest shot… One of my outside-the-box thingy.

The traditional money dance. I think the BW conversion is not bad at all.

Everyone loves watching our on-site presentation on a large screen. This is our present to the couple, though, its tough for Paulie to beat the deadline but it’s all priceless after seeing the couple enjoy their wedding photographs.

Hope you’ll love it guys!

This I believe was the longest time I wasn’t able to post in my blog. I hope my blog stalkers still has the patience to check my blog once in a while…

Anyways, I’m posting again another wedding shoot we’ve done last July… The wedding ceremony was held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish were Fr. Elmo was the main celebrant. My team was excited in their wedding as it was our first time to shoot at Le Jardin were the reception was held. Le Jardin is the newest event venue in Tacloban. It was carefully planned by the owners to be the best garden reception hall in the City. It is located at Brgy. Apitong, Tacloban City just a stone throw away from Angelicum School. Jessie and Cecile was both having fun during their wedding. Both of them grew up in Dulag, Leyte but Jessie is now based in the Middle East.

Here are some of the photos I took of Jessie and Cecile. To check out more photos of their wedding feel free to visit the client section of my website. However, the gallery though is password protected and only the family, relatives and friends of the couple can access it. The password of their gallery is Cecile’s family name (all in small caps). Sorry no clues here…

The ‘8′ ring.

A relaxed portrait of the bride.

Everyone is busy.

The bridal bouquet.

Cecile with her cousin Letlet.

Some candid moments.

A relaxed portrait of Jessie.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish.

An emotional walk.

She messed up her eyeliner.

Jessie and Cecile are both amazing… We just love capturing their moments together.

Congrats guys!!

Still here… Trying to catch up as I have lots of stuff to share to you especially last month’s festivities here in Tacloban.

Anyways, we are delighted to capture the wedding of Ariel Clemente and Rose Marie Arteche last July 3. Both of them are based in the U.S. and both also were my neighbors at PHHC village back then. They’ve been civilly married for 22 years before they eventually decided to tie the knot here in the Philippines. The ceremony was held at Sto. Niño Church and the reception were at Kanhuraw Convention Center. The great food was catered by no less than Dottie Capucion and Dana Flower Shop took care of the flowers.

Everyone who attended the wedding had a great time especially during the reception. Tita Norma (mother of the groom) prepared 15 dance instructors to keep the wedding guests on their feet. It was a haven for ballroom dancing aficionados as Level 8 Band did a fantastic job in providing great dance music.

Here are some of my takes during the wedding.

The Blings!

Cool souvenir for the female entourage.

Just love the details of the center table of the living room… Ariel’s barong at the background.

Dad eagerly watches his son wear the barong.

Buttons Up!

Some cool portrait of the groom.

Capturing some details of the groom. Just love the texture and color of their garage wall.

Ring and Bible bearer.

Bridesmaid and Groomsman

One of my favorite shot. I’m always looking to capture real unguarded moments of the wedding.

Some relaxed portraits of Marie.

Marie never knew the presence of Elmo at her back until I told her. This was her reaction…

The Aisle.

They were both cool during the vows.

Our Father…

Some candid shot right after the recessional.

Just can’t explain… but I love it. I just want to do some unorthodox wedding photography..

We were blessed to have a great Tuesday afternoon weather.

Twenty-two years of togetherness can give you great moments.

My best wishes to both of you guys and it was an honor capturing your most precious day.

For those who wish to check out more wedding photos of Ariel and Marie do checkout our on-the-day photo slideshow that we presented during the reception. Click **here** to watch it. Don’t forget to turn on your speakers for a great royalty free music.

I’m still catching up for my past wedding gigs. Brian and Alma were one of our coolest couple ever. They’re totally game since our first meeting few days before their wedding day. It was only Niña (the coordinator) who made the necessary preparations as both of the couple are based in Canada. We had a good weather and not to mention a great crowd. Both Brian and Alma’s closest relatives and friends flew over to Tacloban just to attend the wedding. It was such a fun day as everyone was enjoying especially during the reception.

The entire day was tiring but it was all worth it… Alma and Brian was such an amazing couple… They’re easy going the entire day and not to mention giving us freedom to capture anything we like on their wedding day.

You may check out also my partner’s work at the blog section of his website… Click **here** to see his texturized artwork of Brian and Alma’s wedding.

Anyhow, here are some of the photos I took during day…

Alma getting ready.

The bride.

Brian and the groomsmen.

I love this moment.

A lovely flower girl….

and her stunning mom. Love those sunglasses.

She’ll be celebrating her 18th Birthday next year and I can’t wait to take great photos of her party… of course!… in Canada.

Doing some cool relaxed portraits.

Confetti’s everywhere… Can you feel the kiss?

The couples ride.

What a lovely afternoon… Good weather and great couple.

Nelson and I were really pushing our envelopes just to have this shot… But it was worth it… I’m really afraid of snakes. Now you know!..

Thanks Brian and Alma for making us part of your wedding day. May God be in every precious moment of your life together, now and always.

You may check out more photos of Brian and Alma’s wedding by watching their on-site slideshow. Click **here** and don’t forget to turn on your speakers.

Cheers!

How cool is this?

I'm a bit lagging on my blog postings lately. I’m glad I finished already some deadliest of deadlines. Two weeks ago was a fun wedding shoot. Our group headed to Guiuan, Eastern Samar for the wedding of Fe and Donald. It was our long overdue outing so we made it to a point to at least enjoy the scenic spots of Guiuan and stay for another day. I'm so excited to post the photos of our trip but half of my files were downloaded in Nelson's mac. I might be able to upload it this coming weekend as he is coming over for a two-day wedding shoot. You may be able to check out some of our Guiuan escapades thru Nelson's blog.Click **here** (My blog) to see some action shots...

Party Venue: Eve's Home Concept, Brgy. Apitong, Tacloban City (It's a cool home decorating boutique. Everything that is displayed there is wow! It was my first time to visit the store and my jaw drop after I saw those antiques, paintings, linen's from Bali etc. By the way, it's Angel's mom, Evelyn, who owns the place.)

Adam and Alwyn are both based in the United States. Adam is a freelance graphic artist while Alwyn is working in a private company. You can check out Adam’s website for those who need motion graphic requirements. Nelson and I got blown away by the great work of Adam when we saw his website…

Anyhow, the wedding took place at Baybay, Leyte were Alwyn grew up. It was our first time to have a wedding shoot in Baybay so we have to be there a bit early than our regular call time so we can check out the church as well as the reception hall.

The only pressure for me and Nelson in this wedding was the high expectations of our couple. Adam is not only a graphic artist but also a photographists (photographer+hobbyists) . If I remember right, he graduated Film majoring in motion graphics… (Clear me out on this Adam as I forgot the exact course that you took)

It was all fun during the wedding. Everyone were having a great time til’ the reception. The Knights of Columbus choir of Baybay, Leyte made the atmosphere in the ceremony cooler despite the intense heat inside the church.

The best part in Adam & Alwyn’s wedding was the great weather and they’re both game to anything that we wanted them to do… Our outdoor pictorials were really a blast!!! Thanks guys for the wonderful time.

Here are some of the moments I saw on their wedding day… By the way, you may also check out Nelson’s images at his blog… visit www.nelsonpetilla.com.

Reflections!

I incorporated Adam’s shoes as well as the tiny tots (ring bearer, bible bearer and coin bearer) shoes.

The gorgeous groom!

Adam and his parents.

Adam’s parents having some great time.

My favorite shot during the preparations. I saw the flower girl innocently looking at the bride.

Our lovely bride!

Mrs. Alwyn Quero-Goodwin

Alwyn and her grand mother…

The church facade.

I just love capturing the couple’s natural moments during the ceremony.

Holy Host.

The lighting was amazing. The church have this huge dome on the roof.

Some formal portraits after the ceremony.

Some great afternoon pictorials…

Adam and Alwyn were just so amazing to shoot… They’re so natural and totally in love…

We just never stopped pressing our shutters… The saying that ‘love is in the air’ was indeed present.

We had fun shooting them riding the “pedicabs”. Baybay, Leyte can also be considered a pedicab capital. They’re just everywhere…

Adam was all having a blast… It cost me $.50 for the 3min rental… hehehe…

For those who wish to see more of their wedding photos… Check out their on-site slideshow **here**

Somebody just turned a lady today… Jiannina sent me a text message last Tuesday inquiring if I can take some photos for her debut invitation. The only problem though was it’s a rush project since her party will be four days away. After meeting her in my office and discussing the concept of her invitation we immediately proceeded to our location shoot. We just opt for a one-layout concept of invitation and a typical candid moment photo. I told her what if we do it on a coffee shop…?? After hearing my suggestion… Jiannina got excited and decided to ditched her beach-summer-macarthur park concept pictorial.

Well after 10 minutes of actual shoot at the coffee shop… We eventually had a final image to be used for her invitation.

Here was the image that she chose out of the Top 12 photos.

She wanted to have a horizontal and clean basic background.

Here’s the final invitation card.

To Jiannina: Happy Birthday and Rock on!!! I really wish to shoot your debut party with my buddy Nelson but we’re already hooked for a wedding. Til’ next time.

To those who are interested to have a photo-concept type of invitation just hit my contact section of my main website and we’ll be glad to assist your requirements. Cheers!