'L Incontro, Reposo St. Makati City

photo by: Jem Villarin

photo by: Pen Mulingbayan

Triple celebration of my and my mom's birthday ( same day )... and the baptism of Una Isabella S. Bilbao.

Special Thanks goes to Maite and Tom for the BEAUTIFUL birthday cake & cupcakes for the celebrants!!!

At the end of the day, Una just got "knocked out!"

Lemuria, The Winery

by: Cris Sevilla

May 10, 2009 - They love each other, they love photography, they love good food and good wine. So when photographers Iggy Bilbao and Cris Sevilla had their civil wedding ceremony, their first and only choice for the location in which to exchange their vows was the exclusive and secluded Lemuria at The Winery. Located in Horseshoe Village, far from the hustle and bustle of the city, the gourmet fine dining restaurant fulfilled the couple's wish list. First, it was an intimate, lovely and definitely camera-worthy venue. Second, Lemuria's Chefs Rudolf and Golda May Ranada created original, intriguing and scrumptious French Mediterranean cuisine. And lastly, to top it all off, Lemuria not only had an extensive wine list, it also had its own wine cellar.

The cellar at The Winery with a holding capacity of more than 27,000 wines. Currently it houses mostly German, European and South American fine wines. Iggy and Cris had a wonderful time with Lemuria's gracious proprietress Kitt Shroeder weeks before, as they chose which wines to serve on their wedding day.

The Lavender Room of Lemuria. Both the main dining room and the Lavender Room of Lemuria can normally can seat around 20-30 people. But it was the couple's special request to arrange for a formal sit-down dinner for 40 people. The Lemuria staff most willingly obliged. The result was a cozy and fun-filled evening for the couple's family and friends.

To read more of our wedding story, Click here!

Daang Reyna, Alabang

Saturday afternoon, the cinematic concepts team on location and in between venues during Kristel and Emir's wedding pictorials. It was my turn to help out with the couple's portrait shots, coming from a whole day of working on their onsite wedding video (to view our latest works: www.cinematiconcepts.com)
It is an advantage of our team that all of us are photographers and are very knowledgeable in digital post production as well. Which is why we are confident in "swaping" roles throughout the whole wedding day.. In the morning, I was editing the onsite wedding video to be shown during the reception. Then later at the church, I was shooting the video of the bride as she was getting ready to enter the church. And that special moment as she walked down the aisle towards her groom at the other end. The photo taken was at Daang Reyna, Alabang - on our way to the reception venue. Again, my role here was to prep the bride and the groom for their conceptual couple's portrait. And later that evening, during the reception - I was finishing up the onsite wedding video.
To view Kristel and Emir's wedding photos visit: www.cinematiconcepts.blogspot.com

Nasugbu, Batangas

Sunday afternoon, Tagaytay City. Getting all the shots in without losing the light was challenging for the Cinematic Concepts team.
It is good to know the location where you are shooting at before hand. Dedicating time for planning and surveying the place where to shoot a prenup is always a good idea. If I were to list down 10 best practices, this would be at the top of my list.
The final prenuptial pics will be used for Emir & Kristel's wedding video http://www.cinematiconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/03/emir-kristel.html
Special thanks to Pen Mulingbayan http://www.penmulingbayan.blogspot.com for the "hardcore" location in Batangas.
I would like to be able to go back and take more shots in these hidden places in the border of Tagaytay and Batangas.

It was a cold dark night...