Eight months ago this happened.

Fast forward to tonight and I’m waiting for boarding on a flight to San Francisco then to Orlando, Florida.

Life Lesson #4: If you want it that much, never take no for an answer.

I’m scheduled to be a guest lecturer at 4EG’s Video ‘08. Here’s the news tidbit about it. The Artistic Achievement Awards Banquet will be held on the first night as well as the awarding of this year’s EventDV25. I’m not crossing my fingers too much (we’ve been so lucky and blessed as it is) but bringing home a couple of trophies would be nirvana.

Our deepest gratitude to everybody who prayed and supported this endeavor.

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Lomomanila in cooperation with Smart Communications, Fuji YKL, Linksys and Geiser Maclang presents Lomolove Too. A month long lomography exhibit and party. Exhibit runs from Nov 10 till Dec 1 at the Blacksoup Projects Gallery, Cubao Expo, QC. Exhibit launch and party this Saturday, starting at 8 pm with live performances by The Dawn, Cambio, Taken By Cars, the Ronnies, Top Junk, Corporate Lofi, Ang Bandang Shirley, Pasok Mga Bwitre and more.

some recent snaps…

pagbilao, quezon

hot sand on the knees…

love ko ‘to

love ko s’ya

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Here’s some awesome news for Pinoy wedding videographers. Sony is giving away some cool video cameras as prizes for the first ever Sony Wedding Video Competition. This contest coincides with the 2007 Photo Congress of the WPPP.

More details here at the Pinoyvideomaker forum.

Official guidelines at the 2007 PhotoCongress site.

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Here’s some good news amidst the foul weather - at the recently concluded WEVA Creative Excellence Awards we bagged a total of 5 awards. One Gold, three Silvers and one Bronze!

Here are the official results.

Base camp is pretty stoked as entries from the team specifically Ceremony and Reception were edited by Cecile and Sherry respectively.
And a big FYI, our Gold came through the way of a corporate video me and my wife collaborated on. Let’s just say the most kick-ass cutting was courtesy of her. Also, if you look closely, there’s one shot where this running basketball player drove straight at me. The bump was left in the edit (watch closely), what nobody saw was the bump on my head.

The wins were truly a team effort.

Here’s the badass team I’m mighty proud of:

L-R, Sandy, Jason, Pang, Cecile, Rjoi, Rissa, Darlene (not in picture, Joanne and Sherry)

There’s more reason to be proud because a couple of other Pinoyvideomakers won in the competition - Imacron and MG Digital Video. Based from the stories of the attendees (Lito Genilo, Ariel Javelosa, Dominic Velasco), it was truly a glorious moment for the country.

Here are the videos we won for:

Gold - Corporate Video - The Phillipine Basketball League
Silver - Onsite Video - Charisse and Jon
Silver - Reception - Dominique and Raul
Silver - Love Story - Jean and Pongs
Bronze - Ceremony - Millet and Gerard

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They didn’t let me wear a thong. That’s something to be thankful for.

But pick up the July 2007 issue and get ready for a pleasant surprise.

It’s easy to read - more pictures than words.

Read the rest of this entry »

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Remember the Boracay trip I blogged about last Feb? The one where premiere videographer Julie Hill of Elysium dropped by for a visit.

Well it turns out she wrote about her experience for EventDV and had nothing but the kindest of words.

Read it here.

Here’s my favorite part.

As any experienced wedding videographer will tell you, getting amazing shots during a Catholic ceremony is not easy. Jason’s team, however, seems to have it down to a science—without even communicating. It’s almost like a dance.

Thanks Julie for the beautiful beautiful article.

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We have actually surpassed our quota and are closing off bookings for the rest of 2007. This will assist in keeping the final video delivery dates and prevent us from working to death.

Meantime, the 2008 calendar is rapidly filling up so check our availability and make your reservations right away.

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Hot in the heels of the Third Anniversary appreciation party last Monday, the Wedding Essentials crew partnered with Shangri-la Mactan and Rustan’s for an invite only dinner and fashion show last March 24 (do these people ever sleep?)

Here’s the video we made for WE shown prior to the show. We’ll wait for EIC Marbee’s rundown of the event.

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