a couple of my friends had gotten rene gaviola as their wedding photographer. i wanted to get a back-up photographer because i wanted someone to take candid shots during the wedding who wasn’t going to be pressured by the “required” shots. we had to pay a little extra so that he would cover matt’s baptism as well.
anyway, i was really glad rene was there because he was able to take a detailed shot of my train. some of the shots of my train from john ong’s team were a bit bright so the details were not very visible.
rene was also able to take some pictures during cocktails but there wasn’t a lot. i should’ve specifically asked him to take shots during cocktails. anyway, he was really nice to deal with. he was also trying to get all sorts of angles, one time he sat in the tub of the hotel bathroom so he could take pictures of me while my hair was being done.
i give rene a 4.5 out of 5.
