cheesygarcia is getting married!

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.

everyone was raving about the slideshow and onsite avp. no doubt about it john ong takes good pictures. i haven’t been able to put the onsite avp on youtube because i’m having trouble decrypting it. anyway once i figure it out i will include it here as well.

my only wishes, which i didn’t foresee and he doesn’t offer anyway:

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clarice has already booked john mateos ong for our photography/videography, rene gaviola as our back-up photographer and sound salad as entertainment for the reception. we are also planning to get 92AD as the choir for the ceremony and to sing during reception, but we don’t have enough funds to make a deposit yet. hopefully when we are ready to make the payment they will still be available for our wedding date.

i still have to decide on who to get as our make-up artist. the most important thing for me is they will be able to make my short, short hair look nice for the wedding. of course make-up is important too but that is easier i think, compared to making my unruly hair look good

also i am due to have my measurements taken by veluz at the end of this month. online fitting will be done in july and another 25% deposit needs to be made by that time. i wasn’t able to include the secondary sponsors in my contract with veluz. but it’s a good thing that we might be able to save some money because dad already has a barong and i think my dad already has one too. although i’ll have to check when i go to canberra if the barong looks ok.