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Jamie + Cheska | Shangrila Mactan Cebu Wedding

Among all the weddings we’ve covered at Shangri-la’s Mactan Resort & Spa over the past couple of months, Jamie and Cheska’s stood out the most for us for all the right reasons. It was hands-down the most relaxed shooting experience for a wedding day we’ve had in quite some time. We actually had fun and it shows in the photos.

It helped a lot that the people around us were not stressed out about everything. Jamie was a happy groom, cool as can be, and Cheska was a glowing bride while being her usual perky self.

And oh, ain’t the car cute?! A yellow beetle! Very funky!

{Jamie + Cheska | Shangrila Cebu Wedding - see more photos}

Jamie + Cheska | Say I Do

We are so excited to post a full feature on Jamie and Cheska’s beautiful wedding yesterday at Shangrila Mactan Cebu.  But before that, let’s have a look at their cute engagement session in Cebu.

Jamie’s very shy and Cheska, well she’s not hahaha. They wanted something fun for their e-session so we thought we’d play with stop-motion again. This was quite fun!

Jaime + Cheska E-session {see more photos}

Wally + Stephanie | Cebu Wedding

The Archbishop Palace is one of the most intimate venues in Cebu City to hold a wedding ceremony at. For some odd but cute reason, Stephanie wanted to get married there. Now, knowing their expected number of guests, we couldn’t help but ask her how they were going to fit everyone in there during the ceremony. She told us that they asked most of their guests to just skip the ceremony and go directly to the reception.

Deep down, we knew their friends wouldn’t listen to them about that because knowing the kind of people Wally and Stephanie are, these friends weren’t about to miss their long-awaited official union in church. And show up in droves they did. The way the tiny ceremony venue looked with the people outside in their elegant, dashing and debonaire selves, it was as if celebrities were there. When it was time to kiss the bride, the place was just drowned in thunderous applause and cheers from the crowd that you could tell Wally and Stephanie were loved that much by everyone.

Everything went quite well that day, save for the mishap with Wally’s Japanese tie which stressed Wally quite much that morning having to go to SM to do some last-minute shopping and outfit changes. Did we mention that the bridal car was a Hummer? It didn’t get that much attention though *wink* *wink* haha. Also, it was our first coverage of a wedding reception at the brand spankin’ new Oakridge Pavilion. The place looked radiant and luxurious.

Stephanie told us that she’s going to become a full-fledged wedding coordinator after her own wedding. Knowing the kind of people-person she is and how enthusiastic she was coordinating her own wedding, we don’t doubt that that’s going to happen really really soon. Congrats Steph and Wally… and Wade, too!

Leo + Loida | Marco Polo Cebu Wedding {featured on Bridal Book}

We’re so happy to see that one of our favorite Cebu weddings is featured on Bridal Book. The ceremony was held at St. Joseph National Shrine followed by the reception at the Grand Ballroom of Marco Polo Plaza Cebu.

“This modern, dainty, and whimsical Cebu wedding was marked with a black and blush pink color motif that is too pretty too resist.” – Keisha Uy, Bridal Book

It was certainly an elegant and sophisticated affair filled with so much love, laughter, and tears of joy.

You can read all about Leo and Loida’s love story and wedding preparations on Bridal Book’s wedding website.

Leo and Loida Cebu Wedding {see more photos}

Dexter + Beverly | Sacred Heart Church Cebu Wedding

Dexter Wilon So + Beverly Nadela

Preparation: Waterfront Hotel Lahug
Ceremony: Sacred Heart Parish
Reception: Grand Convention Center

Hair & make-up: Jessie Glova
Gown (bride): Cary Santiago
Gown (entourage): Ronald Enrico
Coordinator: Serendipity Weddings & Co.
Event stylist: Nancy Roble

Photographer: Lito Sy + Rock Paper Scissors Photography
Videographer: Lito Sy

Cebu Wedding Photographer - see more photos

Lee + Jeanne | Shangri-la Mactan Cebu Wedding

Lee and Jeanne Shangrila Cebu Wedding {see more photos}

Philistair + Phyllis | Sacred Heart Parish and Casino Español Cebu Wedding

Couple: Philistair Yu and Phyllis Ng

Preparation: Club Ultima
Ceremony: Sacred Heart Parish
Reception: Casino Español
Videographer: Franz Arrogante
Hair & make-up: Jessie Glova

Official wedding photographer: Rock Paper Scissors Photography (Jeffroger Kho & Gilbert Chua)

Dexter + Beverly | Iloilo and Boracay Engagement Session

As previously mentioned (here), not only were we ecstatic to have met Dexter and Beverly but you could almost say that it was sweet serendipity at work. For weeks now we’ve had the wonderful opportunity of traveling to a lot of places around the world the country and we are endlessly grateful to have been graced with a bunch of warm and good-hearted clients.  We owe a huge part of it to this wonderful couple for setting off a good amount of out-of-town bookings for us when they became the first ones to take us outside of Cebu and on to Boracay and Iloilo (Dexter’s hometown) earlier this year for their engagement (prenup) session.

Boracay, commercial as it may have become as of late, has still got to be one of the more romantic destinations in the country.  There’s something about its white powdery sands, the clear turquoise water, and the perfect view of its orange sunset that makes it irresistibly charming.  All of these characteristics made for the perfect setting for the concept we had in mind for this e-session.

Concept + Location + Dexter + Beverly + Rock Paper Scissors = One HAPPY engagement session!

Do watch this director’s cut edition of Dex+Bevs’ photoclip before going through the rest of the pictures.  Allow the entire video to load/buffer completely before playing.  And oh, plug in those earphones or get your loud speakers ready and have the volume turned UP.  We’ve picked an awesome soundtrack for this one that may create magic. Enjoy!

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Dexter + Beverly | Cebu Engagement Session

Client: Dexter Wilon So and Beverly Nadela
Gown: Ronald Enrico
Hair & make-up: Jessie Glova
Cebu photographer: Rock Paper Scissors Photography
Coordination: Serendipity Weddings and Co.

Do watch the director’s cut edition of Dex+Bevs’ photoclip here: Dexter + Beverly | Iloilo and Boracay Prenup

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