I had the pleasure of shooting the engagement session of Rich and Roj, a sweet, generous, and fun couple. We had a number of planned destinations but in the end we settled for the bay area of SM Mall of Asia. MOA is an interesting change from my usual prenup nook - UP Diliman. Some of the amusing differences I've noted in favor of MOA are:
- less trees
- more cars
- more crowd (who at one time probably thought we were celebrities, haha)
- and more security guards (over you shoulder; save for one who was kind enough to let us take some sunset shots on the bayside)
Rich and Roj's wedding will be on Monday at The Blue Gardens. Since my favorite second photographer,
Roi Francisco wouldn't be around due to thesis work,
Greg Morales of Pure Heart Productions, another excellent photographer would document the wedding with me.
Now for the engagement photos.
Some light play, that earned us a crowd and prematurely stopped our photo session at the fountain area. Tsk.
Restaurants are being constructed on the bay area. Here's one with an interesting tarp.
Something from the stop over at The Blue Gardens.
The we walked toward a nearby amusement park in the MOA area.
And another from The Blue Gardens.
What a way to cap off the evening. We were unaware of a scheduled fireworks display. How often does that kind of thing coincide with a loosely planned prenup? God is good. =)
PS: I'm considering getting an advanced point and shoot camera for stealth photography, especially for areas where there are plenty of paranoid security guards. Apparently in most areas, the guards don't mind people clicking away with point & shoots. But when someone takes out an SLR, their radars switch on. What is it about guards and their fetish for big cameras? Hahaha.
It's going to be a long wait though, as the first
point & shoot with an APS-C sized imaging sensor is still in development from Sigma. Hopefully when it comes out other camera manufacturers would adapt the advancement (err... Nikon?). A bigger sensor would mean better noise handling for low light situations. Normally, current point & shoots can only provide shots with acceptable noise up to ISO400. In my short experience, a clean (noise free) ISO1600 would be a big help. We earlier planned on getting the Nikon Coolpix P5100 for this purpose, but dpreview.com rated it as an average performer. What's interesting is that the P5100's sensor jump to 12megapixels from it's predecessor's 10mp (P5000) didn't help at all in its noise handling, if not added to the problem. So there goes the rat race of point & shoot digicams for more megapixels.
