…location/venue… Boca Raton, Florida @ a Hilton Resort

An up and coming filipino organization in the South Florida (miami, ft. lauderdale, boca raton area) requested PPAC to dance in their inaugural ball, rather similar to the Sampaguita Ball I posted earlier in this blog. T’was good times, nice room, fancy environment, food, drinks, dancing, college football picks… not so good though.

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…merry early x-mas everyone…




















…rather unexpected, i met Rush Limbaugh…











…ummm okay…

So… my “photo talents” were put to the test for a couple that I have known for a couple of years. Judy and Jonjie gave me the opportunity to do the photography for their wedding in early October. I’ll be honest, I was rather nervous because this wedding shoot was technically my first solo job and also a major step in my photographic ventures. But hey, everything has its firsts.

Again I knew the couple for some time now and I know personally that they are rather chill people, but as the day went by and with some encouragement, you could see the excitement through their expressions. Nonetheless, they gave me an experience that I’ll never forget, and I thank them for that.

Some personal notes here…. first time I realized how on point you have to be for a wedding shoot with no one to help you… incase your external flash breaks (which it did!!!) bring an extra (unless you have a rubber band.. haha)… florida october weather is really hot… so much photo editing… and lastly, have fun doing what you love to do

Best wishes for the two of you for the many years to come.

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(great venue, even when i’m here very other week)

(still giving directions)

(here is where the excitement begins)

(it was extremely hot that day)

(quite the crazy family)

(the wedding ceremonies)

(I thought the napkins were awesome!)

First practice in a while… several new members… couple of new dances (kinda)… and free food

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Location: Zen Sushi

for all you photo enthuasists out there: personally, i am not much of a high iso shooter. regardless of the lighting, I only go up to ISO 400 because i want the crisp shoots without all the noise. but you can only push aperature and shutter speed so much. so i decided to do some experiments with ISO to see if it fits my taste… even if the environment was literally pitch black for a photographer.

i spent my saturday night with a friend to go to kassie’s b-day dinner. it was a very relaxing/chill time meeting new people and having nice convesation. i also met someone who got into the medical school i want to go to so she gave me nice words of advice and encouragement.

… good times

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