Our Wedding Singer

Almen Rule is one of Pierre's closest friends from college.  A member of his church's choir, we chose him to be our wedding singer since Pierre is confident that he can deliver the songs with feelings and make our guests feel our love through his voice. :)

We are very excited to hear him sing on our wedding. :)  Thanks very much, Almen, for agreeing to be a part of our special day!

Our Wedding Music

Pierre finds it funny that most of the songs that I know are oldies and I can follow their lyrics very well. :P  I also love classical and jazz music since I find them very much relaxing and pleasing to the ears.

Since we will be holding our reception in Sonya's Garden, having a quartet play for our wedding would be great and really romantic.  In addition to that, Pierre's good friend, Almen Rule, has already agreed to be our wedding singer, which makes it even more perfect! :)

We have been reading through various wedding forums for months now.  This was how we were able to find out about Libante Strings.  After researching and listening to their sample performances on the web, we have decided to book them for our special day.  Their package is really affordable as compared to the other suppliers during wedding expos. For the Church + Reception rate in Tagayatay, they are only charging 17k for the quartet (sound sytem should be provided).  We got the Violin + Double Bass + Flute + Piano setup.  :)

You may listen to Libante Strings' music from the following websites:

Main website: http://www.libantestrings.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/libantestrings

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/arnielibante

Feel free to suggest a song that you would like to be played on our wedding day. ;)  Thank you!

Our Photo Booth

It's fun, it's free, it's unlimited!

To save us from all the trouble of looking for the perfect wedding souvenir, and to save our guests from the clutter, we have decided to rent a photo booth for our special day.

During the March 2010 Themes & Motifs Wedding Expo, we have tried a couple of photo booths--

Ang puti namin.. :)

Nice quality

Nice quality + Cool promo! :)

There are actually more suppliers to choose from, but when we saw Pose & Print's offer, we just couldn't resist it. Here's what we got:

3-hour Package:

• P9,000 (discounted from P11,500)
• 3-hour Photo Booth Service
• Unlimited High Quality 4R Photo Prints
• Creative Picture Layout
• Customized Backdrop
• Online Photo Gallery
• On-site Technicians
• Digital Copy of Pictures in DVD
• Use of Props like Wigs, Masks, Hats, etc.

Freebies:

• Additional 1 hour service (worth P2,500)
• 2-Print Setup (worth P500/hour)

For a total discount of P7,500! Not bad, huh? :)

Plus our picture was selected as the album cover for that day!


Pose & Print website: http://www.poseandprint.com/

Our Photographer & Videographer

Photo/Video coverage is one of our top priorities in our wedding budget, and we have been scouting for our wedding photo/video supplier for months now.  Bear have been eyeing to get Redfox Photography, however when we saw their package during the wedding expo last September 2010, we decided not to get them anymore since their package was too pricey already. :(

We started looking around for other suppliers within the expo and when we came to pass by the Luminosi Studios' booth and saw their wedding package & albums, they instantly became one of our favorites.

After going through the other suppliers' samples and packages, we went back to Luminosi's booth to inquire.  We were able to speak with John Taca (he's one of the primary photographers and co-owner of the studio).  He was very honest with us when we asked how long they have been in the wedding industry -- he said that they just started venturing into wedding photography, since they have previously focused on advertising (i.e. magazines, print ads, etc.) We also saw their sample AVP, and to be honest, it really does need some more innovation.

Since our wedding will still be next year, we thought that they will still have enough time to improve. :) (fingers crossed!) Yes, booking them may be a VERY BIG risk for us.  But as my Finance teacher says: high risk = high return.  I do hope this holds true for photo/video suppliers as well. :)

Btw, here's the package that we got from them based on Angel's quotation (we paid a little extra for additional photographer & videographer & very minimal fee for OOT):

• 2 Lead Photographers + 1 Master Photographer (unlimited photos)
• 2 Videographers with editing
• 1 Book USA Couple's Album (40 pages, 10x10)
• 2 Book USA Parent's Album (40 pages, 5x7)
• 1 Book USA Guestbook (10 pages, 10x10)
• 1 16x20 Blow-up Photo with Frame
• Prenup Pictorial (w/in Metro Manila)
• 1 Leather CD-case album
• On-site AVP Presentation (Flashback, Prenup, Preps and Wedding highlights)
• LCD projector and screen

Anne Curtis in "The Wedding", photographed by Luminosi

Luminosi Studios website: http://www.luminosistudios.com/