Posts will now be done in my Facebook account, under Rene Gaviola (the man w/ the blue profile soft art pic).

For online chat via yahoo messenger, feel free to add rene_gaviola@yahoo.com.
For email, please use shootme@renegaviola.com (I seldom check my yahoo account).

See you there!

For those who haven’t pulled the pull tag yet, just click here to see the list of articles for this blogazine.

I have stopped blogging altogether (for now), but two other bloggers have featured this Moulin Rouge prenup pictorial I recently did w/ Zarah & Dan.

HK based moons and Junes and ferris wheels…

and UK’s awesome, Rock ‘n Roll Bride

Many thanks to Blanch of moons n junes and Kat of Rock ‘n Roll!!!

. . . and of course to Zarah and Dan . . . and to those clients who are searching for non-repetitive non-formulaic prenups

I am now in the process of consolidating my old and new sites into one, please visit alternative-editorials.com.

This also means the end of this blog, this being my blog series 2 (a long time ago, we also saw the end of blog series 1). I maybe putting up a series 3 blog soon, another look, another season.

Just came in today:

William Westbrook, Assistant Editor - Weekend Journal - The Wall Street Journal Asia, got in touch with me yesterday regarding this post.

More pics in loving memory of our Tita Cory . . .
























The last pic above were photos taken and posted on the back stage wall by Robert Sena, husband of Isay Alvarez. Once again, many thanks to Ma’m Bing Pimentel and Bibsy Carballo for letting me serve as the official photographer for this event.

Sneak preview of the most recent theme-based wedding pictorial that am working on . . .

Still no wedding posts?

Must be too busy shooting . . .

Actually am dedicating the next few days preparing for two bridal fairs: ‘Wedding Expo’ next September and ‘A Day for a Lifetime’ this October, see you there!

For photography enthusiast couples, click on the link or photo above. I continually invest on advanced lighting techniques to be used during wedding pictorials :)

I brought the same strobist beauty dish I used to shoot the model above for Cha’s recent wedding, so shooting models using new lights actually benefits future brides-to-be :)

Just came from Cha & Raymund’s wedding and promised Cha that I will be loading their prenup as well as their onsite AVPs here in my blog.

We took their prenup on a rainy day less than a week before their wedding day. I selected an appropriate song sang by a female artist, some lyrics I found appropriate for their pictorial.

It’s really a joy to see when a couple shows good chemistry w/ each other as Raymund keeps on playfully interacting w/ Cha making their poses fun and natural.

I then selected a male vocal for their onsite AVP to match the prenup video.

I seldom update my blog lately but one can’t help loving clients like Cha & Raymund. It’s really a pleasure doing extras for couples who are easy to deal with and honestly value your work and dedication. Btw, I had to cancel my trip to Dubai in favor of Cha & Raymund’s wedding, the Dubai event was moved a week earlier.

The next post should be Angel & Raymond’s feature presentation . . . still working on that lovely piece :)

Took a breather from the usual wedding and engagement pics.
I joined Ruel Tafalla who organized this shoot featuring Playboy Playmate Jean.

Whenever possible, I tried to capture Jean’s several angles and emotions during this session.

. . . A Tale of Angels & ‘D Men’s Room (Angel & Raymond’s wedding pics) coming next …