Impromptu Phoot-Shoot with Meggie in the Philippines

Meet my beautiful childhood friend, Meggie :) Our parents are good friends with each other, and I remember always playing at her house when we were little. We kept in touch for a little bit when I moved to America at 10 years old. I remember her visiting New York City when I used to live up there, and that was really the last time since I've seen nor heard from her.

My brother Jazon visited the Philippines a few years ago, and he rekindled his friendships with our childhood friends. He found Meggie on Facebook, and of course, I had to befriend Meggie too! We kept in touch through there, and I'm so glad we got to see each other for coffee back in January of this year when Bobby and I were visiting Manila. I'm so happy that I got to see her again twice in one year. The second time was when I went back to the Philippines in September for almost a month :) Meggie's mom's garden is beautiful, and I always thought to myself how fun it would be to photograph there. Thankfully, Meggie is a great sport and was up for a last-minute mini-session! We started our session with her "rockstar" outfit, and we both agreed that a dress would probably be better for the garden pictures ;) Thanks to her mom, Tita May, for being our awesome stylist and dressing up and accessorizing Meggie for the impromptu photo-shoot :)

Enjoy!
XOXO

**Updated 10/30/11-I found these old pictures of Meggie and I when she visited New York City back in 1996 :) I also just realized that these pictures were taken on my 15th birthday! Great times :)

I used to live a block away from Hard Rock Cafe in NYC!

I remember this time very well when my mom was trying to take a picture of us by the Lincoln Center fountain. People just kept walking in front of her, and Meggie pretended to kick them out of the way ;)

At Columbus Circle and this was when we parted ways.

Enjoy!!

Sneak Peeks Galore - Jacksonville FL Wedding and Family Photographer

Hi guys! I've been crazy but fun busy since I got back from the Philippines last week! Getting ready for a wedding today and also tomorrow, plus two more family sessions on Sunday :) Before the weekend officially starts, I'd like to share with you the past sessions I've done in the past week or so that I'm getting ready to blog next week :) Happy Friday!!

XOXO

Meggie's lifestyle shoot in the Philippines--love her! :)

Sarah and Bill's engagement session in St. Augustine--and yeah, it rained almost the whole time! :)

Dionne & Jeff's Trash the Dress session in Jacksonville, FL :) They rock for braving the mosquito attack!

Candice and Dustin's maternity photo session in Jacksonville, FL :) Always a pleasure to work with this couple!

Lauren and Adam's newborn baby session--their baby boy is adorable!

Christy and Keith's sweet newborn baby photo session! Their baby story will make you cry for joy :)

Corey and Jt's sweet baby girl's 1-year birthday party was a blast!! :)

No More Pork! - Filipino Lifestyle Photographer

After seeing how these cute piggies were treated during my morning walk earlier here in the Philippines...I officially don't want lechon or any pork-related food anymore :( Yes, the includes bacon! I will still eat other kinds of meat though (I love Chik-fil-A way too much to be a complete vegetarian)....

Mabuhay!

xoxo

Scuba Diving in the Philippine Islands!

Figured I'll blog one more post since it's raining right now and Bobby and I can't go out and enjoy our resort's swimming pool-haha! We spent a day in Sipaway Island scuba diving and checking out beautiful coral reefs with my second cousins. Luckily, one of them is a photographer, and I'm so happy that Manong Marlon was able to document our fun day! More to come soon :) And oh yeah, love that I was wearing an adult wet suit since they had none for kids (my size)--haha!! :)

XOXO