Last April, my friend Ross and I shot a very simple yet colorful wedding. The bride and groom were surrounded by their closest friends and family making it intimate as possible. The flower bouquets were handcrafted by the bride's mother and it was the most sentimental gift one could ever give. The ceremony was short and sweet giving hope to a lifetime of silent, enduring love.

Ever since I was little, I've been mesmerized by sunlight. Its warm, yellow rays that I couldn’t catch no matter how hard I tried. I remember when I was seven or eight, there was a moment when I just sat on the steps of the stairs facing the window before it. There, I let my face warm up with the morning light. I always wondered why my fingertips glow red whenever I put my hand against the rays, or why I can’t look directly at the sun and all its glory. My mood has to do with how sunny the day is even until now. I love how it warms me up and fills me with hope that today is a new day. I love how it feels against my skin and how it makes everything seem light and cheerful, nostalgic.

This is my beautiful cousin, Issa. No words needed.

I can't believe it's March already. It's officially summer here in the Philippines and people can't wait to go to our paradise beaches, including me of course. But before that, my family hit the road and went up to Tagaytay to celebrate Mama's birthday. It's a different approach this time; usually we just go up to eat while gaping at the admirable view. Here, we kind of toured the kids and had sort of a school field trip. After this day, I think I was bankrupt. But of course, you gotta pay for the view which photos make you happy while editing. ;) And of course, it's my mother's birthday. You just can't pay for the time you spend with family. It never really equates.

I feel like I haven’t been in the road in a while. Four months without a trip seems too long, but in a way, I still have my calendar full. I haven’t been writing too, just scribbles here and there, and every time I get this urge to sit and just write because I just can’t not do it. It comes with photographing too. I decided to rest last month, catch up on my reading and finish on my watch list. It’s a breath of fresh air, a resurfacing from when I was drowning myself in my schedule, but all the while I just wanted to hold on to my camera, look through the view finder, and look for something magical to put still forever. But the rest was much-needed, to recharge and rethink, a necessity to move on with a clear mind, so that’s what I did.

It was an easy, casual shoot especially when you're with one of your closest college buddies! We had our fifi date (from Fifi Lapin, the fashionable bunny) and we just had to have a shoot. This happened. She said her boyfriend is tired of seeing grass, (and so am I, a bit, but I still think it's pretty!) and this lady over here remembered this awesome graffiti place that she passes by on her way to work. So we had to do it. This. In a public area, along the busy main road.