It was One “Sweet” Day for Sweet and Alvin…

Gown: Cecilio Abad

Bridal Make up: Madge Landrito

Groom and family Make up: Jesy Alto

Hair: Steve Pagsanjan

Photographers: shot with Erron Ocampo, Jayjay Lucas, Toto Villaruel, Derrick Lim, and Imagine Nation Photography

Videography: Wang and Film Factory

Flowers and Event Styling: Teddy Manuel

Coordination: Christine Ong Te Events

The venue was sooooooo “Heidi”. Full of sunshine. She loves the beach and I remember her dream wedding would be held in one.

We were blessed with blue skies and a sunny weather.

Some fab details I found in Carlo and Heid’s Wedding

Heidi’s such a one-of-a-kind lady, her dream stone for an engagement ring was a ruby. And she got it.

And this is Madge, working her magic with Heids.

Excited to fit in Cecilio Abad’s gown and to see…. well, just ask me… LOL.

Fitting her veil for the first time and loving the band…

Stunning and doll-like beauty…

With her parents…

Here’s the dashing groom…Carlo…

Carlo marches down the aisle (L), and their adorable balloon girls (R)

Anticipating the Bride…

Yeah, even the photographers were anticipating… with eagle eyes…

Here comes the Bride…

Carlo’s grandmother was so thrilled to see the bride walk down the aisle

As she walks down the aisle, Heidi was overwhelmed with lots of emotions..

But this was probably my favorite portrait of Heidi with the joyous look on her face…

Tears of Joy…

That’s Christine Ong-Te, Derrick Lim and Jamie Lihan

Found some gorgeous ladies there… Meet Sheena and Feliz Lucas

The Make-up Artists are having a session of their own after doing a great job with Carlo and Heidi’s family.

Derrick and Cedric

The Vows

Heidi’s mom moved with the vows…

Jamie is everywhere…

Sweet moment before the first kiss…

The crowd was cheering on already..

Carlo does the stretching while Heidi is pa-demure

Excited MUCH for the First Kiss… Hehe

Mrs Valencia was overjoyed…

Close friends of Carlo and Heids

Magical Kiss…captured

Portrait Time for the Couple… Really just had fun shooting away…Since both are photographers, posing was soooo Natural…

Jayjay at work with Toto

a pictorial of their own…

Congrats once again Carlo and Heidi Cecilio

To remind them of their milestone, they wanted to have a portrait session at their home… As I was shooting them, they were just laughing all throughout the session. You’d feel the joy and love between them. No wonder Tito Mel and Tita Day are one of the most in demand “Ninongs and Ninangs” in our sector.

And why not? They really watch out for their inaanaks and share with them parental advice in marriage.

More Love and Joy in your marriage and family, Tito Mel and Tita Daday.

How many times have you heard this line?

“Pag may groom na ko, ikaw ang kukunin kong photographer” (Eng. Translation: “I have no boyfriend yet…”)

No need to wait any longer.

Introducing…

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Yep, you heard IT right…  Book us now and get to meet your groom on your wedding date…

Package A – Mystery Groom Package

- Description: If you’re the type of bride that is into surprises, this package is for you. Block your wedding date, book your suppliers and we’ll send you your Groom in Tux or Barong (ON THE DAY). Spend the rest of your life getting to know your mystery-ous groom.

Package B – Hardworking Groom Package

- Description: If you’re the type of bride that doesn’t want a lazy ass partner-in-life. This one’s for you. Have the best wedding day of your life with the most hardworking husband you will ever meet. Note: Just schedule your wedding day 3 years in advance.

Package C – The Perfect Groom Package

- Description: If budget is not a problem, this package is definitely for you. As you walk down the aisle, watch everyone around you smiling and crying and ogling…. at the man standing in front of the altar as he waits for your hand. Note: (Currently OUT OF STOCK)

All packages are inclusive of:

- Services of Dominic Barrios plus back-up photographer

- Free Onsite Photo Slideshow

- 12×12 Leather Album (150-160 pics)

If you’re interested to avail of these packages, feel free to email me at itsaprilfools@today.com .

PS. We have a No Return, No Exchange Policy. Balance of the wedding package will be paid 1 month before the wedding day.

Finally, I’m having my First Bridal Fair at Themes & Motifs Wedding Expo 2oth Edition at SMX Convention Center.

TODAY (March 10-11, 2012 only)

And as a gift  to One (1) Lucky Couple, Here’s your chance to win a 50% OFF on my WEDDING SERVICE RATE.

Here’s How…

Qualifications: 

1. Those couple who will book our wedding services DURING the Wedding Expo have a chance to win.

2. Couples who are getting married this year 2012 or 2013.

3. Couple must have a Facebook account.

4. Couples who booked us BEFORE the Wedding Expo are NO LONGER QUALIFIED.

Mechanics: 

1. The couple must book the Wedding Services of Dominic Barrios during March 10-11, 2012.

2. Make sure to keep your signed contract and the provisional receipt after booking us.

3. Then, have your picture taken at our booth and post it on Dominic Barrios Photography (Fan Page) with a caption:

“We Got Dominic Barrios because… (state why)“

4. The couple with the most “likes” in their photos (taken at the booth)  by  March 16, 2012 (Friday 11:59 pm) will take home the 50% off of the Wedding Service Rates.

5. Only one (1) Lucky Couple will win the prize for this Wedding Promo.

6. Duration of the Promo is from March 10 to March 11, 2012 Only.

So what are you waiting for? Come and Visit us now…

Watch out for our promos! So Bookmark our website, Like us onFacebook fan page, and Follow us on twitter…

The lead time for the production of the cake takes 7-10 days which involves procurement of supplies and the preparation of the “dummy cakes”

FYI. Not all the cakes that you see in a wedding are made up of  100% “real” cakes. Some of these layers are just made up of styrofoam inside, especially if the client orders a very tall cake. Most of the clients prefer not to cut the whole cake since these cakes are often used for centerpiece during the reception.

Here’s a sample of the very exquisite sugar flowers made by Judy Uson.

10 days before the event: 

Judy and her team are preparing the sugar flowers already… For this wedding, they had to finish 700 flowers of different sizes…

The first 2 to 3 days of the production involved cutting and shaping the different flower petals and buds and drying them.

6 Days before the event:

Sugar flowers were individually colored to the right shade to match the color theme of the wedding.

The dummy cakes were put together  4 days in advance of the wedding date.  That means the cakes were covered in fondant, stenciled and decorated with sugar flowers.

10 hours before the reception:

Judy and her team are finishing up the details of the cakes.

Judy and her assistant carefully removes the stencil to maintain symmetry of the pattern.

Here’s the cake after being stencilled.

8 hours before the reception:

The real cake was baked the day before the event and now its time to take it out of the oven…

Making the fondant to cover the cake was a long and tedious process that is similar to making dough.

7 hours before the reception:

Once the cake is cooled, it is covered with the fondant.

With the whole cake covered with fondant, decorating them was the next step.

The layers of cake were alternately decorated with stenciled icing  and meticulous icing embroidery.

When done, the cake was then studded with rhinestones and Swarovski crystals to give the cake a sparkling shimmering effect.  Imagine 1000 pieces of crystals carefully affixed in the cake.

6 hours before the reception:

The cake was then assembled at the kitchen to see how it would look like at actual venue.

4 hours before the reception: (2 pm)

The cake has arrived at the wedding reception.

The cake was brought down from van and assembled together with the glass pillars with dangling crystal curtains.

The staffs of Judy are doing some finishing touches.

3 hours before the reception: (3 pm)

Judy’s team are now gluing the glass pillars to make it stable for the cake layers.

Since this cake was 6 ft tall, the crew had to bring in a ladder for the top layers of the cake.

2 hours before the reception: (4pm)

It took almost two hours just to put the cake altogether and do the finishing touches and decorations of the cake at the reception. Just enough time to clean up and pack-up the setting up materials.

Here’s the Final Output of the 6 ft tall cake.

I never thought that wedding cakes can be as complex to prepare and assemble. Watching Judy and her team construct the cake from scratch gave me a new appreciation of wedding cakes as to how tough and intricate its details can be.

A photo of Judy Uson with her 6 ft tall cake masterpiece.

This is Dominic Barrios, reporting for Weddings at Work (W@W) Assignment.

Aya was one of the models featured in some men’s magazine. Just make a guess.

I suggested that since these two were in the “artists” category, I have the perfect concept for their prenup shoot…. “Adam and Eve”…

The problem was, only one of them was “up” for the challenge. Guess who…

Lovin’ the catchlight in Aya’s eyes…

Before the day ended, God still made the “Adam and Eve” concept possible… He did it in the most unexpected way…

The stories of Capt. Tobias and Lola Nena and the love that their families and friends has shared to them were extraordinarily heart-melting already.

Erp and Aya’s red-orange-peachy skies…That was God’s work.

Now who wouldn’t want to be the Lord’s instrument to create beautiful pictures …

How would I describe my year 2011? …Totally Awesome…

Looking forward to a more rockin’ 2012…

I once met Kristine from her brother’s wedding and Ryan was there taking pictures of their family. Didn’t know that just a few years later, these guys are getting hitched as well.

Fast forward to this day, everything went perfectly as planned. We had lots of time to shoot for preps and for our portraits and it must’ve been easier because of the people I was working with. Glad to be working with two of the most sought wedding suppliers of 2011. *wink*.

Here’s an interesting fact about Ryan and Kurly… Early in their relationship, Kurly told Ryan that she never wanted to receive roses because she finds these too typical. So Ryan squeezed his creative juices (or relied on his suki – Flower Farm in Alabang) to give Kurly different kinds of flowers. There were times when Ryan gave Kurly lisianthus, more commonly known as paper roses, which she really loved. But on her wedding day, the flowers requested by the bride for her bouquet are roses. (She really wanted English roses, but since these are difficult to source, Eduardian roses will do)

If you want to read about their story, please visit here.

Lovin the Grecian theme gown made by Tito Boy

Kurly’s mom crying and laughing at the same time… made me laugh as well…

One of my favorite moments that day… getting ready for the kiss…

Congrats Ryan & Kurly…