Tabong Photography

Videography is not new to Tabong, but this is his first time to do a pre-nuptial video. The scenes in the video were taken from different places. Some of the scenes were taken in Badian, Cebu, the bride’s hometown. Some were from Consolacion, Cebu, the groom’s hometown. A few were taken from Brgy. Busay to Taptap, Cebu City.

I already posted screenshots of this video in my previous post. Sorry, it took time for me to post the full-length video. I cannot seem to figure out how to get a good quality of uploaded video. Please bear with the quality. If you want to get a better copy of this video, feel free to contact us.

Pio & Cindy Pre-Nuptial Video from rose buenconsejo on Vimeo.

Director of Photography: Charles Buenconsejo

Production: Tabong Buenconsejo

Editor: Gerwin Soria

Pio & Cindy Pre-Nuptial Video from rose buenconsejo on Vimeo.

Tabong has been a long-time photographer of San Miguel Corporation, Cebu. He covers all their events — from concerts to ID pictures. Following are few of the shots taken from the pictorial of San Miguel Corporation Brewing Managers. It makes me wonder how the typical strict and serious managers manage theirselves during photo sessions — are they also serious? I forgot to ask Tabong about that.

San Miguel Brewing Managers of Cebu

SMC Brewing Managers 2010

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The couple, Atty. Carlo A. Paulino, J.D. and Lanny (both based in Manila, Philippines), were here in Cebu last January for the Sinulog celebration. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision for the couple to have a pre-nuptial picture taking during the Sto. Niño Mardi Gras.

I think it’s a great idea to have Sto. Niño be part of your pre-wedding ceremonies. And, these couple did have a nice idea of incorporating the Christian faith in a cool way.

The look of the bypasser is just too precious.

I cannot help but say, “Love, actually.”

This is one of the perks of being a wedding/pre-nuptial/post-nuptial photographer that cannot be compensated with money — seeing LOVE at its purest form.

Following are few pictures of the couple, Vany and Clyd Lim of Florida, USA. Though they are both from Cebu, Philippines but they only get to know each other when their path crossed in the US — Vany went to the States with his family when he was only 6 years old while Clyd went there after college. Aside that they are both from Cebu, they are both Lim’s — they are more than meant-to-be. The couple were here last December, 2009 to celebrate their Church wedding with their family and friends.

Pre-Nuptial Picture

Tabong and the couple did the pre-nuptial shoot just days before their wedding. With the shortness of time, they did not have much to plan out to where should they set the pre-nuptial shoots. After the morning pre-nuptial photo shoot session in Plantation Bay, Tabong brought them to Transcentral Highway in the afternoon. Tabong finds the blend of red soil/earth and the blue sky a perfect back draft for pictures. So their plan was just to take pictures along the way to Brgy. Taptap if ever a perfect photo opportunity presented, like the one below.

Below is one of the photo moments which only mother nature could give because you just cannot reproduce the natural lighting effect here easily.

Thanks to Van & Clyd for Playing Along the Candid Moments

Post-Nuptial Pictures

Following are few of the post-nuptial pictures of the couple. The following were taken at Parola, Lilo-an, Cebu. No question about Parola — it never fails to give a picture perfect back draft. The lighting and color play in Parola is simply beautiful and breath-taking.

Van & Clyd

Van & Clyd

Van & Clyd

December and January are quite busy for Tabong, and also for me, Rose. Thus, I was bad in updating this website. We all know that December and then January is a busy month for weddings. Contrary to the popular belief of ‘June brides,’ December is actually the busy month for weddings because it is the time when relatives and friends have time to come home from abroad and other places to attend events like weddings and reunions. And, here in Cebu, Cebuano balikbayans tend to be home December for the Christmas holidays and into January for the Sinulog Celebration, thus couples planning to get wed would usually choose December or January as their wedding date.

I will be uploading the weddings, pre-nuptials, and corporate events Tabong covered last December, and this month. I am pretty much excited to share them because there are a lot of beautiful pictures, and a ‘pre-nuptial’ video to look forward to. There are a lot of firsts for Tabong Photography– Tabong did a pre-nuptial during the Sinulog celebration together with the crowd, and first for Tabong to officially engaged into ‘pre-nuptial’ video which came out great. I am impressed with the video to think that I am not a big fan of moving videos. I always prefer still pictures. So hopefully, I can find time to sit down with Tabong and get all the stuff I need to post here.

For now, let me share some of the screenshots of Cindy Librando and Pio Buenconsejo’s ‘pre-nuptial’ video which was presented during their wedding’s reception program. It was beautiful, it makes people want to get married again. Of course, credits also to the couple who are both beautiful and inlove. =)

Location: Badian, Cebu

Location: Badian, Cebu

This is still in Badian, Cebu, me thinks

Location: Laray, Consolacion, Cebu

Location: Consolacion, Cebu

Location: Consolacion, Cebu

Last Friday (11/27/09), I finally got a chance to join Tabong on a pre-nuptial photo shoot. The photo shoot was for the couple who just arrived from Florida last week. They will be having their Church wedding this December 05, 2009.  We can say it was a ‘rush’ pre-nuptial photo shoot.

Working on pre-nuptial photo shoot with a limited time can be very challenging, for the reasons that photographer has to come up with concepts in an instant. The photographer also can no longer do some advance ocular inspection. Ocular inspection is important in a way that he can check which area and what time has the best lighting effect. He can mapped out the different elements of the area so he will know how to mix the subjects, lighting and the different factors during a take.

The first location was in Plantation Bay since the couple stayed there for a night. Thankfully, Tabong had done numerous photo shoots in that area so, somehow, he has an idea about how to compose his shots. We headed there around 4am to be able to catch the ‘sunrise.’ (Note: All pictures here are mine (Rose), and not Tabong’s.)

Tabong and Dwight prepping up while waiting for the bride-to-be to finish with her make-up and do.

Tabong and Dwight, his assistant

Then, we headed to the ‘beach’ area of Plantation Bay. Joining Tabong was Teody Cue, who served as his assistant photographer/intern.

Dwight, Teody, Tabong, and the Bride & Groom

Photographers/Assistant and The Couple in Action

TIP: If you want to achieve a more romantic composition on a beach, choose a location with a long shoreline. That is why Vaño beach can be a better location than Plantation Bay for a beach shot. This is according to Tabong.

But with a limited time, they had to make the best out of Plantation Bay’s very cute shoreline. That is now a challenge for photographers on how to make the best of the available ‘resources.’

Next scene was the pool (or the man-made lake) of Plantation Bay. Please click on the following pages for the rest of the story.

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Tisha Sanchez-Cue of Bliss Unlimited is probably the first and only wedding planner I have a close encounter with. You know, I only heard about wedding planners on movies or those celebrity wedding specials that are shown on local TV.

I have known her to be planning and coordinating for weddings way back when Mark and I were still not married, which is like more than 5 years ago. She was a big help to our ‘rush’ wedding back then, our unpaid wedding planner.

So when I heard early last year the ‘announcement’ that Tisha would have her church wedding this January, 2009, I could just imagine how beautiful her wedding will be. It would no longer be a surprise that she and Teody Cue will have the ‘Cebu’s wedding of the year’ badge. But somehow along the way, the wedding day was moved to an earlier date, September 8, 2008, for medical reasons. But nevertheless, their wedding came out beautiful, so beautiful that it recently got featured in Wedding Essentials Beautiful Weddings 2009-2010 edition.

You can find Teody and Tisha Cue’s wedding story on page 144 of Wedding Essentials Beautiful Weddings 2009-2010. Or, you can heed to their Teody and Tisha weblog for their wedding and preparations stories — a must read for the future brides and grooms as you can find a lot of tips and tricks. And, I tell you Tisha writes beautifully.

Wedding Essentials Beatiful Weddings 2009-2010 Magazine Cover

Tabong and Charles ‘Changkol’ Buenconsejo were privileged to be one of the 3 official teams that covered their wedding. The other team of photographers was MangoRed — a favorite of the celebrities. And, the one-man team photographer lawyer, Jan Ralph Perez.

Following are some pictures by Tabong and Changkol that I managed to dig up. You can also find some of Tabong and Changkol’s pictures in Tisha’s multiply album.

The Wedding of Cebu’s  Top Wedding Planner and Top Programmer

Teody and Tisha Cue

Teody and Tisha Cue

Tisha Sanchez-Cue: Wedding Planner Got Wed

Tisha Sanchez-Cue: I lover her no-nonsense wedding gown.

More pictures in the following pages. To go straight to their post-nuptial pictures, click here.

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Photography is both a hobby and a profession for Tabong. As for his profession, he provides photography services to weddings and wedding related pictorials, and events. For his hobby, he enjoys teaching his children and others who wish to learn the art of photography.

Following are different photography works by his sons — Dave, and Charles who is now into photography itself and has worked with different magazines. Behind these pictures, you can imagine Tabong coaching and motivating his sons.

MAIS (grand prize) Art Petron 4

KANIPA-AN (runner up) Art Petron 4

Children in the Fields(grand prize) Art Petron 5

Father's son (grand prize)Art Petron 5

Kids in the late afternoon(runner up) Art Petron 5

Guitar making (runner up) Art Petron 6

Observing grandpa making native hats (grand prize) Art Petron 6

A view of cebu cathedral from the car window(runner up) Art Petron 7

TaThe lighthouse of lilo-an after a rain (grand prize) Art Petron 7

Many times, I had tag along with them doing some photo shoot. I was hoping to at least learn a thing or two about photography.  One thing that stuck in my head about photography, which Tabong repeatedly mentioned is that, “Photography is about playing with lights.” Of course, nothing came out of my tagging along with them for me, but it was sure do fun to look at the pictures they took, and just appreciate them at their rawest form.

Having artists as subjects for photography is one those projects that Tabong finds challenging. For one, they can be hard to please — art wise. The photographer would usually expect to receive some inputs from them that might be difficult to achieve. But nevertheless, they are always fun to work with as they can be more playful and artistically expressive.And, it is also good to put  Tabong’s talent and skills on test.

Car Trouble turned into a Photo Opportunity

Following are some pictures from the wedding of Mark Deutsch and Johanna Velasco-Deutsch who are the brains behind Happy Garaje: Ilustration, Animation and Photography.

Happy Garaje Couple

Funky Bridal Car

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not because it is grand, expensive, or very well-planned. I realized this when I tagged along to a wedding covered by Tabong in his locality of Consolacion, Cebu. The wedding was at San Narciso Parish Church where Tabong lives close to. Both the bride and groom are from Consolacion so you can expect the ‘lumads’ of Consolacion. Just with any traditional Filipino weddings, you can also expect the presence of local town officials of Consolacion — from the mayor to the barangay secretary.

It was a typical beautiful Pinoy wedding. It was a wedding categorized as ‘special’ wedding — where the church ceremony is exclusive for one couple. Unlike in a ‘mass’ wedding where multiple couples are simultaneously wed by a priest.

Consolacion, Cebu Wedding Couple

In the midst of the celebration, Tabong inconspicuously covered the whole event.

Consolacion, Cebu Wedding Photographer -- Tabong Buenconsejo

Consolacion, Cebu Wedding Photographer -- Tabong Buenconsejo

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