San Jose | Wedding | Portrait Photography | San Francisco | Bay Area
I finally finished an album design that is way overdue. Thankfully, the mother of the bride is pretty much saying to not rush it since she wants something really nice to have for a memento of her daughter’s wedding. It took me awhile to do it since I am often not satisfied with the first or second drafts. Also, I put it aside and come back to it when I’m all refreshed.
This Filipino wedding was photograph sometime this year in Monterey, California.
A traditional wedding held in the Philippines is a venue that we all take advantage of to pay the most influential people in our lives utmost respect and value. This custom, usually staged by beautiful flower arrangements, decadent food, and elegant clothing, makes it absurdly difficult for to-be-wed couples to limit their number of guests as they tend to give every single person they look up to a role in their weddings – the beginning of another chapter in their lives.
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A traditional wedding held in the Philippines is a venue that we all take advantage of to pay the most influential people in our lives utmost respect and value. This custom, usually staged by beautiful flower arrangements, decadent food, and elegant clothing, makes it absurdly difficult for to-be-wed couples to limit their number of guests as they tend to give every single person they look up to a role in their weddings – the beginning of another chapter in their lives.
By standard, Christian weddings follow the following order: the processional, hymn, greeting or opening prayer, Old Testament reading, Psalm, New Testament reading, Gospel, homily, vows and ring ceremony, the kiss, nuptial blessing, sign of peace, communion, Lord’s Prayer, blessing and dismissal of congregation, and recessional. Five elements not written above make Christian weddings in the Philippines distinct: the presence of ninongs (Filipino term for Godfather) and ninangs (Filipino term for Godmother), coin, candle, veil, and cord ceremonies.
The principal sponsors or the ninongs and ninangs as we call them here in the Philippines are more often than not the couple’s aunts, uncles, and close family friends. They are chosen carefully as these figures are also expected to guide the couple in their married life. To show the couple’s appreciation, they hand their ninangs tokens that go anywhere between flower brooches to semi-precious jewelry. Cufflinks and money clips are popular thank you gifts for ninongs in the Philippines.
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Supermodel: Karissa Anne
Make Up: Wendy Hong Tran
It was a pleasure photographing Karissa in San Jose. She is young, smart, and beautiful.
It seems that many of the Filipino’s are finding me to be their wedding photographer. Although, I provide services to everyone, I have had several clients who are mixed Filipino and did not know it.
I know for sure that my last name, BENIPAYO, is popular amongst the older Filipino folks. My grandparents use to own a “printing press” in the good ol’ days printing books. My father eventually got most of the itsy bitsy parts from the company when it went sour. Google “Benipayo press” and you will get result of old books printed by my grandparents. Another reason why my name is better
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