Tips for a Pre-Nup Photo Shoot

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to pretend like a "photographer" side by side with the famous photo journalist, Sir Mel Cortez of Decisive Moments!

It's my first time to take photos of a Pre-Nup Photo Shoot and here are the few tips I picked up along the way.

If you are the subject of the photo shoot,
1) Make sure you bring comfortable clothes that represent your personality and bring extra clothes for a change in theme.
2) Having your trial make-up in the morning is highly recommended so that you can see how your make-up looks like in the pictures and also to have an actual experience of how the make-up stays on your face and if you feel comfortable with it even hours after the make-up has been done.
3) Be sure to eat something before the photo shoot so you look happy and beautiful and not like you've been starved.. ehehehe... But don't eat too much naman that you'll feel sluggish. :)
4) Be ready with some poses that you've seen in magazines or pictures that you liked. or poses that you've always wanted to be captured in picture. And last but not the least...
5) Relax. Be yourself and ENJOY the photo shoot.. you don't become the star of the camera everyday!

If you are the photographer,
1) Schedule the photo shoot around 3 or 4pm. I discovered that this is a good time to get that natural light and you'll also have enough time to take different poses in different areas and/or angles.
2) Make sure you know how to get to the photo shoot venue... *hehhehe... I got a bit lost kse..
3) When taking the shots, let the subjects be themselves and take pictures in an unobtrusive way. Take both "photo-journalistic" shots and "posed" shots. Posed shots are the pictures where you ask them to face the camera, move closer, smile, etc.. The photo-journalistic shots are the pictures where you just capture them as they are, i.e. laughing, smiling, kissing, joking around, dancing, etc.
4) Be ready with umbrella, just in case it rains.
5) Show the pictures to the subject or if possible provide them with a cd copy right away, so they can appreciate their shots and come home with big smiles and beaming faces.

Now check out the picture I posted... that's my shot! hehehe... papasa na ba?? hehe...
Taking a Pre-Nup Shoot is really FUN.

Jenne (read as /jeney/)

I just added a blog header and I have to say, my short piece up there is fantastic! hehehe.. I have those moments when my thoughts go really deep and I guess that's just one of those.

Yes, my name is jenne and its read as /jeney/. I love my name, its a name coined by my college blockmates back in DLSU-M and since then I've imagined my name to become a brand name or a trademark of something... maybe a magazine, maybe a line of shoes or maybe a line of sexy loungerie... hehehe.. (My two college bestfriends would get tired of hearing that line by now.. cause they've heard me say that for almost 9 years now.. hahahaa)

Well, we all have that freedom to daydream right?! I guess that one is my take on daydreaming.

When I was in college, I always saw myself as a passionate woman with the burning desire to affect change in other people's lives. I guess when we're young and excited we all want to be that.

After experiencing a little bit of life's ups and downs, I still see myself as a passionate woman but this time I see an even bigger picture with a bigger role that needs to be filled. And that my friends is called, being responsible.

It is a hard one. But hey, its so d--- important!

The daydreaming is still there, the hopes and dreams are still there... but now more importantly, the "being responsible" is what's making things happen.

And that's me... I make it happen.

The Ingenious Solution--Rain or Shine.

Every time I have a garden wedding event, especially in Paco Park, clients always ask me the question, "What do we do if it in case it rains?" Then I answer we can order tents at the latest, one day before the event. Then the next question is "How much for one tent? and how many tents are needed?" Then I answer, P2,500 per tent and you'll probably need 6 to 10 tents depending on your number of guests... That's a whopping P25,000 on top of their already booked garden venue rental!

Being the caterer, we are the one that is the most affected when the rain comes or even when its just a drizzle and there is no tent. During situations like these, my mother would always say let's just make the most out of it and do the best that we can.

Last March 10 at Paco Park, we had a wedding event and I was the emcee. The day before and during the setup there was no sign of any rain or drizzle at all. Then came the reception and it started to drizzle. People had to go back inside the chapel for cover while others took cover under the trees. The drizzle was going in and out and my staff were running around taking away the table napkins, turning the water goblets upside down and tilting the chairs so that the seatcovers won't be entirely wet. The bride and groom were starting to feel worried about the situation and I was feeling the same. When the drizzle stopped for a little while, I decided to start with the program already before the guests start to go home.

I started the program, introduced the sponsors and welcomed the bride and groom. After people had their pictures taken, it started to drizzle again. People didn't leave their seats but they had umbrellas over their heads while eating their dinner. And I have to say, it was a quite a challenge to be happy and perky as I emceed while embracing the rain.

At that moment, an ingenious solution came to my mind. Why not have umbrellas with our company name and company tag line on it?! It's perfect! Now I have an alternative solution to my clients who are caught unaware with the sudden rain! And an alternative solution to some clients who really do not want to spend on the tents. Having our company umbrellas with our tag line, "Caring is the True Product of Our Business" is just absolutely perfect!

One week after that, March 17, we had a wedding event at Paco Park again. And guess what, during set-up it started to drizzle again! This time instead of taking out the table napkins right away, we huddled up together and started to pray. Yes, we all prayed, "Please Lord, No Rain." Later I found out that even the bride and groom and a whole lot of people were praying for no rain. The rain stopped and somewhere in the middle of the wedding program the sun started to shine so bright and was now the opposite of rain.. cause its now scorching hot... haha.. God surely heard the prayer of no rain... That's the power of prayer eh?!

So now my ingenious solution still worked! Cause when we started bringing out the beach umbrellas (*which by the way incidentally had the same color motif as their wedding) we saw the faces of the guests lit up. They were laughing and happy of such an ingenious idea.. ahem ahem... And later I found out also, that the bride and groom during their picture taking per table were wondering where the umbrellas came from... hehehe... they were of course pleasantly surprised that their guests were taken cared of by us..

Although the umbrellas were originally intended for the rain, it turned out even better as a shield from the scorching sun.

After the wedding, my clients' Bernard and Amiegen do a silhouette kiss pose with the ingenious beach umbrella.

It was a job well done.
I have turned my emceeing-in-the-rain-experience into a positive ingenious solution! Yey!

Smiles all the way up to my ears.

Welcome to Chronicles of Jenne

Hello and welcome to Chronicles of Jenne.

I've heard lots of good stuff about having your own blogspot so I decided that maybe I should get one myself. So here it is now, my first entry to this blog.

I guess you could say that I am like most people who have so many accounts in different sites that I am starting to get confused which one to check first. hehehe. I have a yahoo account, gmail account, hotmail account, multiply account, myspace account, friendster account plus i have my own website (www.jackandjenn.com) So I'm hoping to narrow down my accounts according to its purpose.

1) Gmail for email only
2) Yahoo for YM only
3) Multiply for photo uploads and posting of packages and promos only
4) jackandjenn.com as main website
and finally
5) blogspot to keep my mind sane.. hahaha..

I love writing.
I write all the time.
It is my solace in this roller coaster ride.
It really is relaxing. I guess that is the main reason why there are so many people who blog right? I used to write in notebooks, journals and any kind of paper.
But thanks to the pc and laptop, these days we can all just type away.

So anyway, I hope you enjoy reading my blog as much as I would enjoy writing.

This entry is really just to welcome whoever is reading and give myself a dry run of how this works.

I am a loving, responsible, committed and worthy woman
-Jenne