{ weddings by vatel manila }

Monday, May 20, 2013

EDITORIAL: { BRIDAL ELEGANCE }

Coming up next. :-)
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

SDE: { CYLAS & PHEY }

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Didn't have the chance to meet Phey or Cylas, but throughout the time we were exchanging emails, we can already tell how relaxed and laid-back this wedding was going to be. And here's a nice quote from the minister,"For love is the creator of our favorite memories and the foundation of our fondest dreams. Without love, we merely exist." Indeed.
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Phey and Cylas: Same Day Edit from Jason Magbanua on Vimeo.
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Jason Magbanua | Wedding Videographer
Address: Unit 23 Star Centrum Condominium, 317 Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City
Mobile: (+63)817.1989 / (+63)920.960.2127
Email: jmdvinfo@gmail.com

SDE: { MIGUEL & ANA }

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Although this SDE started slow and stayed the course throughout its entirety, it allowed the guests to take in and absorb the many milestones of the day. In the end, what matters most were the memories made rather than the editing calisthenics that normally pervade most SDE's produced lately.

Congratulations & Best Wishes, Miguel & Ana! ^_^
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Miguel & Ana SDE from Derek Yee on Vimeo.
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Derek Yee Wedding Videos
Phone: (+632) 347-8013
Mobile: (+63922) 840-1933, (+63922) 840-1935
Email: derekvideos@yahoo.com

SDE: { JUSTIN & CHARELLE }

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From Australia to Manila, a love that crossed boundaries. ^_^
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Charelle & Justin from daniel lei studio on Vimeo.
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Daniel Lei Studio | Photo & Cinematography
Look for Daniel Lei Sarmiento & Joannie Candi
15A Sycamore Tower Dansalan Gardens M. Vicente St. Mandaluyong City
Landline: (+632)334.9037
Globe: (+63)906.272.2320 (Primary)
Smart: (+63)920.501.6209
Email: danielleistudio@gmail.com
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Sunday, May 12, 2013

REAL WEDDING: { JAYCOB & LUZELLE }

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{ SUPPLIERS }

Preps: Makati Shangri-la
Ceremony: Santuario de San Antonio
Photographer: Metrophoto
Video: Mayad Studios
Planner: Perfect 10 Weddings
Food: K. by Cunanan
Groom's Boutonniere: {etc} Handmade Goodness
Entourage Flowers: Vatel Manila
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

ENGAGEMENT: { NEPTUNE & BONNIE }

We just love the idea of shooting at a local perya so when Neptune and Bonnie asked for location ideas, we didn't think twice about suggesting this - they were just the right couple for the concept!

What we love about this whole shoot was the couple didn't bother to shoot in other locations: proof that if you know what you really like and you know how it will help you achieve the look and feel that you want, you'd stick to one plan and one plan only.

It was perfect, too, since their wedding theme was 'Small Town Fair'! They really scoured the metro for a traveling small carnival and they found one right in the heart of Antipolo City. What luck! ^_^

{ SUPPLIERS }
Photo/Video: Daniel Lei Studio
Makeup: Allen Gyan
Hair: Anthony Segun
Concept & Wardrobe Consultant: Vatel Manila
Location: Antipolo City
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Monday, May 06, 2013

SDE: { JON & PATTI }

"Being someone’s first love may be great, but to be the last is beyond perfect. This day, this moment, is beyond perfect."
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Whatever It Takes : Patti and Jon from Mayad Studios on Vimeo.
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Mayad Studios
Email: inquire@mayadstudios.com
Mobile: (+63)917.919.3796

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OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN

REFINED SIMPLICITY. This is something we work hard to perfect. While we may have differing views on what is "elegant", we humbly present here our guiding principles in design.

1.) Simple and tasteful. The Filipino's current penchant for the "production number-act" is something we have discussed and studied thoroughly among ourselves.

This may be something we have acquired from television and from our increasing buying power. In the end, our homes end up being filled - to every crook and cranny - with things: huge aparadors and dividers go side by side with knick-knacks from our travels, as well as with our seeming fetish for souvenirs from just about any event and place. In short, horror vacui. However, Filipino design as gleaned from our history and traditions, hardly border on the loud and boorish.

The work of our indigineous peoples and local weavers attest to the beauty of our artwork. This concept - simple and tasteful - is at the core our design sensibility.

2.) Conversation-friendly and comfortable arrangements. Although the aim to make our designs conversation pieces in themselves is already a given, VATEL MANILA draws the line on the theatricality that pervades the current design concepts of many catering and event firms in Manila.

In our review of current practices, many design firms resort to the "shock policy" - that is, they capitalize on their ability to shock guests with venues teeming with flowers, lights and other pompous what-nots like employing yards upon yards of fabric, supposedly to make it "an event like no other" or "an event to be remembered".

Sometimes, even tables - from the main sponsors to the guests tables in a wedding setting, for example - are filled to the brim with flowers designed to block guests from seeing each other thus impeding conversation; tables are bathed in silk or organza, apparently designed to astound the visitor BUT without consideration of their comfort or safety.

The end result: uncomfortable and crampy arrangements. While we only suggest and can provide suggestions as to how to put life into your own concepts, the overall idea, really, is to effortlessly evoke images of the grand and the sophisticated without being distracting and obstrusive.

In the end, the true winners will be you and your guests - with the reward of pleasant memories arising from the things your ideas and our guidance / expertise can do together.