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A Relaxed, Intimate, and Natural Yacht Wedding in the Bay

No sponsors. No flower girls. No best man or bridesmaid. No invitation. No bouquet. Just pure love on a yacht and cruisin’ with dear friends.

Adrian and Regina were my 2020 couple. Their wedding was supposed to be held in Tagaytay, but Taal erupted, and then COVID-19 happened. Having rescheduled twice, they decided to just get married in the simplest and most intimate way–on a cruise with just seven of their closest friends and cousin.

It was a sunset wedding, with soft clouds that made the whole seascape appear soft. The ceremony was brief but touching, followed by a cruise in Manila bay in the evening. This scene was very relaxing as they drink-and-chill, and exchanged laughter, smiles and stories, while enjoying the beautiful cityscape and cool breeze. Their night ended with a simple buffet in the hotel.

Documented in a natural and candid style, the shoot was almost journalistic, focusing on the emotions, the feel and what the moment gave, just as how Adrian and Regina wanted it to be. Weddings, no matter the size, will always be special.

Preparations and Reception: Conrad Hotel Ceremony: Gallo Yacht Charters HMUA: Katrina Guzon

NIKKI mentioned that this praise and worship song, Your Will be Done, was her song at a time when they were questioning about pushing through with their wedding during a pandemic. The lyrics “your will be done”, is a complete surrender to God which gave them peace at an uncertain time.

As I was photographing her, she told me that her colleagues in Malaysia were very supportive for her and Anton. She was allowed to go home to Manila, continue to work remotely, and get married! This became one of their major signals to push through with their wedding.

Massive changes were decided to consider health and safety of everyone–stripping down their guest list from 150 to 11 as the most crucial. An intimate celebration indeed, but one that was high in emotions. The entire day was full of smiles, happy tears, music and singing! In fact, Anton and Nikki led in singing the prayer and worship at the start of their reception. Their souvenir was a roll of kraft paper with the lyrics of the song, Your Will Be Done and All Creations Sing, tied by a keychain of the guests’ names written in script. As the observer, the photographer, I felt it was very sincere. To share a part of them as a couple, a part of them that’s so important, that is, their faith, was powerful.

Anton and Nikki’s wedding showed bare essentials–love in its purest form.

Venues: Artemis Place, Makati @artemisplacemakati / Nuestra Senora de Gracia (NSDG) / Romulo’s Restaurant, Jupiter St. Makati @romulocafephilippines

Gown: IG @wisle.weddingisle

HMUA: IG @chillcres

Wis and Bianca: Love from God

A love from God

Wisdom and Bianca met at a triathlon event in Kuwait several years ago. Bianca’s dad was a pioneer member of the group Filipino International Triathletes Kuwait, or FIT Kuwait for short. Convinced by her dad, she joined the group for the first time in an event, where she then met Wisdom, whom she called Kuya at first because of their age gap. There were cajoling from their friends and, from Bianca’s own words, their personalities clicked. You know what they say, listen to your friends. 🙂

Wisdom noticed that he was happier and more energetic whenever Bianca would join the group’s trainings, so he started messaging her and soon after, they were dating.

They said that their love grew at a wrong timing in their lives, but God guided them through, they strived with God, and this was how they both knew they wanted to get married. And yes, they did! September 2020, they celebrated with several of their close families and friends. It was an intimate celebration. It was full of love and smiles, and I saw what Wisdom mentioned about him being more energetic with Bianca around. Hehe!

Their journey was blessed by God, and is still being blessed now with Willow, their six month old baby 🙂

Lloyd and Migs: Big Love!

Wacky, happy, touching, crazy. These are the words I would describe Lloyd and Migs’ wedding! Big love it is!

They got married last year, Feb 15, 2020. And from what I remember, it’s a kind of wedding where everyone enjoyed and didn’t get stressed out. Everyone was happy for the couple outside and from within.

Here is a short list on how to enjoy your wedding day based from what transpired during their celebration, which, of course, is applicable with or without the pandemic; the only difference is just the number of guests. So here they are, described through photos 🙂

Love.

2. Dance.

2. Laugh with each other.

3. Invite your squad-family, close relatives and friends.

4. Be creative with your gifts.

5. Sing.

6. Drink (responsibly).

7. And just enjoy the day!

Wedding Coordinator: Eventist Manila Event Coordination – Eventist Manila c/o Adora Alcance Real @eventistmanila Video – Hello and Co @helloandcocinema Church – St Michael the Arcangel Parish Church Preps and Reception – Raffles Makati @rafflesmakatihotel Bridal Makeup – Jasmine Mendiola @jasminemendiola Bridal Hair – G Mande Hair @gmandehair Entourage Makeup – Pam Dionisio Flowers and Event Styling – Amante Fleurs @amantefleurs Host – MJ Foz @mjfozee Bridal Gown – Pronovias by Mi Sueño @pronoviasph

All layouts and illustrations for Liz Ranola Photography

Mel and Nanette’s 30th!

This month of January, I opted for anniversaries as my theme for my photo blog. Last week’s feature was Tito Mar and Tita Ofie’s golden wedding anniversary (http://www.lizranolaweddings.com/wedding/mar-and-ofie-golden-love/). Now will be about Sir Mel and Ma’am Nanette’s 30th wedding anniversary. Why anniversaries? Because we ought to learn from them about what real love is and what it takes to choose to love. Simply put, they are the perfect role models for relationships! 🙂

Sir Mel and Ma’am Nanette celebrated their anniversary two years ago with the flower theme. It was a wonderful night of dancing, smiles, singing, and heartfelt and funny speeches from colleagues, friends and families, and of course, love. Everyone went home smiling! Below are several pages from their beautiful wedding album. 🙂

Venue: Discovery Suites, Ortigas
Illustrations done for Liz Ranola Photography

Last year of December 2019, Tito Mar and Tita Ofie celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with their families and friends. It was a simple one but filled with smiles, laughter and hugs!

Fast forward to 2020, pandemic started, and their daughter and families, I remember, told me that they were just extremely thankful to have went home from the US to see their parents, and their children to see their ‘lolo’ and ‘lola’. They were thankful to have gathered together and saw their relatives and friends before the pandemic. And most importantly, they were thankful they were able to celebrate their parents’ renewal of vows.

So, for my first photo blog for 2021, I want to share this day, this love that has surpassed the test of time. We ought to learn about real love from our ‘lolos’ and ‘lolas’. Let us start our year right with positivity. 🙂

Jorian and Eve: A Cozy Beach Wedding

A union of two families in one virgin beach is love 🙂 As their second wedding, close relatives and friends of both Jorian and Eve celebrated with them, and it was full of smiles and love.