Patrick Uy: Storytelling

FOR Patrick Uy, a good wedding photograph is all about freezing timeless and priceless moments in a frame. Whether he?s shooting weddings, portraits, or doing ads, he likes the storytelling approach in shooting people. ?I may be in Batanes or Boracay, Hanoi or Cambodia or Yosemite or wherever my camera takes me. It?s the storytelling that helps me remember. And that?s what good photographs do?they take me back to the millisecond, that 1/30th of second as I push that shutter to immortalize the moment.?

Patrick Uy, Pacific Light Studio tel. 0917-833-5868

Pat Dy: Mixing in fashion and art

YOU know it?s a perfect wedding shot when it moves you even when you?re simply looking at it, says Pat Dy, who does a lot of work for fashion glossies. ?I mix fashion and art in my wedding photography style and push the envelope as I try to find what works best for my client. As long as they give me time to shoot their solos between the church rites and the reception, they can expect beautiful and unique images that they can cherish for years to come.

Pat Dy: http://blog. patdyphotography.com
Tel. (632) 7274381

Eddie Boy Escudero: Not work, but play

HE loves shooting Manila's party scene and night life, the concerts of bands that he likes, exotic places, and beautiful women, ?preferably naked.? No wonder Eddie Boy Escudero describes photography as not really work, ?but more like play.?

But trust him; he knows what good wedding photography is: ?If it?s good, I?ll never tire looking at it, and the couple will treasure it.?

Eddie Boy Escudero: 0917-8932742, ebeseyes@hotmail.com
http://ebeseyes.multiply.com, http://eddieboyescudero.com

Mel Cortez: Anticipation and good timing

SOME wedding photographers create a semblance of unguarded moments by staging and directing their shots. Not Mel Cortez. ?I take, not make, pictures,? says this lensman who also describes himself as a photojournalist. A good wedding shot, he says, captures images that can be called decisive moments. Aside from composition and lighting, waiting for the right moment is key, he explains. ?Anticipation and timing in pressing the shutter must always be considered in shooting wedding photographs,? says Cortez who adds that he prefers to shoot his subjects in their preferred background or scene.

?My approach is to capture my subjects discreetly and unobtrusively, as if I?m covering an assignment for a newspaper or magazine. I make it a point to avoid shooting simulated, directed or staged scenarios in weddings because it doesn?t conform with my principles as a photojournalist.?

Cortez? background as a photojournalist for BusinessWorld propelled his similar approach to wedding photography way back in late 2000. Eschewing the usual style of traditional wedding photographers, he started a style he calls "digital wedding reportage" by DecisiveMoments Photography. ?Back then, the words ?documentary, photojournalistic, candid storytelling? were not as common in the jargon of wedding photography,? Cortez recalls. The photojournalistic approach has since been adapted by other seasoned wedding photographers, he adds.

From ?socially relevant subjects? such as poverty and the environment, this founding chair of the Philippine Center for Photojournalism, Inc. made a 180? turnaround to documenting weddings, which now occupies 95 percent of his time.

Fortunately, says Cortez, ?my decision to switch from photojournalism to wedding photography was not only accepted but also recognized by my colleagues in the business as another medium?a continuity, in fact?of my role in advancing photojournalism in the country.?

Website: www. decisivemoments.org
http://melcortez.multiply.com

Email: info@decisivemoments.org/ decisivemoments@yahoo.com
Contact nos.: (632) 929-9624 /0922-8299333/ 0919-2204183

Edwin Tuyay: A whole range of emotions

?MY approach to wedding photography is similar to what I do as a news and magazine photographer,? says Edwin Tuyay. ?I?ll make sure that I capture a lot of candid as well as traditional images using available light instead of bright fill flashes. I want the natural look.?

A good wedding shot, he says, ?should be timeless and strong and must show a whole range of emotions, whether they be candid or posed. The image should stand on its own: perfect composition, great lighting and that ?decisive moment!??

Adds Tuyay, who started his illustrious career as still photographer for the movies before covering news events for local and international papers, shooting dictators, presidents, prime ministers, rebels, celebrities, taipans, and business leaders: ?I love wedding photography, I can cry and laugh with the couple during their special moments. But the responsibility is huge; you are there to capture what cannot be repeated!?

Edwin Tuyay: 56D Malumanay St. Teacher?s Village West, QC. Tel. (632) 4350363/ 09279181417
E-mail: edwintuyay@gmail.com; www.edwintuyay.multiply.com