Here’s another lovely and yummy post you can sink your teeth into! Marc and Mica have become friends of mine when we had the chance to work together in Thailand for a Wedding Essentials shoot. They both wanted to book me for their wedding day but another couple beat them to it! Even if I wasn’t there to shoot their wedding day, they still wanted to have a shoot with us! I’m so happy to share with you Marc and Mica’s shoot in Pontefino Hotel, Batangas. Special thanks to Kai and Cyrus Cruz!

Hello! Hello! Another year has come and with it comes opportunities to try something new or do that change you’ve been meaning to get around to doing the past year. You may have noticed that aside from the usual minimal clean look my site has been using the past 2 years, Mark Cantalejo Photography is sporting new colors and a new logo! Yes! And it looks super nice too!

Anyway, It’s taken a while for me to blog again due to the busy wedding season! November to January has been a rollercoaster ride and I’ve been loving every single shoot since then! Due to the rush and busy schedules, sometimes I don’t get to feature in my site, some of the beautiful weddings that me and my team have done. Starting today and in the coming weeks, you’ll get to see some of those weddings that have slipped by! First up is Terence and Annie’s lovely wedding!

MUA: Jessie Glova
Bridal Gown: Lord Maturan
Planning and Coordination: Tisha Cue of Bliss Unlimited

I’m so blessed to have been published a lot this year. To have your works grace the pages of any publication is truly amazing and wonderful! So when I shot again for Wedding Essentials, I was overjoyed with the idea that I’ll be working again with the talented and uber fun women behind WE namely Miss Marbee Go, Ms. Kitten Zapata, Ms. Crae Achacoso and Ms. Maureen Belmonte. The dedication these girls bring to their magazine is inspiring. And I cant help but be proud to have worked with them in their latest issue!

We were going for a lazy and dreamy feel for the editorial that we shot in Shangri-La Mactan, Cebu. The shoot din’t feel like work at all since the WE girls were there and Wenwen Zaspa (the makeup artist with entertainment showcase haha), who makes it a point that there never is a dull moment; did the makeup.

Bangkok is such a fun place to be in especially when you go there in time for the Songkran Festival! We shot the editorial at Dusit Thani Bangkok and  were treated like royalty! Sweet! I also got to work with 2 of the wedding industry’s finest suppliers, Mica Tuano; model/beauty editor/makeup extraordinaire and event styling genius Badang Rueda!

Shooting table set-ups is a blast when you get to see such gorgeous details and color combinations!

Grab a copy of the latest Wedding Essentials now if you still haven’t got one!