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Vivid Sydney Experience with Friends

As if my lunch and coffee date with Tintin wasn’t enough of a gimik for me on Friday, my Husband and I met up with two of our couple friends for dinner at the Circular Quay and saw the the Sydney Opera House in Vivid colors.

Here’s our fun couple’s night in photographs:

The wifeys…them chatting, me taking photos (which is a usual sight)

The husbands…with their gears & taking photos of us, well except for my Husband who seemed to be modeling the camera

The Journo Burger…my Husband’s dinner

Barbequed Chicken Wings…my dinner

Busog kaya all smiles!

Vivid Sydney give-away: little flash lights

Vivid Characters roaming around Circular Quay

Another Vivid character…

Lights up! The Sydney Opera House in vivid lights

Triple date


We didn’t bring our tripod with us but thanks to my Husband’s ingenuity, we were able to take decent shots. Let me leave you with two photos from our Vivid Sydney 2010 Collection (for bigger images click here and here). 

This is Vivid’s 2nd time to hold this event, which happens at the last week of Autumn and only lasts for 4 weeks (will end on the the 3rd weekend of June).

We’re glad we were able to see this for the 2nd time around and share it with friends. If you want to see our first experience of Vivid Sydney click here.

More VIVID photos coming soon.


Thanks to our friends Jojo and Dom for some of the photos.


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Litratong Pinoy : Estranghero (Stranger)

 

Siya ang isa sa mga estranghero na nakikita ko sa lungsod ng Sydney. Siya ang tinatawag nating “shoe-shine boy” o taga-linis ng sapatos. Ako’y napahanga niya sapagkat kahit madalang na may umuupo sa harapan niya para magpalinis ng sapatos, siya ay matiyaga pa ring naghihintay at magiliw siyang magsilbi kapag naman may nagpapalinis ng sapatos sa kanya.

Maligayang Huwebes!



For translation, click here.
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Hilda and Evan…to Say “I Do”

Not too long ago, I wrote about one of my best friend’s engagement and here we are now..just one more day before they say “I do”.



 My Husband and I are looking forward to seeing them tie the knot and be a witness on how their special day will unfold.  We will be there as friends and as their photographers.  Can you believe it???  My Husband and I are actually doing this—covering our very first official wedding event!  We’re so excited.


Two weeks ago, during Evan’s surprise birthday party, we suggested to take a few shots at the park.  Two reasons: (1) we needed more photos for the wedding AVP {two of our other friends are working on it} and (2) we needed to have a feel on how we will go about our shoots with them–building rapport.

 
 These two are a natural in front of the camera…and so is Jasper, their dog.



Here’s wishing Hilda and Evan all the best!   Cheers!!!!





Pre-nuptial: Hilda & Evan
Bicentennial Park, 17 May 2010
Photos by Chris and Ivy Sanchez, Copyright 2010
 

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Jeanny in Sydney

I met Jeanny online. A casual encounter via Litratong Pinoy (LP) where Filipinos share photographs weekly based on a theme. From LP, we transcended to being plurk friends and it’s at plurk that I learned that she will be visiting Sydney for three months for work reasons.

On the first week she arrived here, we immediately met up. On our first rendezvous, My Husband and I took her to a quick visit to QVB (Queen Victoria Building), dinner at Pepper Lunch, dessert at Lindt Cafe and a walk thru Darling Harbour before we went home.


She’s a coffeeholic and so I made a point to bring her to some cozy cafes I know. One of which is The Chocolate Room. One Thursday afternoon, we hung out here after work.


This was where she celebrated her birthday and since she likes Korean cuisine, my Husband and I treated her to Korean BBQ!


The place where she stayed had a mini-gym, pool and sauna. Some nights we’d hung out at her apartment, have a good hour at the gym and a few minutes at the sauna. Before I go home, Jeanny and I would eat her delicious pasta dishes. 

Being a photo-enthusiast like me, I invited her to come with us to the Sydney Camera Market one Sunday of March. 

This was held in the morning so for the rest of the afternoon, we took her to the Fish Market for lunch…

let her experience riding a Metro Light Rail…
and have a quick tour of Star City, the casino place in Sydney.

The days passed by fairly quickly as we both became busy for the past few weeks. Before we knew it, we had our last dinner date and coffee klatch.

Friday night (23 March 2010), My Husband and I took her to dinner by the bay, with the view of the Harbour Bridge. As a parting gift, we gave her a Starbucks Sydney Tumbler.

After dinner, we hung out by the harbour. Such a beautiful night. My Husband and I would sometimes just hang out by the bay and just appreciate the beauty of Sydney at night. We wanted to share that with Jeanny before she left.

Two nights before departure for Manila, we had coffee at a cozy cafe I found in QVB called Old Vienna Coffee House (more on that later). 

We gave her one last parting gift–guess what this is????
…..it’s a USB! 🙂


We ended our night on a quick walk thru George Street (main street in the city–it’s like the equivalent of Ayala Avenue in Manila).
 
Saying goodbye isn’t always easy. I know we’ve only really met three months ago but with all the great times and company we have shared, I have found a friend in her. We look forward to seeing each other again–in Sydney or Manila–it doesn’t matter.

Thanks Jeanny…for your great company, for the friendship and for being the true person that you are. We miss you already.

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Pre-Natal: Tom and Ara

26 April 2010 7 Comments Category: Photography

It’s always such a joy hearing news of couples having a baby. And it’s always extra special when those kind of news come from good friends.

When I learned about Tom and Ara’s pregnancy, I screamed with so much delight. Ara and I were walking on the beach a few days after my birthday when she told me the news about her pregnancy. I was totally ecstatic when she told me I will be the godmother of their little bundle of joy, it felt like a belated birthday gift.


 

Two weeks ago, our barkada were at the park to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We took the opportunity to take a few shots of the soon-to-be parents Tom and Ara.


Chris and I thought it was the perfect concept for a pre-natal shoot. Trees for the symbol of life. Autumn colors which symbolize the season. Changing of leaves for the symbol of growth.



To make the pre-natal shoot a bit different and more special, I asked our other girlfriends to join in the shoot.

 
We hope that when Tom and Ara’s little bub sees this photos of ours in a few years, she will know how much she means to us.


 
This is my Husband and I’s first pre-natal shoot and we are grateful that Tom and Ara trusted us in capturing a very special moment of their lives.


Pre-natal Shoot for Tom and Ara
Bicentennial Park (NSW, Australia)
17 April 2010

All photos by Chris and Ivy Sanchez, copyright 2010.
Cameras: Canon 7D, 30D and 400D.
Lenses: Canon 17-85mm, Canon 50mm and Fujinon 55mm
Flash: Canon 430EX and Canon 270EX

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