this happened last 22 November 2006 (most parts of this entry are excerpts from my email to fellow bride-to-be and good friend ruth..so para talaga akong nagkukwento dyan)
great news!
i got THE one and only MEL CORTEZ as main photographer on our wedding day!!!! yehey!!!
so ang package namin decisive moments na talaga (hindi na little dreams) and yung supposedly main photog ko becomes my second photographer. i'm so happy!
ganito yung story...kasi nga in placed na talaga ang package namin and francis (the one who covered the willie-liz revillame wedding) was really the main photog. happy naman ako kay francis kaya lang when i called decisive moments/little dreams last week, i asked the marketing asst kung libre pa si mel cortez on jan 20. at sabi nya libre pa. at na-tempt naman ako. so sabi ko, can you ask him kung magkano ang additional kung sya ang main photog tapos si francis ang 2nd photog? kasi gusto ko talaga si mel syempre dahil sya ang daddy ng photographers nya diba? tapos binigyan nya ako ng estimate price ni mel cortez alone. sa mahal ng estimate na binigay nya, nasabi ko sa sarili ko na si francis na lang talaga (kasi ang mahal talaga ng talent fee ni mel). so after that call, hindi ko na masyadong inisip and actually nakalimutan ko na.
but today, my coordinator called them regarding schedule of prenup shoot. pero other than the prenup shoot, pinaalala ni marketing asst na hinihingi ko rin ang additional rate kung si mel cortez ang main, at sinabi nya na P**,000.00 lang daw ang additional!!!! so mega confirm naman ako. as in P**,000.00 lang so why not?
so i called decisive moments para malaman kung totoo nga talaga. and shyet! totoo nga. according to the marketing asst natuwa daw sa akin si mel kaya hindi ako binigyan ng mataas ng presyo. hay, ang bait ni lord! i swear, feeling ko meant to be kasi imagine, sa dami ng ikakasal ng jan 20 wala pang assignment si mel eh to think end of november na. and take note, may wedding si mel ng jan 19 ha? how lucky can we get na wala syang wedding on jan 20?
at eto pa, after my phone conversation with decisive moments, i called my back-up photog kix tavora (a freelance wedding photographer that i hired separately and he's technically the third photographer in our wedding team). i informed him of the new set-up and he's also happy coz it's an honor for him to work with mel cortez and finally daw he'll get to work with him. and i think sa sobrang kasiyahan ni kix, he offered a FREE prenup shoot!!! another yehey! ang saya talaga! it really pays off to be friends with your suppliers. lalo tuloy akong na-excite knowing that i will be surrounded by people that i like on the day of the wedding. and it's such a bonus knowing that the people we asked to be a part of our wedding team are people who really care about us and our wedding.
shyet! excited na talaga ko, can't wait!
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