chaz thoughts // the photo blog of chaz cruz

hold // sneak peek

September 13, 2009 // portraits / sneak peek

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Jason McGrew:

Love it man!

(09.13.09 @ 03:08 PM)

HP:

amazing image

(09.13.09 @ 03:14 PM)

jeff + ellaine // wedding in aruba

September 9, 2009 // weddings

Alright here's a big one, complete with beautiful images and a slideshow at the end of the post! So this past week I got to spend time with family in the beautiful island of Aruba to celebrate the wedding of my cousin Ellaine and her new hubby Jeff. These two are a perfect match for each other, except that Ellaine is from Massachusetts and Jeff is born and raised in New York. So besides their heated sports rivalry, they seem to get along pretty well, haha.

Ellaine's and her family were my support system when I was going to Hallmark Institute of Photography in Massachusetts, as all my family was on the West coast. As a way of thanking her and her amazing family, I offered my photography as a present. So here is Jeff and Ellaine's wedding gift!

The delicious Balashi!

Jeff is nervous, can you tell?

NYC and MA can get along. At weddings anyway, haha.

The traditional Filipino veil ceremony.

Congratulations to Jeff and Ellaine, who are still hanging out in Aruba as I type, haha. Now here is the slideshow of their whole wedding!

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katy:

can I get married again so you can photograph my wedding? I'll fly you someplace exotic,too. Like south Texas.

(09.09.09 @ 02:32 PM)

Dawn Asmar:

Congratulations to Jeff & Ellaine. The shot of the couple as they said thier vows as the sun sets. Wow! You did a fantastic job. A beautiful bride and beautiful setting. Thanks for sharing these photo's

(09.09.09 @ 05:00 PM)

Clarissa Recato (cousin of the bride mother's side):

Your photos are amazing and captured all the special moments of their day :) Thank you! I was so sad I missed going but I feel like I got to experience Aruba and their wedding just looking at your pictures! Beautiful!

(09.09.09 @ 06:35 PM)

jing cenizal-marcos (cousin of the bride father's side):

BEAUTIFUL. Congratulations and best wishes to Jeff & Ellaine.

(09.10.09 @ 08:35 AM)

Charmie Sherman:

Gorgeous pictures! Wow! Great job! Congratulations Ellaine & Jeff!

(09.10.09 @ 04:12 PM)

DASHY:

WOW! You've captured their moments beautifully! Way to go, Chaz! BTW, did I already mention that you have a cool name....Chaz? ;) HAHAHAHA

(09.11.09 @ 06:55 AM)

momma:

as always son, fantastic... beautiful wedding, it's not because the bride is my niece..... more than proud of your work.. you know my favorite shots, right? proud momma!!

(09.12.09 @ 05:11 PM)

Scott Chrisman:

Chaz, these are really really good! I love how you used that distinct yellow, its beautiful. My favorite is that shot from the ceremony with the painting-like sky....AH-Mazing.

(09.13.09 @ 12:33 AM)

Bride!:

This is by far one of the most amazing, generous and mind blowing gifts anyone has ever given us. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Can't wait to see you again in October. Will call you soon!

(09.13.09 @ 05:41 AM)

Jewel Anderson:

Chaz, these are so gorgeous! I can really feel the emotion and excitement of that day. The Hold and Sit posts are really lovely too.

(09.15.09 @ 04:05 PM)

ebba Legaspi:

great job, chaz!! so proud of you and your work. hope to see you soon. xo~ ebba

(09.16.09 @ 05:07 PM)

cecille=friend of effie:

You did a great job on ellaine's wedding.Most of your pictures are astonishing. Makes me feel like i am there, makes me regret missing it. you captured the moment....

(09.22.09 @ 07:47 PM)

JGL:

Congrats to Jeff & Ellaine! These photos are spectacular! It's like everything I could imagine as a perfectly dreamed wedding. I especially love the b&w photos.

(10.05.09 @ 10:03 AM)

aruba // sneak peek

September 5, 2009 // sneak peek / weddings

Jeff and Ellaine. It's a hot one folks.

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geralynn legaspi:

i'm so excited to see this one! X)

(09.08.09 @ 12:10 AM)

ester + rainier // wedding day

September 2, 2009 // weddings

Ester and Rainier got lucky, instead of a super hot day in the the blazing sun of Summer, they get a beautiful overcast day. Mary Frances and I had a blast working with these two, as well as having a great sense of humor, they had the love too. Also got to work with the boys at Starcross'd Creative, peep their blog for an awesome same day edit!

First glance!

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