Prenup Supplier Rating #3: Ariel Javelosa Photography

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This is a much overdue post. We've already released our ratings for our prenup venue and stylist, so it's time do a review of our photo and video team. This review will only cover the shoot service that day, together with the raw and post-processed photos we've received so far. Reviews on the guestbook/prenup album and actual Save the Date video are not included since we haven't received these items yet. 

Rating Scale: 1 - 10 (10 being the highest)

Service: Prenup Photos (Team of Mel Labro)

Peso Power: Included in our Photo and Video package

Rating: 8

Pros:

• Contact person (Grace) is very easy to talk to.
• Mel (our lead photo makes natural (not so BS) positive comments that boosts ones confidence.
• Mel is a good director and is able to articulate well what he wants you to do.
• They provided their own transportation (we offered to pay for their gas which they accepted).
• They are perfectly OK waiting in between shoots. We didn’t sense impatience at all.
• Love the shots especially the silhouette ones inside the restroom.
• We got the raw photos immediately (day after the shoot) which has been filtered into good shots only.
• Post-processed photos looks very good and were made available to us after I requested for it.

Cons:

• They tagged a trainee photographer along without consulting us first. This translated to additional food, entrance count, transpo. We would have appreciated an advance notice of the number of persons shooting us.
• Erdie (the videographer) doesn’t direct too well.
• Erdie needs to articulate better what he wants to achieve.
• There are very limited portrait shots outdoors.
• Not much candid shots while outdoors. 
• Apparently they don't normally give post-processed photos. Post processing is solely intended for the guestbook/prenup album. We had to request for a copy of those photos. 

Working with Ariel Javelosa Company in general is a good experience. We haven't had any hard time dealing with them and they ensure that client's requests are taken care of. Their style is very traditional though and it would be good if they can inject some modernity into their craft for it to be a healthy mix of classics and contemporaries.   

Cheers!